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Purple Fest

Context The first-of-its-kind inclusive festival in India, ‘Purple Fest: Celebrating Diversity’ is set to begin in Goa. About Purple Fest It aimed at furthering the spirit of inclusion, the Purple Fest will feature a variety of exciting live performances, sporting events, grand exhibitions, immersive experience zones, accessible movie screenings, & discussions on vital subjects like […]

A new dwarf boa species from Ecuador

In News Scientists have discovered a new species of dwarf boa in the Ecuadoran Amazon and named it after an Indigenous activist. About Dwarf Boa The snake from the Tropidophiidae family was found in the cloud forest in northeastern Ecuador and was up to 20 centimetres long.  Tropidophis cacuangoae can be identified from other reptiles […]

Arab Spring

In News K.P. Fabian’s newly launched book, ‘The Arab Spring That Was and Wasn’t’ was seen in the news recently. About Arab Spring a wave of uprisings, revolts, protests, and unrest, spread across Arabic nations in the Middle East and North Africa by early 2011. What gave birth to the Arab Spring?  In December 2010, […]

Members of the Kuki-Chin Community

In News As another round of refugee crisis brewed on the Mizoram-Bangladesh border, several members of the Kuki-Chin community were “pushed back” by the Border Security Force (BSF). About Kuki-Chin Refugees Kuki-Chin, the Christian community from Bangladesh’s Chittagong hill tracts, share close ethnic ties with people in Mizoram.  The first tranche of around 300 refugees […]

First Advance Estimates by NSO

In News According to the first advance estimates of national income released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow 7 percent in the financial year 2022-23. Key Points About: This marks the first official government estimate for economic growth ahead of the upcoming Union Budget for 2023-24.  […]

Indian Women Peacekeeping Forces

Context India deployed a platoon of women peacekeepers in Abyei on the border of Sudan and South Sudan as part of the Indian Battalion in the United Nations Interim Security Force. About Composition: It includes two women Army officers – a Major from the Corps of Signals and a Captain from the Corps of Engineers. […]

Facebook Fined for Breaching EU Privacy Law

In News Recently, Facebook’s parent company Meta has been imposed with two sets of fines totalling €390 million. Key Points Of Ruling in Ireland The Irish privacy regulator concluded that the company’s advertising and data handling practices were in breach of the EU’s overarching privacy law.  The Irish DPC is the lead regulatory authority for […]

UGC’s Draft Regulations-2023

In News Recently, the University Grants Commission (UGC) released draft regulations to allow foreign universities to enter India. Key Points About: The draft regulations of the UGC on Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India 2023 pave the way for the entry of foreign universities into the groves of […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1 New UGC norms: Foreign universities can set up campus, decide fee, repatriate funds (Education ) Know about the features of draft norms announced by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for Foreign universities and objectives behind the move . GS 2 6 […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 1/3   1   Decennial census put off till Sept. to freeze boundaries (Population and Associated Issues/Economy) Know about decennial Census, History of Census, Legal Backing and Significance    GS 3 7 Tirupati to have largest liquid waste treatment plant   ‘Asian elephant […]