European Heat Waves
Context The United Kingdom experienced its highest temperature ever recorded, surpassing 40°C. Temperatures in parts of France, Spain, and Portugal ranged from 42 to 46 degrees. Relevance GS Paper 3: Climate Change Mains Question Heat waves are among the most dangerous natural hazards, and their frequency and intensity will increase in the twenty-first century as a […]
India: The Top Remittance Recipient
Context According to a recent World Health Organization report titled “World report on the health of refugees and migrants,” India will receive USD 87 billion in remittances in 2021. Relevance GS Paper – 2: Important International Institutions GS Paper – 3: Mobilization of Resources Mains Question Discuss how the Indian diaspora can play a positive […]
Heat Wave In Eupore
Context: Large swathes of Europe, the U.K. and the U.S. are sweltering under extreme heat wave conditions. Devastation due to extreme weather has been particularly acute in western Europe, which has been hit by raging wildfires, drought, and hundreds of heat-related deaths, ringing alarm bells about a looming climate emergency. Relevance: GS III- Environment and […]
Re Introduction of Cheetahs
Context: India came one step closer to bringing back the world’s fastest animal to the country with an agreement signed in Delhi on Wednesday between the Union government and the visiting Namibian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: What was the distribution of […]
India’s Law On Abortion
Context: Recently, A 25-year-old pregnant woman moved the Supreme Court seeking an abortion after the Delhi High Court declined her plea last week. The woman has also challenged Rule 3B of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003, which allows only some categories of women to seek termination of pregnancy between 20 and 24 weeks. […]
Micronesia’s Geography
Context: The Federated States of Micronesia, a small island country in the Pacific that is home to around 110,000 people, is one of the latest places on Earth to experience an outbreak of Covid-19, after two and a half years of successfully protecting itself from the virus. Relevance: GS I- Geography (Places in News) Micronesia’s […]
Current Affairs Quiz 21 July 2022
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 21 July 2022
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 21 July 2022 Contents European Heat Waves India: The top remittance recipient European Heat Waves Context The United Kingdom experienced its highest temperature ever recorded, surpassing 40°C. Temperatures in parts of France, Spain, and Portugal ranged from 42 to 46 degrees. Relevance GS Paper 3: Climate Change Mains Question Heat waves […]
Current Affairs 21 July 2022
CONTENTS Heat wave Re introduction of Cheetahs India’s law on abortion Micronesia Heat Wave In Eupore Context: Large swathes of Europe, the U.K. and the U.S. are sweltering under extreme heat wave conditions. Devastation due to extreme weather has been particularly acute in western Europe, which has been hit by raging wildfires, drought, and hundreds […]
Ken-Betwa Link Project
Focus: GS III- Environment Why in News? The Second Meeting of Steering Committee of Ken-Betwa Link Project (SC-KBLP) was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Secretary, DoWR, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti. Interlinking of Rivers In 1858, Arthur Cotton (British general and irrigation Engineer) came up with even more […]