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Chelonoidis phantasticus

In News  Species of turtle named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island  thought extinct 100 years ago rediscovered recently . Researchers have reported the confirmation in a paper in Nature Communications Biology. About  It belongs to Chelonoidis phantasticus. Chelonoidis phantasticus means “fantastic giant tortoise”.  Commonly called the Fernandina Island Galápagos giant tortoise  The species was so […]

Sant Tukaram Temple

In News The Prime Minister will inaugurate the Sant Tukaram Shila Mandir in the temple town of Dehu in Pune district. About the Shila Mandir Shila refers to a rock: that is currently on the Dehu Sansthan temple premises, and that for centuries has been the starting point of Wari, the annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur. […]

World of Work Summit

In News Recently, the World of Work summit was organised by ILO in Geneva. About the summit Organiser: The International Labour Organisation. Theme: Tackling multiple global crises: promoting human-centred recovery and resilience. Aim: To discuss how to tackle the labour and social consequences of the food, energy and financial crises with human-centred approaches. Focus area: […]

Coal Action Plan for 2022-23

In News Recently, the Ministry of Coal, Government of India has finalised an Action Plan for 2022-23. Major Focused Areas of Plan The Action Plan broadly focuses on the following areas: Grey Hydrogen Just Transition/ Energy Transition Restructuring Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation. (CMPFO) Coal evacuation Benchmarking of Machines & Quantifiable Parameters (Output per hr/per […]

Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022

In News The Government of India (GoI) has questioned the parameters of the recently released Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022. Environment Performance Index (EPI) The EPI is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health.  It is a biennial index, first started in 2002 as the Environment Sustainability Index by the World […]

Online Gaming

In Context The Tamil Nadu government has recently taken steps to promulgate an ordinance against online gaming. Legislation related to online gaming in India: Gaming: Law laid down by the Supreme Court in 1957 (Chamarbaugwala cases) — competitive games of skill are business activities protected under Article 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution. Rummy and […]

Thailand Legalizes Marijuana

In News Recently, Thailand made it legal to cultivate and possess marijuana. It became the first Asian country to remove the ban on this drug. More about the news The Thailand government is promoting cannabis for medical use only. It also issued a warning for those eager to light up for fun smoking in public.  […]

India and Gulf region

In News  Recently ,Government suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi spokesperson Naveen Kumar Jindal, following comments they had made about Islam and the Prophet.  The move came after three countries in the Gulf region had summoned the Indian ambassadors to their nations to register their protest, and demanded a public apology […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   3& 15   Next President will be elected on July 18, Opposition for contest against NDA How the President is elected   (Polity and Governance) How is the President of India elected?What is the value of each vote and how is […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   Presidential polls scheduled for July 18 (Polity and Governance) When is the election of the Office of President of India held?How is the President elected?What is the value of each vote and how is it calculated?What is required to secure […]