Context The recent glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Sikkim wreaked havoc along the Teesta river, bringing into focus the magnifying risk of climate change-induced GLOF across the Indian Himalayan Region(IHR). The article discusses the causes and impacts of glacial …
Background Last year, the Parliament passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022. Key Features of the Act The Act repeals The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920. The over 100-year-old Act’s scope was limited to capturing of finger impression, foot-print impressions …
About FSSAI The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is an autonomous statutory body established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is the administrative Ministry of FSSAI. FSSAI is …
What’s in the news? S&P Global Market Intelligence, a leading provider of financial and industry data, has predicted that India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to rise to USD 7.3 trillion by 2030 and it will surpass Japan to …
Context As Telangana gears up for Assembly polls next month, its stringent preventive detention law is under the spotlight. In at least three separate instances, the Supreme Court has red-flagged the Telangana government’s use of the law. What is preventive …
About ITBP The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force was raised in 1962. At present, the ITBP guards 3,488 km long India-China borders ranging from the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh. Apart from this, the Force …
About the scheme The Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for providing affordable Working Capital loans to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been …
Context This article discusses the meaning of carrying capacity and the way forward regarding the carrying capacity of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). What is carrying capacity? Carrying capacity of a region is based on the maximum population size that …