Editorials

During the annual Perseid meteor shower near the town of Bariloche, Argentina, on Friday. The Perseid meteors are rocky debris left behind by the Swift-Tuttle comet, dragged towards earth when the planet’s orbit crosses the comet’s path.

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 …

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 …

Gaddar was associated with this Telugu film director and even penned a song for his movie Maa Bhoomi Ans: B. Narsing Rao In which year did Gaddar survive an assassination attempt? Ans:1997 Which was the political party floated by Gaddar in June to contest the Telangana Assembly election? Ans: Gaddar …

Syllabus: Distribution of key natural resources across the world world’s largest nickel reserves 22 percent of global reserves Reserve – Indonesia > Australia > Brazil Producers – Indonesia > Philippines > Russia Ni used: stainless steel, Ev batteries Expected to account for roughly half of global supply growth through to …

Context The decades-long search for a room-temperature and ambient-pressure superconductor has been arduous, spanning technologies, materials, and theories. LK-99 It is considered to be a room-temperature superconductor at ambient pressure a copper substituted lead apatite Independent researchers will have to check they can transport electric current with zero resistance Bring …

Context The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to address the “public concern” about the deaths of six of the 20 adult cheetahs, translocated from South Africa and Namibia, at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Chetahs in India Two batches of cheetahs, 8 from Namibia and 12 …

Syllabus: Security challenges and their management in border areas Why in NEWS Blaming previous Indian governments for “neglecting” the Line of Actual Control (LAC), External Affairs Minister on Monday said he had seen first-hand the extent of Chinese infrastructure development from the 2000s on its side of the LAC when …

Syllabus: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting  India’s interests. Context The UAE, which promised $2-billion investments in food parks in India at the four-nation I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA) Summit held in July 2022, is yet to deliver on its commitment more than a year later as it …