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Vaikom Satyagraha

In Context As the year 2024 marks the centenary of the Vaikom Satyagraha, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is to jointly inaugurate the centenary celebrations, during a function to be held at Vaikom on April 1, 2023. What is Vaikom Satyagraha? The Vaikom Satyagraha 30th March 1924 was […]

Salt Marshes

In Context Salt marshes have been playing an outsized role in stabilising the environment. But more than 90 per cent of these biologically productive ecosystems may soon succumb to sea level rise by the turn of the century. What are Salt marshes? Salt marshes are coastal wetlands that are flooded and drained by salt water […]

Ancestral Records

In News Recently, Indian Council of Historical Research has prepared to release records of people’s ancestors kept by genealogy priests About Genealogy priests called Panda have been collecting records of families going back 15 to 20 generations, with details like place of origin, names, births, deaths, reason of death, place of residence, grants made to […]

Upward Lightning

In News Brazilian researchers recently succeeded in taking pictures of positive upward discharges of electricity from lightning conductor rods in São José dos Campos. What is Upward Lightning? Upward lightning is a phenomenon whereby a self-initiated lightning streak develops from a tall object that travels upward toward an overlaying electrified storm cloud. For this to […]

Plastic-rock hybrid discovered in Andaman’s Aves island

In News A team of marine biologists during routine monitoring of marine litter in some of the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands, have stumbled upon a piece of rock made from plastic. About The rock which was discovered on a beach on Aves Island is the first such find from India. Known as Plastiglomerate, the […]

Affinity Test & Caste Claims

In News The Supreme Court has recently held in a judgment that an affinity test cannot be the litmus test to decide a caste claim. More about the news Supreme Court’s judgment: A three-judge Bench was settling conflicting views on the value of affinity tests to prove caste/tribe claims. It stated that an affinity test […]

Ban on Transgendered female athletes

In News Recently, transgender women have been barred from competing in the female category by World Athletics (WA)(the international governing body for track and field) Major Points  WA has followed the path of FINA, the international swimming federation, which enforced a similar ban in June last year. The ban & research: Transgender women who have […]

Vedic Heritage portal

In News The Union Home Minister recently inaugurated the Vedic Heritage portal in New Delhi. He also inaugurated a virtual museum — ‘Kala Vaibhav’ — built by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA). About  Veidic heritage portal and a virtual museum — ‘Kala Vaibhav’ — built by the Indira Gandhi National Centre […]

Sharda Peeth

In News Recently, Home Minister e-inaugurated Mata Sharda Devi temple near LoC in J&K’s Kupwara. About The Home Minister mentioned that the Indian government will make attempts to build a corridor to Sharda Peeth in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, like the Kartarpur corridor, so that devotees can participate in the Shardha Yatra. Sharda Peeth temple Location: […]

The wide disparities in human development

Context Governments must prioritise human development alongside economic growth to ensure that the benefits of growth are more evenly distributed. What is Human Development? Human development is a multidimensional concept. Why? With the finding that economic growth does not bring automatic growth in wealth for everyone, human development focuses on the role of the people […]