Significance for Prelims: Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) and Tokyo olympics. Significance for Mains: Obstacles in India’ sports architecture; Government Initiatives in sports; Way forward to improve sports governance; Concept of Soft power; Chinese strategy to attain soft power through international sporting events. News: Good performance of...
Significance for Prelims: Hambantota port; East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM); Gilgit-Baltistan region Significance for Mains: Power Politics in Central Asia;Pakistan as stabilising factor in Central Asia and Afghanistan; Limitation of China and Pakistan in Geo-Politics; Internal Security issues in Pakistan News: Now, US-China rivalry enters Central Asia....
Source: PM’s speech at SCO Summit 2022 News: While speaking at the recently concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2022 at Samarkand, Uzbekistan Prime Minister Modi said that expected growth of the Indian economy this year is 7.5 percent and will be the highest among the...
Source: The Indian Express News: LVM3 M2/OneWeb India-1 mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) carried almost 6 tonnes payload into lower-earth orbit, highest of any ISRO mission. Features of some rockets: LMV3 rocket: It has a lift-off mass of 640 tonnes. In lower earth orbits or...
From Lodha to Ramana: the Chief Justices of the Modi era The Supreme Court (SC) of India known as the custodian of the Indian Constitution. Primary responsibility of the SC: To ensure protection of fundamental rights of citizens guaranteed under the Constitution from the state. Supreme...
Source: The Hindu News: Recently, ISRO' s heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3 or GSLV Mark 3) placed 36 satellites in low earth orbit. About OneWeb: U.K. government and India’s Bharti Enterprises launched OneWeb as a joint venture. OneWeb partnered with NSIL and ISRO to fulfill...
Source: The Hindu News: Punjab is witnessing the beginnings of a renewable energy revolution rooted in agriculture as the first private bio-energy plant commenced its commercial operation. Plant aims to convert agricultural waste into wealth through production of Compressed BioGas (CBG) from paddy straw. Common practice among...
Source: The Indian Express News: Reports published in Indian Express raises issues of labour violations and exploitation of Indian workers in the Gulf countries. Migrant issues in Gulf countries: Violation of labour rights in destination countries, especially in Gulf countries. Vulnerabilities of low-skill migrant workers doing jobs...
Source: The Hindu News: New five paddy seeds developed by IARI in 2020 and 2021 can resist diseases and herbicides. Initially, out of five, three varieties can resist two common fungal and bacterial diseases of paddy while in the case of the other two seeds Direct Sowing...
Source: The Hindu News: Kings in Indian history developed the water management system of the highest order. Visnu and Vasistha’s Dharma Shastras as well as Chanakya’s Arthashastra also consist of instructions on water management. Contribution of Chola in water management: Creation of great anicut of Kallanai (Tamil...
