Context: The United Nations (U.N) World Meteorological Organisation announced that it has come up with a new Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Infrastructure. What are Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)? Certain gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, trap the sun’s heat in Earth’s atmosphere. These greenhouse gases (GHGs) exist naturally in the atmosphere and help …
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Mountbatten Plan The last viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, put forth a proposal in June 1947 under which provinces would be proclaimed independent successor states with the option to join or not to join the constituent assembly. The freedom-with-partition formula was becoming generally accepted long before Mountbatten arrived in India. The immediate transfer of power …
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The Hindu Newspaper Analysis for UPSC The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 6 March 2023 After long years of legislative meanderings, Parliament enacted the anti-defection law (10th Schedule) in 1985 to curb political defection. The first was to curb the act of defection by disqualifying the defecting member. The second was to protect political parties from debilitating …
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डेली करंट अफेयर्स फॉर UPSC 2023 in Hindi प्रश्न हाल ही में समाचारों में देखा गया, ‘कैंटिलोन प्रभाव’ निम्नलिखित में से किस एक से सबसे अच्छा संबंधित है? एक ही तीव्रता के दो उष्णकटिबंधीय चक्रवातों का विलय दोहराव वाले संक्रमण से नए जीवाणु उपभेदों का विकास एक घटना जहां प्रारंभिक व्यय के कारण धन का …
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Background: A number of women self-help groups (SHGs) in Uttar Pradesh have benefitted from Social Saheli. About the Social Saheli Social Saheli is an online platform that helps women’s self-help groups (SHGs) in Uttar Pradesh by providing skill-building, mentorship, storytelling and marketing assistance. It converges the voices of women entrepreneurs who are working with local …
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Direct Action Day The “Great Calcutta Massacre” was scheduled for August 16, 1946, the Direct Action Day. This day marked the beginning of the “Week of Long Knives,” during which 6,000 Hindus and Muslims were shot, slashed, and otherwise brutalised. 200000 people were raped and injured. India hadn’t yet experienced freedom. R.L. Walker served as …
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Interim Government It was the only cabinet of its kind in India’s history where the Muslim League and the Congress shared authority at the national level. The interim administration had a large deal of autonomy and held onto power until the end of British rule, when the Dominions of India and Pakistan took over. In …
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Context: India has promised to increase its forest and tree cover as part of its international climate change commitments. What is Compensatory Afforestation? Compensatory afforestation means that every time forest land is diverted for non-forest purposes such as mining or industry, the user agency pays for planting forests over an equal area of non-forest land, …
Context: According to the IEA’s ‘CO2 Emissions in 2022’ report, global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose by under 1% in 2022. About the ‘CO2 Emissions in 2022’ Report This report is the first in the IEA (International Energy Agency)’s new series, the Global Energy Transitions Stocktake. The report covers CO2 emissions from all energy …
Context: An opposition party leader has alleged that the Israeli-made spyware Pegasus was used to snoop on him. Pegasus Spyware Background In October 2019, WhatsApp said that journalists and human rights activists in India had been targets of surveillance by operators using the spyware. In 2021, a global collaborative investigative project revealed that Pegasus might …
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