Why in News- India’s first national water-body census is a welcome initiative, but if we’re to get a more accurate picture of the state of India’s water, we need to fix some gaps and inconsistencies first. India is facing a water crisis with groundwater decline and biodiversity loss, and climate change increasing the fr... .Read more
Updated on 9 May, 2023 GS1 Geography Current Affairs
March 30 marks the commencement of the centenary year of the Vaikom temple street entry movement that was launched in 1924, and a milestone in temple entry movements in India. This nonviolent movement was to end the prohibition imposed on backward communities in using the roads around the Vaikom Mahadeva temple. It was the prelu... .Read more
Updated on 31 March, 2023 GS1 Social issues & Justice Current Affairs Modern Indian History
Why in News- Genealogy priest like Panda, one of about 2,500 genealogy priests in Haridwar are holding records of families going back 15 to 20 generations, with details such as place of origin, names, births, deaths, reason of death, place of residence, grants made to temples, caste and clan. Put to wider use No... .Read more
Updated on 31 March, 2023 GS1 Society Ancient Indian History Current Affairs
India has been slow to appreciate the genius of Bhagat Singh. Often clubbed with Sukhdev and Rajguru and the three revolutionaries’ hanging on March 23, 1931, Bhagat Singh, the man who wanted to “sow guns” as a child, deserves better. Bhagat Singh Born as Bhaganwala on the 26th September 1907. He belonged to a generation th... .Read more
Updated on 23 March, 2023 GS1 Security Current Affairs Modern Indian History
In the middle of a face-off with the Environment Ministry over the new Forest Conservation Rules (2022) potentially diluting the Forest Rights Act, 2006, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has now secured FRA implementation reports of all States and Union Territories by invoking its Constitutional powers to directly approach the Supreme Court of... .Read more
Updated on 2 March, 2023 GS1 Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
The Supreme Court has directed the government to place on record within six weeks the steps taken by it to implement its nearly 10-year-old judgment to end manual scavenging and prevent future generations from the “inhuman practice” while making entry into sewers without safety gear a crime even in emergency situations. A Bench led by Justic... .Read more
Updated on 27 February, 2023 GS1 GS2 Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
