What is Domestic hazardous waste? According to Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, Domestic hazardous waste is defined as “discarded paint drums, pesticide cans, cfl bulbs, tube lights, expired medicines, broken mercury thermometers, used batteries, used needles and syringes and contaminated …
UN Food Systems Summit The UN Food Systems Summit conducted recently aimed to build a consensus on altering our food production systems to reduce the sector’s huge emissions without cutting down funding. The summit highlighted the reality of our food …
What’s in the news? Foreign Ministers of India, Russia and China have reaffirmed their support for a transparent, open, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organization, WTO at its core. In a Joint Communique after the …
About Coral reefs Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates called coral. The coral species that build reefs are known as hermatypic, or “hard,” corals because they extract calcium carbonate (CaCO3) from seawater …
UPSC Civil Service Mains Paper 1, popularly known as the essay paper, is of 250 marks. Candidates are required to write two essays, each of 125 marks, within 3 hours. Candidates are expected to keep close to the essay’s subject, …
India is the largest functioning democracy in the world by size; its pluralistic character and democratic values have stood the test of time. Democratic traditions and tenets have remained an integral part of the glorious legacy of Indian civilisation. The …