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Smart Cities Mission

In News The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has extended the timeline for the implementation of the Smart Cities Mission to June 2023 due to the Covid pandemic. Smart Cities Mission (SCM) About: It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched in 2015. It will cover 100 cities and is being implemented by the Ministry […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   First Omicron cases detected: 2 Karnataka samples show strain   (Health) Know about  Omicron, the latest Covid variant of concern, Why Omicron Poses High Risk And Will An RT-PCR Test Detect Infection?   GS 3 1 &4 Supreme Court warns […]

UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

In News  The UNESCO has conferred two awards for conservation efforts at Nizamuddin Basti in the capital for its “outstanding achievement in placing heritage at the heart of the sustainable development agenda. The project has won the prestigious Award of Excellence, and another award in the Special Recognition for Sustainable Development category. About  The Nizamuddin […]

Global Gateway Plan

In News Recently, the European Commission has announced €300 billion for global infrastructure to rival China. Global Gateway Plan About: The European Commission has announced the Global Gateway plan to mobilise €300 billion ($340 billion) between 2021 and 2027 in public and private infrastructure investment around the world. Global involvement:  The plan is global in […]

Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984

In News  Recently, the nation paid tributes to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, termed as the world’s worst industrial disaster, on its 37th anniversary.  About the Tragedy In the early hours of December 3, 1984, methylisocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from a plant operated by Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL)  at Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).  […]

World Migration Report 2022

In News  Recently, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched its flagship World Migration Report 2022. About World Migration Report  It is produced by the Migration Research Division (MRD), in collaboration with some of the leading academic and applied researchers and other migration experts from across the world.  It has been produced biennially since 2000.  […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   1 &6   Doctor, South African national India’s first cases of Omicron   Limited gains   (Health ) What are the steps being taken by the government in the context of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, about the new […]

Cyberattacks on Indian Sites

In Context Recently, Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) reported that almost 26,000 Indian websites have been hacked into in the 10-month period ended October. About There have been attempts from time to time to launch cyberattacks on Indian cyberspace. The attackers are compromising computer systems located in different parts of the world and use masquerading […]

After COP26: Way Forward for India

In News The COP26 meeting in Glasgow last month was billed as an event that would trigger a significant scale-up in the actions being taken to halt global warming. Background The Paris Agreement of 2015: Seeks to keep the global rise in average temperatures to within 2°C from pre-industrial times. For a chance to keep […]

Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)

Context  Recently, the need was felt to revise the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to accommodate predictions. What is the Graded Response Action Plan? GRAP is a set of measures to be taken to reduce Air Pollution depending on the current level of pollution.  It was notified by the Union Environment Ministry in 2017 to […]