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The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   5 Geographical Indication tag sought for Kerala’s legendary Beypore Uru (Intellectual Property Rights) What is a Geographical Indication (GI)? ,its objectives and know about Beypore Uru    GS 3 6 Building climate resilience collectively    Energy conundrum    (Environment) What are […]

Beypore Uru

In News Recently, the District Tourism Promotion Council, Kozhikode has applied for a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the famous Beypore Uru (boat). About Beypore Uru It is a wooden dhow (ship / sailing boat / sailing vessel) handcrafted by skilled artisans and carpenters in Beypore, Kerala.  The Beypore Urus are a symbol of Kerala’s […]

Base Editing

In News  Scientists in the United Kingdom testing a new form of cancer therapy, reported success in a teenaged girl, Alyssia, with a form of cancer called T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Alyssia was the first to receive experimental gene therapy that relied on a new technique called ‘base editing.’ T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. In this […]

PAC Flags Issues in Procurement of Facilities for Soldiers

In Context Recently, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), in its 55th report on “Provisioning, procurement and issue of High Altitude Clothing, Equipment, Ration and Housing”. More about the news About: The report is based on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) findings in 2019. PAC observations: Mismanagement: The committee observed that a huge quantity of […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 3 Rs 3 lakh cr for Northeast border roads (infrastructure) Know about India’s investment in in roads and highways infrastructure in its border areas near China in the Northeast and significance  GS 2 8 Pendency high, Supreme Court must not take up […]

New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022

In Context Recently, both Houses of Parliament passed the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Bill, 2022. More about the news Renaming Arbitration Centre: The bill renames the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre as the India International Arbitration Centre.  International and domestic arbitration: The Act requires the Arbitration Centre to strive to facilitate the conduct […]

Need to reform India’s Pensions System

In Context Recently, the Global Pension Index ranked India’s pension system at 41 out of the 44 countries. More about the Index About: There is an index for ranking the pension systems across the world. It is called the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index. What does this index track? The index report admits that […]

Warming of Arctic Region

In News Recently, the annual assessment of the region was done by the researchers which evaluated that the temperatures in the Arctic Circle have been rising much more quickly than those in the rest of the planet.  Nearly 150 experts from 11 nations compiled this year’s assessment of Arctic conditions (the Arctic Report Card) which […]

India’s solar capacity: Achievements and Challenges

In News  According to the Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Only one-fourth of sanctioned solar power projects have been commissioned so far. Potential of Solar Energy  The Sun has been worshipped as a life-giver to our planet since ancient times and the industrial ages gave us the understanding of sunlight as an energy source. […]