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Cultural mapping of 75 villages soon

Context: The National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) has now been handed over to the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), which is gearing up for a trial run in 75 villages in October. Significance of culture: Culture plays an important role in the development agenda of any nation. It represents a set of shared attitudes,... .Read more

Updated on 27 September, 2021 GS1 Art & Culture

La-Palma Island: Spain

Context: Recently, a volcanic eruption on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma has led to mass evacuation of around 5000 people. The volcano erupted for the first time in 50 years . About the La Palma Island La Palma is one of Spain’s Canary Islands, off northwestern Africa. Its rugged, forested terrain is dotted with volcanoe... .Read more

Updated on 27 September, 2021 GS1

Building more inclusive, welcoming schools for LGBTQ+ children.

Context: Earlier this month, while speaking at the Shiksha Parv conclave, the prime minister emphasised the need for inclusive and equitable education. In the same week, the Kerala High Court brought attention to medical textbooks that described non-binary gender identities as “offensive perversions” and “mental disorder... .Read more

Updated on 25 September, 2021 GS1 Society

Building more inclusive, welcoming schools for LGBTQ+ children

Context: Earlier this month, while speaking at the Shiksha Parv conclave, the prime minister emphasised the need for inclusive and equitable education. In the same week, the Kerala High Court brought attention to medical textbooks that described non-binary gender identities as “offensive perversions” and “mental disorder... .Read more

Updated on 25 September, 2021 GS1 Society

Census of India- Issues and concerns

Context: Census 2021 has been postponed indefinitely, the Ministry of Home Affairs told the Lok Sabha recently. This phase of the census work was supposed to be carried out from April 2020 to September 2020 but it could not be done due to the pandemic. The Government of India has decided as a matter of policy not to enumerate caste-wise populat... .Read more

Updated on 22 September, 2021 GS1

Why India needs ‘good’ urbanisation

Context The post-Covid debate of cities as “desirable or undesirable” technology mirrors a 1960s debate about food chronicled in the wonderful book The Wizard and the Prophet by Charles Mann. Background Norman Borlaug- the Wizard- a Nobel-winning scientist, who believed science and technology will overcome challenges and ki... .Read more

Updated on 20 September, 2021 GS1