Why in News: NASA announced plans to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 About the mission To study the atmosphere and geologic features of Venus and better understand why Earth and Venus emerged so differently. …
Stockholm Conference United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, by name Stockholm Conference, the first United Nations (UN) conference that focused on international environmental issues. The conference, held in Stockholm, Sweden, from June 5 to 16, 1972, reflected a growing …
About Black Carbon Black carbon, or soot, is part of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) and contributes to climate change. Black carbon is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, wood and other fuels. Complete combustion would turn all …
CONTEXT Recently, WhatsApp decided to legally challenge one of India’s new Information Technology rules. New rules have been challenged because it requires messaging platforms to help investigative agencies in identifying the originator of problematic messages. However as per WhatsApp, this …
NEWS There needs to be a federal coalition to preserve the idea of a plural India, in terms of culture and politics. CONTEXT Recently an observation has been made by Niti Aayog, regarding the management of Covid epidemic. One of …