01 Mar 21 National Science Day
(Indian Express) Context: National Science Day is observed every year on the 28th of February. This day is celebrated as a significant development in science by the Indian scientist C V...
GS Paper III
01 Mar 21 ISRO puts Brazil’s Amazonia-1, 18 other satellites into orbit
Context->ISRO commercial arm NewSpace India Ltd sent the satellite About PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is the workhorse launch vehicle of ISRO since 1994. It is the 1st operational launch vehicle and...
01 Mar 21 More about Big Government than Big Tech )
Context: Government issues new regulation under IT act. About the regulation: Issues in regulation: Government regulations are like law and they bypass the parliament. Final power with the executive remains a concern. ...
27 Feb 21 State of Environment Report, 2021
(www.cseindia.org) Context: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has published its State of Environment Report, 2021. The report showed the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on children across the world. Report: It stated that...
26 Feb 21 Same-sex marriages will cause havoc?
Current Affairs, Ethics, Governance, GS Paper II, GS Paper III, GS Paper IV, Social Justice
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(The Hindu) Context: The Union Govt. disputed any changes to the existing laws on marriage to recognize same-sex marriages. It claimed such tampering would create complete havoc and chaos in the...
26 Feb 21 Monitoring OTT Content
(The Hindu) Context: The Indian government recently inducted a 3-tier mechanism to address plants against platforms. Under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, the code...
25 Feb 21 Intellectual Property Waiver: India’s Proposal to WTO
(The Hindu) Context: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is under an immense burden to consider India’s proposal of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on Covid-19 vaccines. Many European...
25 Feb 21 Bail: Right v/s Privilege!
(The Hindu) (GS Paper II, III - Governance, Security) Context: The Bombay High Court granted bail to poet Varavara Rao in the Bhima Koregaon case on medical grounds, recently. The Court has...
24 Feb 21 National Urban Digital Mission
National Urban Digital Mission (The Hindu) (GS Paper II, III - Governance) Context: The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry floated the National Urban Digital Mission, which was directed at building the shared digital...
24 Feb 21 NASA: Perseverance of Humanity and Cosmos
NASA: Perseverance of Humanity and Cosmos (Indian Express) (GS Paper III, Science, and Tech) Context: A new phase of space exploration has initiated by NASA’s Martian rover, named, Perseverance. It touched down on...