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Habitat’s World Cities Report 2022

In News The United Nations-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2022 Report stated that India’s urban population is estimated to stand at 675 million in 2035, the second highest behind China’s one billion. Key Findings Uneven Urbanisation: It  was only temporarily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cities are here to stay, and the future of humanity is […]

Road Safety

In News The United Nations held a high-level meeting on Global Road Safety to review the progress and challenges and a new analytical series on road safety was recently published in The Lancet. Key Highlight of the report Routinely wearing helmets and seat belts, obeying speed limits, and avoiding driving drunk could save between 347,000 […]

India-Tajikistan Relations

In News Recently India’s Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences held a bilateral meeting with the Minister for Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan. About The discussion was based on water resources research, with a particular focus on Glacier monitoring and understanding, Non-conventional Energy, etc.  Few other issues like the […]

Election of the Vice President

In Context The Election Commission announced that the election to the office of the vice-president of India would be held on August 6.  Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu’s term will end on August 10. About Vice President of India  The Vice-President of India is the second highest constitutional office in the country. Term: He serves for a […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   6& 13 Single use plastic alternatives few ,costly :traders  Why single use plastic ban  (Environmental Pollution) What are the items being banned ?Major reasons to ban them,What are the implications of the ban on single-use plastics ?issues  in enforcement and suggest […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 1   Govt. keeps small savings interest rates unchanged (Economy) Why did the government  keep interest rates unchanged on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, for the second quarter of 2022-23 ?and repercussions of the move . GS 3 3 Alternatives […]

Abortion Law in India

In Context The 2021 amendment to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act fails to address some issues . Origin of abortion law in India In the 1960s, in the wake of a high number of induced abortions taking place, the Union government ordered the constitution of the Shantilal Shah Committee to deliberate on the legalisation […]

PSLV-C53 Mission

In News  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched three satellites for Singapore from its Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.  The PSLV-C53 mission lifted off at 06:02 pm to deploy the three satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). It  carries three satellites to deploy them in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Satellites DS-EO, a 365 kg […]

CAPSTONE Satellite

In  News  Recently, NASA launched Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment(CAPSTONE Satellite). About  It is a microwave oven-sized CubeSat weighing just 55 pounds (25 kg). It  is designed to test a unique, elliptical lunar orbit. It aims to help reduce risk for future spacecraft by validating innovative navigation technologies, and by verifying […]

‘POEM’ Platform

In Context ISRO successfully launched the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module or ‘POEM’. What is POEM? The PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) activity performs in-orbit scientific experiments using the spent PS4 stage as an orbital platform.  It is the first time that the PS4 stage would orbit the earth as a stabilised platform.   POEM derives the […]