HAFEEZ SAEED AND TERROR FINANCING
Why in news? Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed 166 people and injured hundreds more, has been sentenced to jail in Pakistan for Five and a half years on terror finance charges. Saeed, a UN designated terrorist and head of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), was found guilty of “being […]
DOUBLE WHAMMY: INFLATION UP, IIP DOWN
Why in news? Government data showed industrial production contracted again in December 2019, Retail inflation(CPI) surged to an almost six-year high of 7.59%. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) recorded a negative growth of 0.3% in December in comparison to the same month the previous year, according to the National Statistical Office (NSO). The IIP […]
1.97 LAKH PASSENGERS SCREENED FOR NCOV
Why in news? More than 1.97 lakh passengers travelling in 1,818 flights had been screened for the novel coronavirus India had also provided support to other countries in tackling the challenge posed by the nCOV disease. Three positive cases have been reported so far from Kerala All these cases have travel history from Wuhan They […]
BUSTARD IN GLOBAL CONSERVATION LIST
India will be moving to include the Asian Elephant and the Great Indian Bustard in the list of species that merit heightened conservation measures. The list will be debated at the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), India is home to several migratory […]
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS CHANGES TO SC/ST ATROCITIES LAW
Why in news ? SC upheld the legality of amendments to SC/ST atrocities act by the parliament The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2018, which nullified its own controversial March 20, 2018 judgment diluting the stringent provisions of the Dalit protection law […]
RASA IN INDIAN MUSIC
Bharata Muni enunciated the eight Rasas in the Nātyasāstra, an ancient Sanskrit text of dramatic theory and other performance arts, written between 200 BC and 200 AD. In the Indian performing arts, a rasa is a sentiment or emotion evoked in each member of the audience by the art. The Natya Shastra mentions six rasa […]
PERUMBAKKAM LAKE
The black-tailed godwit, a near-threatened bird species had arrived at the lake The Great Trigonometrical Survey, a Survey of India initiative to survey the whole land mass of India was started from the measurement of a small section of plain land with Perumbakkam Hill on the southern end by Major Lambton in 1802 CE.
ARCTIC ICE MELT IS DISRUPTING KEY OCEAN CURRENT, MAY ALTER CLIMATE IN WESTERN EUROPE
Ocean water current, which plays a key role in keeping Western Europe warm, could be altered by an influx of unprecedented amounts of cold, fresh water from melting ice in the Arctic A seawater current called the Beaufort Gyre keeps the polar environment in balance by storing fresh water near the surface of the Arctic […]
NASA, ESA SET TO SEND SOLAR ORBITER PROBE TO MAP SUN’S POLES
Why in news? NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are gearing up to send a new probe toward the Sun to take a unique look at its blazing poles, an unprecedented view expected to help researchers grasp how the star’s vast bubble of energy affects Earth and humans in space. Using the gravitational influence […]
ONLY 82 TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS AWARDED RELIEF IN LAST 8 YEARS
Highlighting the poor status of compensation awarded to survivors of human trafficking in the country, response obtained through RTI queries from 25 States and seven Union Territories reveal that between March 2011 and April 2019 only 82 such victims were awarded compensation Between 2011 and 2018, the total number of cases of human trafficking recorded […]