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Barbados: World’s Newest Republic

In News Recently, Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world’s newest republic. Before Barbados, the last nation to remove the Queen as head of state was Mauritius in 1992. Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, who was selected to become the first president of Barbados earlier, took over […]

Cross Border Insolvency Based on the UNCITRAL

In News The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has published a draft framework for cross border insolvency proceedings based on the UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) model under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. About Cross border insolvency proceedings are relevant for the resolution of distressed companies with assets and liabilities across multiple […]

Africa’s Great Green Wall

In News Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) programme to combat desertification in the Sahel region has an important contribution towards combating climate change: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Study.  About Study Highlights:  The study showed that for every dollar invested into land restoration yields across the African continent from Senegal in the west to Djibouti […]

India Young Water Professional Programme

In News  Recently, the first edition of the India Young Water Professional Programme (IYWPP) was launched. India Young Water Professional Programme (IYWPP) About: This program has been taken up under the National Hydrology Project and supported by the Australian Water Partnership. About 70% of the program is focused on project-based learning through Situation Understanding and […]

Black-and-Orange Flycatcher

In News Researchers from the Kerala Agricultural University developed species distribution models for Black-and-orange Flycatcher and Nilgiri Flycatcher. About To understand the current potential suitability and possible responses of the species to future climate change using the MaxEnt algorithm. MaxEnt, which stands for ‘maximum entropy modelling’, predicts species’ occurrences by finding the distribution that is […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   House clears farm laws to repeal Bill, Govt rejects Opposition call for a debate   (Polity and Governance) Objectives behind passing the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, What were the farm laws, Why had the need been felt to repeal […]

Women Specific Findings of NFHS-5

In News The recent NFHS survey stated that there is a dip in women owning property, but financial and social autonomy are improving. About National Family Health Survey 5 was conducted in 2019-2020. Sample size:  The NFHS-5 survey work has been conducted in around 6.1 lakh sample households from 707 districts (as on March, 2017) […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2/ 3   GS 2 1   1 Parliament clears Farm Laws Repeal Bill without a debate   The three farm laws were never a solution   (Governance/Economy)   12 RS MPs suspended for ‘misconduct   (Governance) The rationale behind passing the Farm […]

Suspension of MPs

In News Recently, 12 Opposition MPs have been suspended for the rest of the Winter Session. About The members were suspended for alleged unruly conduct towards the end of the monsoon session in August.  Opposition members stormed the Well of the House during the passage of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021. Rule […]

Krishna River Water Dispute

In News  Recently, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh informed the Supreme Court that there is no information forthcoming from Karnataka for the past 14 years about how much Krishna river water it has diverted. Recent Response of Karnataka Karnataka has argued that its dam and irrigation projects worth thousands of crores to provide water to its […]