NATIONAL Adverse Possession Adverse possession is a legal concept that refers to the hostile possession of property. It has been a subject of discussion and debate among legal experts, with differing opinions on its justification and impact Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary In the Read More
Why in News? As the world observes the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day on June 5, this year’s campaign, #BeatPlasticPollution, highlights the urgent need for global solutions to combat the pervasive issue of plastic pollution. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is Read More
Context The Petersberg Dialogue on Climate Change was held in Berlin recently to discuss the way forward towards COP28. About the Conference: Around 40 countries attended the conference. It was hosted by Germany and the United Arab Emirates, which is going to host 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) to Read More
Context: June 5 marked the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day which was started by the United Nations in June 1972 at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Area of Climate Displacement Hotspots: South Asia houses the world’s most impacted climate displacement Read More
Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the US for an official state visit from June 21 to 24, where he will be hosted by US President Joe Biden at the White House. This will be his first state visit to Read More
Context: Amid the global economic slowdown, the world’s largest grouping of crude oil producers (OPEC+), agreed to extend on-going production cuts into 2024 to keep the oil prices down. OPEC’s steps to manage in Oil prices: International oil future contracts increased: OPEC major and leading producer Read More
Context: The recent rail accident in Balasore in Odisha, has exposed the failings in the functioning of Indian Railways and the challenges that India faces in modernising and expanding its rail services. Probable Question: Q. Indian Railways needs an infrastructure revamp focused on Read More
Context: Recently, physicists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle smasher at CERN, in Europe, reported that they had detected a Higgs boson decaying into a Z boson particle and a photon. This is a very rare decay process that tells us important Read More
Context As per the information of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), generation of unique disability IDs (UDIDs) had increased from an average of 5,000 IDs a day to an average of 7,000 to 9,000 daily during the ‘90-day Azadi Se Antodaya Tak campaign’. Background Read More