January

Syllabus section: Environment and Ecology Why in news? Union Minister for Environment and French Minister for Ecological Transition launched the Indo-French Year of the Environment recently. Objective: To strengthen Indo-French cooperation in sustainable development, increase the effectiveness of actions in favor of global environment protection and give them greater visibility. Themes: (1) Environmental protection; (2) …

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Why In News? Recently, the Union Health Minister released the Framework on use of telemedicine for cancer, diabetes, heart diseases and stroke. What is a Telemedicine? Telemedicine includes the use of communication networks and digital solutions in providing health services. It allows collaboration between providers and patients across spatial boundaries, for activities linked to health …

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  Syllabus section: Environment and Ecology Why in News? The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has released ‘Marine Mega Fauna Stranding Guidelines’ and ‘National Marine Turtle Action Plan’ recently to create a conservation paradigm for the marine mega fauna and marine turtles. About: • The documents were released containing the ways and …

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Why in News? The Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India is supporting the implementation of the Ind-CEPI Mission.   About: • Ind-CEPI MISSION is an India centric collaborative mission of DBT aligned to the global initiatives of CEPI (Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations).  • DBT is supporting the implementation of …

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Syllabus Section: Polity and Governance Why in News? • Rajasthan has become the 5thState in the country to successfully undertake Urban Local Bodies (ULB) reforms stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. About the News: • Rajasthan has joined four other States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur and Telangana, who have completed …

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Syllabus section: international relations   Why in news? India inked a strategic partnership agreement with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to strengthen cooperation in global energy security, stability, and sustainability.   Key highlights: • This partnership will lead to an extensive exchange of knowledge and would be a stepping stone towards India becoming a full …

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Syllabus section: Geography Why in News? United Nations have released its report titled ‘Ageing water infrastructure: An emerging global risk’ on the ageing of the dams in India. Highlights: • most of the 58,700 large dams worldwide were constructed between 1930 and 1970 with a design life of 50 to 100 years • some thousand …

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WHY IN NEWS? Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt agreed on Sunday to resume negotiations to resolve their decade-long complex dispute over the Grand Renaissance Dam hydropower project in the Horn of Africa. The latest round of talks comes six weeks after Sudan had boycotted the ongoing negotiations.   Background: • The building of the dam was …

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