Current Affairs
Is the SARSCoV2 XBB.1.16 lineage a cause for concern?
The lineage XBB.1.5, a sublineage of the XBB, is currently designated as a Variant of Interest (VOI) by the WHO. What are recombinants? Coinfection of multiple lineages of a virus could result in recombinations between genomes which can give rise to chimeric genomes, otherwise called recombinants. There is a rare pos... .Read more
Updated on 22 March, 2023 GS3 Security Disaster Management Current Affairs Science and Technology
Understanding waste to energy plants
The Kerala government recently announced the State’s first waste to energy project in Kozhikode. The planned facility is expected to be built in two years and generate about 6 MW of power. There are around 100 waste to energy projects around the country but only a handful of them are operational, thanks to various production... .Read more
Updated on 22 March, 2023 GS3 Environment Geography Current Affairs
SC Bench seeks data on alternatives to hanging
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to provide data that may point to a more dignified, less painful and socially acceptable method of executing prisoners other than death by hanging. The Bench even mooted the setting up of an expert committee to relook India’s method of putting to death its criminals. The court was hearing a petition chal... .Read more
Updated on 22 March, 2023 GS2 Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
Editorial-1: The forecast after a fake news campaign in Tamil Nadu
❏ In early March, a malicious online disinformation campaign led to law and order issues and made media headlines across the country. Over a period of four days, there was a concocted and continuous narrative about migrant workers hailing from Bihar being subjected to violence in Tamil Nad... .Read more
Updated on 18 March, 2023 Daily Updates Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
SC seeks govt. reply to minor’s petition on saving Western Ghats
❏ The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Environment Ministry to file its counter affidavit to a petition filed by a minor, M. Kaviya, a resident of Nilgiris, seeking judicial intervention to protect the Western Ghats from destruction. ❏ The petition has been in limbo for the past two years since... .Read more
Updated on 18 March, 2023 GS3 Environment Geography Current Affairs
States get 3 weeks to reply to pleas against anti conversion law
❏ The Supreme Court on Friday gave States three more weeks to file counteraffidavits to petitions challenging their antireligious conversion laws ❏ Anti-conversion laws enacted in various states are under scrutiny for their ambiguity and the lack of valid justifications for their existence. ❏ Vague terms u... .Read more
Updated on 18 March, 2023 GS2 Society Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
