China Protests Dalai Lama Meeting U.S. Officials Context The meeting between the Dalai Lama and representatives of the “Central Tibetan Administration” (CTA) and visiting American official Uzra Zeya was denounced as an attempt to “interfere” in China’s “internal affairs” by China on Monday. The Dalai […]
Centre to record the biometrics of “illegal migrants”. Context: Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the Union Home Secretary, had requested the state governments of Manipur and Mizoram to collect “biographic and biometric details of illegal migrants” days before ethnic violence broke out in Manipur. The biometric data […]
LVM-3: the other ISRO rocket Context ISRO will launch its Chandrayaan 3 mission on July 14 onboard an LVM-3. What are Launch vehicles? Launch vehicles are vehicles used to send payloads into space from the Earth’s surface, such as satellites, scientific instruments, and spacecraft. To […]
Report: Impact Of The Pandemic On Education Context : A combined report for 2020–21 and 2021–22, the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI–D) released by the Ministry on Sunday evaluates the district-level performance of the educational system. What is Performance Grading Index for Districts and […]
In Varanasi, turtles help clean the Ganga Context : Large-scale human efforts have been made since 2014 as part of the Namami Gange Programme to clean the Ganga and revitalise the almost 2,600 km river network. Turtles in particular have been playing a significant influence […]
Forest Bill Goes To House Unchanged Context : The full amendment Bill has received the unanimous support of a parliamentary committee formed to look into the contentious suggested changes to the Forest (Conservation) Act, of 1980. What is Forest (Conservation) Act 1980? The act’s goals […]
Centre Adding More Services to Ayushman Bharat Health Centres Context: By the end of August, further services will be added to the current offerings, including screening, prevention, control, and management of non-communicable illnesses, treatment for common ophthalmology and ENT issues, senior and palliative health care […]
Deliberations on the increasing rate of permanent intake through the Agnipath scheme Context: There are discussions currently underway about expanding the intake size per batch from approximately 46,000 and the recruitment to permanent cadre from 25% to 50% once the first batch of Agniveers join […]
Archaeologists come up with rare findings in Tamil Nadu Context: In Tamil Nadu’s Pudukottai district, where the State Archaeology Department has started excavation this year, archaeologists have found a gold stud, a bone point, and a carnelian bead. What were the artefacts found in Pudukottai? […]
Women-Only Courts For Alternative Resolution Context: Women-only courts will be established at the village level as an alternative conflict resolution forum for matters like domestic violence and property rights, as well as to challenge the patriarchal system, as part of an effort that will be […]