Context: The Indian Navy test-fired an indigenously designed and developed heavyweight torpedo, Varunastra, with a live warhead against an undersea target. Image Source: Hindustan Times About Varunastra: It is a ship-launched anti-submarine torpedo. It was designed and developed by the Naval Science and Technological Read More …
Day: June 8, 2023
Fattah Missile
Context: Iran claimed that it had created a hypersonic missile called ‘Fattah,’ or ‘Conqueror’ in Farsi capable of travelling at 15 times the speed of sound. Image Source: The Hindu Key Points: The missile had a range of up to 1,400 kilometers Read More …
Resolute measures can save the planet from the harm of plastics
Context: The World Environment Day is celebrated every 5th June. The theme for this World Environment Day 2023 is ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. Ban on Plastics: This was also the theme in 2018 when India was the host country for the World Environment Day that saw the historic announcement Read More …
Sri Lankan population on dissent for Human Rights
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act of 2007 – a law meant to protect human rights – has become a tool for the Sri Lankan state to crack down on dissent. International Bill of Human Rights: Following the Second World War (1939-45), a Read More …
Trouble in Kosovo
Context: After the escalation of tensions between Kosovo and Serbia in at least a decade, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently sent 700 more of its peacekeeping troops to Kosovo. Image Source: The Hindu Timeline of the issue: 12th Read More …
Crop shortages pushed inflation following MSP hikes
Context RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will definitely consider the inflationary impact of about 5%–11% increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for farm produce in its bi-monthly policy. About the Food inflation and price rises: There is a 7% increase in paddy MSP could lead to higher prices if Read More …
Energy Transition
Context: In the upcoming G20 forum, India is planning to propose a multiple energy pathways approach to accommodate the diverse contexts and development trajectories of countries. The diversity of India’s States, which necessitates multiple pathways, will determine its own domestic Read More …
Seeing India’s energy transition through its States
Context: In the upcoming G20 forum, India is planning to propose a multiple energy pathways approach to accommodate the diverse contexts and development trajectories of countries. The Pledge & Ambitions: The diversity of India’s States, which necessitates multiple pathways, will Read More …
WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’
Context Recently, the latest version of the draft Pandemic Instrument, also referred to as the “pandemic treaty,” was shared with Member States at the World Health Assembly (WHA), where addressing ‘antimicrobial resistance ‘in the Pandemic Instrument were at risk of removal. Background Work on Read More …
A Global Order as Technology’s much needed Pole Star
Context: Ever since the Dot-com bubble burst in 2000, the rapid scale and pace of development of technology have radically and disruptively transformed our societies and daily lives. Challenges to notion of Nation-State: First, as defined by political theorists, the fundamental notion Read More …