Why in News? Medical practitioners have reported a condition called silent or happy hypoxia in the ongoing Covid pandemic What is Hypoxia? Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate …
About Jal Jeevan Mission Launched in 2019, the chief objective of the Mission is to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024 and thereby ensuring potable water supply in adequate quantity i.e. @ 55 lpcd …
NEWS That the situations faced by India’s migrants are not a matter of concern in policy making is quite apparent. CONTEXT With the continuation of the second wave of the pandemic, strict to moderate lockdowns are being imposed again. This …
CONTEXT A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously declared a Maharashtra law, which provides reservation benefits to the Maratha community taking the quota limit in the State in excess of 50%, as unconstitutional. SETS ASIDE HC VERDICT The …
Why in News? A recent study has noted that due to the significant melting of glaciers because of global temperature rise, our planet’s axis of rotation has been moving more than usual since the 1990s. Cause for this shift According …
What are Bryophytes? The word bryophyte is the collective term for mosses, hornworts and liverworts and bryology is the study of bryophytes. They are spore-producing, rather than seed-producing, plants and they are all without flowers. Bryophytes can be found in …
Why in the news? Scientists have documented the link between the ghost forests and sea-level rising. Let us understand both the terms in detail and know their relation. What is sea level rise? Sea-level rise is an increase in the …
NEWS A direct consequence of the pandemic is that New Delhi’s claim to regional primacy and leadership could take a hit. CONTEXT The second wave of COVID-19 and its distressing consequences has prompted the country to accept foreign aid after …
What’s in the news? Azim Premji University’s Centre for Sustainable Employment, Bengaluru, has released a report titled ‘State of Working India 2021: One Year of Covid-19’. The report, which covers the period March 2020 to December 2020, dwells on the …
Why in News? Researchers have identified fossil bone fragments of long-necked dinosaurs called sauropods, dating back to about 100-million-years from an area around West Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya. About the discovery Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small …