Security
Editorial-1: A climate change survival guide to act on
This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the synthesis report of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) cycle, drawing together key findings from its six most recent reports. The report gains added legitimacy as its summary for policymakers is approved line by line by governments of the world. The... .Read more
Updated on 24 March, 2023 Security Environment Geography Disaster Management Current Affairs
Tamil Nadu Assembly re adopts Bill against online gambling
Why in News- The Assembly on Thursday readopted the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022, moved by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The Bill was tabled again after Governor R.N. Ravi returned it on March 6, saying it went against the Constitution and court judgments. Gambling Gambling include... .Read more
Updated on 24 March, 2023 GS2 Security Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
Editorial-3: The road to ending tuberculosis[G.S. Mains Paper-3 Health]
The world got a wakeup call in 1993 about tuberculosis (TB) when the World Health Organization declared it a global health emergency. The 1993 World Development Report labelled TB treatment for adults as the best buy among all developmental interventions. The response in the 30 years since has been short on urgency and long on processes. The... .Read more
Updated on 23 March, 2023 Security Society International Relations Current Affairs Health and Family wellfare
Centre is not committed to Naga peace talks: NSCN (I-M)
New Delhi’s fluctuating commitment to the “IndoNaga political issue” has made the Framework Agreement hang in balance, the Isak Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland [NSCN (IM)] has said. The NSCN (IM) calls itself the National Socialist Council of Nagalim. The Framework Agreement was signed be... .Read more
Updated on 23 March, 2023 GS3 Security Governance Current Affairs
Getting it right: a historian’s effort to document the life of Bhagat Singh
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
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
