Editorials

Context: The ‘State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’ by FAO: 2021 India approx. 74% or 1 billion of the population cannot afford a healthy diet. Food security is when all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet …

The Union government has constituted a committee headed by former President to explore the possibility of conducting simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, the Legislative Assemblies, municipalities, and panchayats. The proposal has been under consideration by the Government of India since 2014. Pros and Cons of One Nation, One Election …

Causes of climate change Burning fossil fuels  Cutting down forests   Farming livestock  These are increasingly influencing the climate and the earth’s temperature.  This adds enormous amounts of greenhouse gases to those naturally occurring in the  atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect and global warming.  Global warming  2011-2020 was the warmest decade …

Over the last few months, since onset of monsoon in India, we have been confronted with the news of frequent floods, torrential rains and landslides costing us hundreds of lives and hundreds of thousands of rupees as economic damage to public and private properties. We have witnessed several floods, cloudburst …

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Syllabus: IR Context A three member UAE Navy Subject Matter Expert Delegation led by Colonel Dr Ali Saif Ali Mehrazi arrived India on 27 Aug 23 for four-day visit to specialised Meteorology, Oceanography and Weather Modelling units of Indian Navy (IN) at Kochi, Goa and New Delhi. This visit signifies …

Syllabus: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Context BRICS found new purpose with expansion; but contradictions too Emerging BRICS Ever since the grouping, set up as a coalition of emerging economies, said last year that it was open to new members, as many …

Name of twilight when the sun is 12º below the horizon Ans: Nautical Thing that appears at astronomical dusk and disappears at astronomical dawn Ans: Faintest star visible to the naked eye Asura who could only be slain at twilight Ans: Hiranyakashipu Pink border visible above the earth’s shadow at …

1.The founder of Madras. Ans: Francis Day The other statue, apart from the ‘Triumph of Labour’, in Madras that is reminiscent of the photograph of the American Marines in Iwo Jima, is located here. Ans: Inside the DGP HQ opposite the Gandhi Statue on the Marina. Gandhiji established this in …

Dye named for a country with a colour associated with denim – Ans: Indigo   Reddish-purple dye secreted by Muricidae molluscs – Ans: Tyrian purple   Dye whose name comes from Sanskrit for “made by worms” – Ans: Kermes