CONTENTS
- Open network for digital commerce
- Snake Island
- Drug Resistant Typhoid
- Bedti-Varada Interlinking Project
- Keibul Lamjao National Park
- Sao Joao festival
Open Network For Digital Commerce
Context:
The government of India announced the launch of the pilot phase of open network for digital commerce (ONDC) in five cities in late April with an aim to “democratise” the country’s fast growing digital e-commerce space that is currently dominated by the two U.S.-headquartered firms — Amazon and Walmart.
Relevance:
GS III- Indian Economy
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is ONDC?
- What led to formation of ONDC?
- What is the current status?
- What are the likely benefits of ONDC?
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Snake Island
Context:
Ukraine has said it has caused “significant losses” to the Russian military in airstrikes on Zmiinyi Island, also known as Snake Island, in the Black Sea.
Relevance:
GS II- International Relations
Dimensions of the Article:
- About Snake Island
- About the Black Sea
- Russia and the Black Sea
- Black Sea in the Ukraine war
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Drug Resistant Typhoid
Context:
According to a study published in The Lancet Microbe journal, the bacteria that cause typhoid fever are growing more and more resistant to some of the most popular antibiotics.
- Each year, typhoid fever results in about 100,000 fatalities and 11 million infections. South Asia accounts for 70% of the global disease burden.
Relevance:
GS II- Health
Dimensions of the Article:
- About Typhoid
- About Drug Resistance
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Bedti-Varada Interlinking Project
Context:
Environmental groups in Karnataka have criticised the project to link the Bedti and Varada rivers in Karnataka, calling it ‘unscientific’ and a ‘waste of public money’.
Relevance:
GS III- Infrastructure
Dimensions of the Article:
- Bedti-Varada Interlinking Project
- Why is the project distasteful to activists?
- Interlinking of Rivers
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Keibul Lamjao National Park
Context:
Activists surrounding the Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) in Manipur have now taken up the cudgels to ensure that the government does not shift the proposed heritage park from the approved site.
Relevance:
GS III- Environment and Ecology
Dimensions of the Article:
- Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP)
- Key details
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Sao Joao Festival
Context:
As in every monsoon, Catholics in Goa will celebrate Sao Joao, the feast of St John the Baptist.
Relevance:
GS I- Festivals, Prelims
What is Sao Joao ?
- The celebrations will include revellers sporting crowns made of fruits, flowers and leaves, and the major draw of the feast is the water bodies – wells, ponds, fountains, rivers – in which the revellers take the “leap of joy”. Enjoyed by children and adults alike, the festival also includes playing the traditional gumott (percussion instrument), a boat festival, servings of feni, and a place of pride for new sons-in-law.
- In Goa, Catholics celebrate all the feasts of the Roman Catholic Church, which include the feast of St John the Baptist on June 24 (John the Baptist because he had baptised Jesus Christ on the river Jordan).
- In Goa, Sao Joao is an occasion for the family and the villagers to get to know their newly wed daughters’ husbands a little better.
- Traditionally, the new son-in-law would be crowned with festive headgear of fruits and leaves, taken around the village and would then jump into the well with other revelers.
-Source: Indian Express
