Why in News? NASA has converted carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen. How NASA achieved it? The extraction of oxygen, literally out of thin air on Mars, was achieved by an experimental device aboard Perseverance. In …
WHY IN NEWS? Leaders’ Climate Summit will be organised by the United States from April 22-23. In the light of this coming summit there has been a flurry of articles about suggestions that India should announce a ‘net-zero’ emissions target. …
NEWS Governments, both Centre and State, are resorting to the practice of ordinance which is a usurpation of legislative power by the executive. CONTEXT The central government has recently re-promulgated the ordinance that establishes a commission for air quality management …
What’s in the news? UNICEF and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (GDI) recently conducted a study titled “Gender bias and inclusion in advertising in India”. GDI is a non-profit research organization that researches gender representation in media …
About the Index Published every year since 2002 by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the World Press Freedom Index evaluates the press freedom situation in countries across the globe. RSF is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization with the stated aim …