Context India stands at a crossroads of development, grappling with the dual challenge of meeting its soaring energy demands while addressing the pressing concerns of climate change and environmental degradation. With a population of over 1.4 billion and being the …
Context Indian farmers have faced consistent losses of Bt cotton crops due to pink bollworm attacks. Bt cotton GM crops are derived from plants whose genes are artificially modified, generally by inserting genetic material from another organism, to give it …
Context Early warning systems for extreme weather events are becoming more challenging due to temperature rise and the associated changes in the climate Early warning systems Early warning system is an adaptive measure for climate change, using integrated communication systems …
Context The prolonged drought in the Amazon indicates that the rainforest is edging closer to a tipping point from which recovery may become irreversible. The term “tipping point” refers to a critical threshold or turning point at which a situation …
Context The article highlights the positive progress India has made in reducing Tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality since 2015, exceeding global decline rates. Despite this success, achieving the ambitious goal of TB elimination by 2025 seems unlikely due to several …
About PM MITRA Parks The Government of India is setting up PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks to boost the textiles sector. The Parks will come up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar …
About The government unveiled its new Foreign Trade Policy 2023 (FTP 2023) which came into force on 1 April. The previous policy, launched in 2015, had to be extended several times due to the pandemic and geo-political developments. What is …
About SHC The Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme is promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare to provide information to farmers on nutrient status of their soil along with recommendations on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied …
What’s in the news? As a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Paris Agreement, India submitted its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in the year 2015 comprising, inter-alia, of following two quantifiable targets: …
Context “Aditya-L1”, India’s first solar mission, will reach its destination, Lagrange Point 1, around the first week of January 2024. About the Mission ISRO has successfully launched the country’s first space mission to study the sun, Aditya-L1. The Polar Satellite …