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National Technical Textiles Mission

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval to set up a National Technical Textiles Mission with a view to position the country as a global leader in Technical Textiles. What are Technical Textiles? Technical textile is a textile product manufactured for non-aesthetic purposes, where the function is primary criterion. They are functional… Continue reading National Technical Textiles Mission

Rights, duties and the Constitution

Context At an International Judicial Conference 2020 this weekend, the Chief Justice of India, S.A. Bobde, drew attention to the Constitution’s Fundamental Duties chapter. The logic of duties Wide range of duties: The first thing to note is that as citizens, there exists a wide range of duties that bind us in everyday life. Duties towards the… Continue reading Rights, duties and the Constitution

Yongle Blue Hole (YBH)

  Carbon more than 8,000 years old has been found inside the world’s deepest blue hole — the Yongle Blue Hole (YBH). Yongle Blue Hole (YBH) The deepest known marine cavern is the Yongle blue hole, which measures roughly 300 metres from top to bottom. Blue holes are marine caverns filled with water and are… Continue reading Yongle Blue Hole (YBH)

Habitable-zone Planet Finder (HPF)

  At 100 light-years from Earth, a low-mass star was sending signals in a pattern that suggested that an exoplanet was orbiting the star confirmed the Habitable-zone Planet Finder (HPF). Habitable-zone Planet Finder NASA’s Kepler mission observed a dip in the host star’s light, suggesting that the planet was crossing in front of the star… Continue reading Habitable-zone Planet Finder (HPF)

Tilhan Mission

The government will launch Tilhan Mission to make the country self-reliant in oilseed production. Why such mission? India is the fourth largest vegetable oil economy in the world after the USA, China and Brazil. Today, the oilseeds account for 13% of the cropped area in the country. Still, India is the largest importer of palm… Continue reading Tilhan Mission

[pib] International protection for Great Indian Bustard, Bengal Florican and Asian Elephant

India’s proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species was unanimously accepted at the undergoing CMS CoP in Gandhinagar. Great Indian Bustard The Great Indian Bustard, an iconic, critically endangered and conservation dependent species, exhibits transboundary movements, and its migration exposes it to… Continue reading [pib] International protection for Great Indian Bustard, Bengal Florican and Asian Elephant

Trading with America

Context Trump has made India’s trade headache more acute. But he has also opened up opportunities. Political polarisation in both countries Impeachment attempt: The Democrats in the US have struggled to oust Trump from the White House and rarely find anything they can agree with their President on. The deeper political divide in India: While… Continue reading Trading with America

Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill, 2020

  The Union Cabinet has approved the Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill, 2020 to monitor medical procedures used to assist people to achieve pregnancy. What is ART? Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is used to treat infertility. Assisted reproductive technology includes medical procedures used primarily to address infertility. This subject involves procedures such as in vitro… Continue reading Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill, 2020

USTR takes India off Developing Country List

Context The United States’s annual exercise of designating developing, and least developed countries has assumed importance for India this year: it has been dropped from the list of developing countries.  ‘Developing’ or ‘developed’ country designation by the US Last week, the United States officially designated developing and least-developed countries for the purposes of implementing the countervailing measures.… Continue reading USTR takes India off Developing Country List

Aditya L1 Mission

  NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched on August 12, 2018 has completed its fourth close approach — called perihelion very recently, whizzing past at about 3.93 lakh km/h, at a distance of only 18.6 million km from the Sun’s surface. Aditya L1: Exciting ahead The ISRO is preparing to send its first scientific expedition to… Continue reading Aditya L1 Mission

Specie in news: ‘World’s largest’ subterranean fish

  Systematic exploration of the Meghalayan caves has been underway for almost 30 years and hundreds of kilometres of cave passages have been explored and mapped. In a cave in a remote forested area of Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills a research expedition found large specie of a subterranean fish (occurring under the earth’s surface). About the… Continue reading Specie in news: ‘World’s largest’ subterranean fish

The $5 trillion arithmetic

Context The Indian government has set itself a big target, namely, that the Indian economy will have an aggregate income or gross domestic product (GDP) of $5 trillion by 2024-25. Lack of clarity There is little effort to take it beyond a slogan. When it comes to targets and aims pertaining to the economy, it… Continue reading The $5 trillion arithmetic

National Groundwater Management Improvement Programme

The Government of India and the World Bank have signed a $450 million loan agreement to support the national programme to arrest the country’s depleting groundwater levels and strengthen groundwater institutions. About the Programme The World Bank-supported programme will be implemented in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh… Continue reading National Groundwater Management Improvement Programme

Let’s think afresh about how to govern India’s gig workforce

 Context The gig economy plays to employment patterns in India, where most of the workforce is engaged in “informal” jobs in the “unorganized” sector. Employment pattern in India Non-contractual employment: A recent study of employment patterns over a 13-year period ended 2017 for the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council finds that non-contractual employment grew by… Continue reading Let’s think afresh about how to govern India’s gig workforce

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