Why is Kerala protesting Supreme Court’s ESZ notification For Prelims Karimpuzha Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala Established in 2020. For mains What is ESZ Eco-Sensitive Zones or Ecologically Fragile Areas are areas within 10 kms around Protected Areas, National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. ESZs are notified […]
Front Page: Presidential election today; Murmu has an edge over Sinha Focus on food, energy crisis: Widodo COVID-19 vaccine dose tally crosses 200-crore mark Editorial: A lacklustre presidential race in the making Biden in West Asia OPED: Preserving democracy in India Text & Context: Why […]
RBI’s Interventions in the Payment System Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently issued a circular that detailed ‘additional arrangement’ for invoicing, payment, and settlement of exports and imports in Indian rupees. How it works? Under this system, Indian importers could pay bills for […]
Population Prospects Context: The World Population Prospects 2022, a projection of anticipated trends in world population, was released by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, on July 11, World Population Day. According to the estimate, the world’s population, which was about […]
Front Page: Modi cautions against culture of freebies Jagdeep Dhankhar is NDA’s V-P candidate News: Opposition demands debate on Agnipath scheme Bill on media registration likely ‘Bhutan-China talks won’t focus on Doklam’ Bid date for submarine project extended again World: Biden’s U-turn on Saudi Arabia […]
Pakistan and the TTP Context: The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has proclaimed that it would not back down from its primary demand for reversal of the merger of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in 2018. Background: The negotiations […]
Raksha Mantri launches Y- 3023 Dunagiri, Project 17A frigate at GRSE Ltd, Kolkata Dunagiri, a Project 17A frigate, built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders Limited (GRSE) Kolkata. P17A Frigates are follow-on class of the P17 (Shivalik Class) Frigates with improved stealth features, advanced weapons and sensors […]
Iran, Belarus to be Newest SCO Members For Prelims Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): It’s a Eurasian political, economic and military organization aiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the region. It is a successor organization to Shanghai Five, which was a mutual security agreement […]