Syllabus: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Context Digi Yatra facility will be launched at 6 more airports namely Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Lucknow, Jaipur, and Guwahati airports in the month of August 2023. The implementation and installation of Digi Yatra infrastructure at these airports will take place in a …

Syllabus: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment. Context The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is implementing Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) for development and conservation of indigenous breeds, genetic upgradation of bovine population and enhancement of milk production and productivity of bovines …

The energy storage based on lithium-ion batteries will help India to achieve its greenhouse mitigation targets since the basic raw material for production of electric vehicles is lithium and other critical materials. At present, investments in manufacturing and overall value addition for Advanced Chemistry Cells (ACCs) are negligible in India …

Context: The Rajya Sabha, on August 08, 2023, passed the Inter-Services Organisation (Command, Control & Discipline) Bill – 2023. It was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 04, 2023. The bill seeks to empower Commander-in-Chief and Officer-in Command of Inter-Services Organisations (ISOs) with all disciplinary and administrative powers in …

Syllabus: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. What does Census Says The Wildlife Institute of India and the National Tiger Conservation Authority, who are responsible for the quadrennial ‘tiger census’ reports, recently updated their estimates for the animal’s numbers. Madhya Pradesh, for the second time in eight years, …

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Why in NEWS The Navigation with Indian Constellation or NavIC, the seven-satellite system that makes up India’s version of the American GPS (global positioning system), will soon be integrated into Aadhaar enrolment devices across the country, the …

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Context In a move to make Unified Payments Interface (UPI) more user-friendly, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed incorporating Artificial Intelligence-powered conversational features, to enable digital payments through voice commands. The RBI also announced plans …

Syllabus: Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth Context The two transfers mark the start of the transfer of ISRO-developed satellite bus technology to private industry. Points to note The Indian Space Research Organisation has transferred key space technology to 2 …

Information technologies are finding increasing use in the agricultural value system, and farmers are increasingly becoming more informed. The Government has taken various measures to provide access to technology and nformation across the country, through various Digital Initiatives, such as: National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGP-A) wherein, funds are provided …

Syllabus: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. What’s the ongoing story- THERE is disquiet in the scientific fraternity that for the first time since it was instituted in 1958, the country’s top annual science prize, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards, that have …

Syllabus: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Context Two years after Sri Lanka cancelled a joint India-Japan MoU for the East Container Terminal (ECT) project in Colombo, the three countries are studying ways of restarting trilateral cooperation, envoys at a conference said in …

Syllabus: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Context In a controversial move, the Union government on Thursday introduced a Bill to remove the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from a panel to select the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners. In Detail Instead of the CJI, …

Syllabus: Parliament and State legislatures Why in NEWS The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Bill, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, and the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Bill. The four Bills were discussed and passed after the Opposition …

Syllabus: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests Why in NEWS Dozens of Pakistani Islamic State group militants have been killed or captured in Afghanistan in the past year, Kabul’s Taliban authorities said on Wednesday, days after Islamabad blamed Afghans for involvement in suicide …

Syllabus: India and its neighbourhood- relations Context Even as India was recently declared the most populous country in the world Its rival and hostile neighbour is not behind. Pakistan’s Council of Common Interests, a national body, recently unanimously approved the results of the census carried out by its Statistics Bureau …

Syllabus: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. Why in NEWS The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday carried out another orbit reduction manoeuvre of India’s third moon mission, Chandrayaan-3. The ISRO start Even closer to the moon’s surface. Chandrayaan-3’s orbit is reduced …

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Context An amendment to the New Drugs and Clinical Trial Rules (2023) – stopping the use of animals in research, especially in drug testing To remove animals from drug-testing Check whether it can treat the disease and …

Syllabus – Conservation NEWS is about Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) – Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela – first summit in 14 years – set up in 1995 by the South American countries that share the Amazon basin. Treaty about Launch an alliance to fight deforestation …

Bill is About Amendment Act enables lakhs of small marginal aquaculture farmers to avoid possible need for obtaining CRZ clearances from multiple agencies provides for broad basing “coastal aquaculture” to comprehensively cover all activities of coastal aquaculture ensure that they operate in an environmentally compliant manner – such as cage …

Bill, 2023 The Bill protects digital personal data by providing for the following: The obligations of Data Fiduciaries (that is, persons, companies and government entities who process data) for data processing (that is, collection, storage or any other operation on personal data); The rights and duties of Data Principals (that …