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Personal freedom and the panel on Intercaste/Interfaith Marriages

Context Following a report in this newspaper, the Maharashtra government has decided to limit the mandate of the recently constituted Intercaste/Interfaith Marriage-Family Coordination Committee (state level) to gathering information on interfaith marriages. Click and get your FREE Copy of CURRENT AFFAIRS Micro Notes Intercaste/Interfaith Marriage-Family Coordination Committee Work under Women and child development: The renamed… Continue reading Personal freedom and the panel on Intercaste/Interfaith Marriages

Missile destroyer INS Mormugao commissioned into Indian Navy

Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao (Pennant 67), a P15B stealth-guided missile destroyer was commissioned into the Indian Navy. INS Mormugao  This was the second ship to be inducted as a part of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers. It is indigenously designed by the Navy’s in-house organisation Warship Design Bureau and constructed by Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders… Continue reading Missile destroyer INS Mormugao commissioned into Indian Navy

Why banyan, peepal trees live longer?

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have found out the carried out whole genome sequencing of banyan and peepal from leaf tissue samples. Science behind long life: Multiple Signs of Adaptive-evolution (MSA) Scientists identified 25,016 coding gene sequences in banyan and 23,929 in peepal. Both trees faced a population… Continue reading Why banyan, peepal trees live longer?

Disparities in Climate Change Financial Responsibility

Context Extreme weather events are becoming more prevalent with each passing year and countries are increasingly taking cognizance of this. Yet, there remains a rift between developing and developed countries, largely on account of asymmetries between the incidence of and the financial responsibility assumed for climate change. Click and get your FREE Copy of CURRENT… Continue reading Disparities in Climate Change Financial Responsibility

A milestone in fusion energy

Context For more than nine decades scientists have tried to replicate the process that produces energy for the sun and the stars fusion. On Tuesday, researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California, USA, announced a milestone in this endeavor. Click and get your FREE Copy of CURRENT AFFAIRS Micro Notes What is the… Continue reading A milestone in fusion energy

Acid Attack in India

An acid attack in in Delhi has once again brought back to focus the heinous crime of acid attacks and the easy availability of corrosive substances. What is Acid Attack? An acid attack, also called acid throwing, vitriol attack, or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault involving the act of throwing acid or a… Continue reading Acid Attack in India

What is DNA Fingerprinting?

Delhi Police has established identity of a victim of brutal murder and mutilation by DNA fingerprinting. What is DNA fingerprinting? DNA fingerprinting was first developed in 1984 by Alec Jeffreys in the UK, after Jeffreys discovered that no two people could have the same DNA sequence. Within three years of the discovery, the UK achieved… Continue reading What is DNA Fingerprinting?

Road ministry notifies new rules on BH Series registration mark for vehicles

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highway has notified new rules to further increase the scope of implementation of the BH series registrations for vehicles. What is the update? The transport ministry has proposed new rules that would permit transfer of vehicles with BH series registration mark to other persons, who are eligible or ineligible… Continue reading Road ministry notifies new rules on BH Series registration mark for vehicles

India’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) Strategy amidst the Global Uncertainty

Context There seems to be considerable optimism about India’s near-term growth prospects now that the major global energy and commodity shocks have subsided. Even if these shocks have subsided, India still faces one big problem of its large current account deficit (CAD). How will this be managed? It turns out that the answer to both… Continue reading India’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) Strategy amidst the Global Uncertainty

States can enact laws on Uniform Civil Code (UCC): Union Law Minister

States are empowered to enact personal laws that decide issues such as succession, marriage and divorce, in their endeavor to secure a uniform civil code (UCC), Law Minister informed the Rajya Sabha. What did Law Minister say? Personal laws such as intestacy and succession; wills; joint family and partition; marriage and divorce, relate to Entry… Continue reading States can enact laws on Uniform Civil Code (UCC): Union Law Minister

India’s experience under colonial rule: A study by Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel

Context A recent study of India’s experience under colonial rule by Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel concludes that data from the Census of India reveal that between 1880 and 1920 approximately 100 million Indians died due to British policy in India. Their method is to calculate the excess mortality, being the difference between the actual… Continue reading India’s experience under colonial rule: A study by Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel

Draft cybersecurity strategy has been formulated: Centre

The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has formulated a draft National Cyber Security Strategy, which holistically looks at addressing the issue of security of national cyberspace, the government informed the Lok Sabha. What is the National Cyber Security Strategy? Conceptualised by the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), the report focuses on 21 areas to… Continue reading Draft cybersecurity strategy has been formulated: Centre

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