Source: The Hindu; The Indian Express News: Arunachal Pradesh government is expecting the outcome of a snow leopard survey conducted in 2021 by its wildlife division in November. Snow Leopard: Native Place: Alpine regions of Central Asia and mostly found in harsh cold climates. Snow Leopards survive...
Sources: The Hindu; The Indian Express News: Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 7, 2022 to advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus for Human rights, Memorial (Russian Human rights organisation) and Center for Civil Liberties from Ukraine. The Norwegian Nobel Committee academy...
Source: The Hindu; The Indian Express News: Physicists Alain Aspect from France; John F. Clauser from the U.S. and Anton Zeilinger from Austria were selected for the 2022 Physics Nobel. Image Credit: The Hindu Contribution of these three physicists: This year’s Nobel prize has been given for experimental...
Source: The Hindu; The Indian Express News: Chemists Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless from the U.S.and Morten Meldal from Denmark received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their research in click and bioorthogonal chemistry. Complications in imitating naturally occurring compound Replicating reactions that involve...
Source: The Hindu; The Indian Express News: Induction of indigenously built multi-role Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), Prachand paved way for self reliance or Atmanirbharta in defence manufacturing. History of development of LCH Prachand: During Kargil war 1999, armed forces felt the need for a dedicated platform for...
Source: The Hindu; The Indian Express News: Recently Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for mapping the Neanderthal genome. About Nobel Prize: Alfred Nobel(inventor of dynamite) established prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace. First Nobel awards in medicine, physics, chemistry,...
Source: The Hindu News: India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is losing its relevance as haircuts of 100 out of 500 companies were above 90%. Haircut in Banking: When banks willingly made a reduction in loan amount.For Example: Bank took 20% haircut, if in case of Rs1000 loan...
Source: The Hindu News: Delay in Governor’s assent to certain bills passed by Kerala and Tamil Nadu legislative assemblies is creating uncertainty around legislative programmes of the government. Governor’s role in law making: Although the governor is appointed by the Central government, he is part of the...
Source: The Hindu News: In recent years most urban centers such as Delhi (2013, 2021), Mumbai (2005, 2017), Chennai (2015, 2021), and Hyderabad (2020) and recently Bengaluru faced extensive losses to property and life due to adverse weather phenomena that brought the city to its knees. Impact...
Source: The Indian Express News: Government extended the food grain distribution under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) for another three months until December 2022. About Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY): In this scheme, free food grains (5 kg per person per month) were...
