SUPREME COURT TO HEAR PETITION ON DELHI VIOLENCE
Why in news? Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde on Monday orally said courts were not “equipped” to handle palpable “pressure” being created to somehow step in and prevent violence in Delhi. The observations came when a senior advocate made a mentioning before him to urgently intervene and pass directions to arrest those […]
WITH FALLING ALLOCATION, NAVY LOOKS AT FLEET OPTIMISATION
Why in news? Facing increasing budgetary constraints and with several bigticket acquisitions lined up, the Navy is looking at adopting unmanned platforms, both aerial and underwater, in a big way. It is firm on a third aircraft carrier and the next line of six advanced submarines under Project-75I. Details As part of the fleet rationalisation […]
EXPERTS RAISE CONCERNS FOR INDIA OVER U.S.-TALIBAN AGREEMENT
Why in news? After a closer look at the texts of the two agreements named the ‘Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognised by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban, and the United States of America’, and The ‘Joint Declaration […]
LIONESS GAVE FOSTER CARE TO LEOPARD CUB IN GIR NATIONAL PARK
Why is news? A lioness in Gujarat’s Gir National Park gave foster care to a leopard cub for more than a month. A study has noted their short-lived bonding as a rare case of foster care between two competing feline species. Elephant seals and sea lions are known to adopt orphans of their own kind. […]
WATER CRISIS LOOMS LARGE IN HIMALAYAN REGIONS
Why in news? Eight towns in the Himalayan region of Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan were nearly 20%-70% deficient in their water supply, says a survey. Unplanned urbanisation and climate change are the key factors responsible for the state of affairs. Dependence on Springs The places surveyed are extremely dependent on springs (ranging between 50% […]
NDIA IS HOST TO 457 MIGRATORY FAUNA, SHOWS LATEST CMS LIST
Why in news? With new additions to the wildlife list put out by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS), scientists say that the total number of migratory fauna from India comes to 457 species. Birds comprise 83% (380 species) of these 457 species. Details The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) had for […]
SHANGHAI LAB THAT FIRST SEQUENCED CORONAVIRUS GENOME SHUT DOWN
Why in news? A Shanghai-based lab — Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center & School of Public Health — at Fudan University which was the first to sequence the whole genome of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and publicly share the data on January 11 was shut down on January 12 for “rectification”. Details In the first […]
NCBS METHOD TO DETECT VIRUS ASSOCIATED WITH A RARE SKIN CANCER
Why in news? A team from National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, has developed a diagnostic system to detect the presence of Merkel cell polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma tumours. The researchers have developed a test using the CRISPR-CAS12 technology. This is an important development, both, from the point of view of diagnostics and giving […]
J&K USES 2011 DATA FOR DELIMITATION
Why in news? The new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir ( J&K) will be the only place in the country to undergo a delimitation exercise based on the population figures recorded in the 2011 census. Delimitation was last done in J&K in 1995. The latest readjustment of boundaries of constituencies in the States and […]
ALL BENEFITS REACHING RIGHT PERSONS: PM
Why in news? Every penny dispatched from Delhi was reaching its rightful beneficiary said the Prime Minister in Bundelkhand, where he had been to lay the foundation stone for the Bundelkhand Expressway. Details of the announcement Over 50,000 crore had been directly deposited into the bank accounts of around 8.5 crore farmer families in the […]