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Biodiversity and Environment Komodo Dragons Syllabus: GS 3/Species in News  Context  According to the IUCN red list, the Komodo dragon is threatened with extinction as rising water levels, driven by the climate crisis, shrink its habitat. About  Scientific Name : Varanus komodoensis The dragon is a monitor lizard of the family Varanidae. It is the […]

In News  Recently, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology inaugurated the latest upgraded state-of-the-art Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) & Indigenous GPS based Pilot Sonde at Indian Meteorological Office in Jammu. Significance of the move The  X-Band Doppler Weather Radar will help in providing real-time monitoring and reporting of weather events affecting […]

In Context According to the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), INSPIRESat-1  is set for launch. About  INSPIRESat-1 is a collaborative effort by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder in the U.S., the National Central University, Taiwan, and the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, apart […]

In Context Taliban in Afghanistan may fuel the narcotic drug market in India and the world with help of Mexico Drug Cartels. What are Narcotic Drugs? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines narcotics as any substance that modifies the consumer’s perception, behaviour and cognition, mood or motor functioning.  As per an estimate, currently, more than […]

In News Recently, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) expressed his dissatisfaction in open court over Cisco, the software newly put in place in the Supreme Court for virtual hearings. About While the court stoically transformed from physical to virtual mode nearly two years ago without losing a single day’s work in the face of […]