Context The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials critical for the green energy transition. What is Deep Sea Mining? Deep sea mining involves removing mineral deposits and metals from the ocean’s seabed. Types: There are Read More …
Month: July 2023
Pangong Lake
Context: China is rushing to complete a bridge across the Pangong Tso, connecting the north and south banks. About Pangong Tso Lake: Location: Pangong Tso is an endorheic lake (landlocked) that is partly in India’s Ladakh region and partly in Tibet. Its total Read More …
Current Affairs Quiz – 04 July 2023
This quiz is based on Daily Current Affairs Articles posted regularly on Aspirant IAS Academy website. To view Solutions, follow these instructions: To Start quiz click on – ‘Start Quiz’ Solve all Questions. Click on ‘Quiz Summary’ Click on ‘Finish Quiz’ Click on ‘View Questions’ button Read More …
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 04-07-2023
NATIONAL NEWS NADA India Signs MoU with SARADO National Anti-Doping Agency, India (NADA India) signed a MoU with South Asia Regional AntiDoping Organization (SARADO) on 03 July 2023 in New Delhi. Ritu Sain, Director General and CEO, NADA India and Read More …
Tejas completes 7 years of service
Context Indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas completed seven years of service in the Indian Air Force (IAF) on July 1. Background The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) program was started in the early 1980s, with the Government of India (GoI) establishing the Read More …
The Quota Within
Context: Against the Maharashtra government’s stand in Bombay High Court to grant transgender persons horizontal and/or vertical reservations because it would breach the 50 per cent ceiling, has staged a protest in Mumbai. Present scenario on reservation for Transgender: Unheard demands: Reservation for transgender is Read More …
Construction workers cannot be deprived of ‘Right to pension’
Context Recently, the Delhi High Court has ruled that, Construction workers cannot be deprived of their right to pension “merely due to hyper-technical issues” or requirements such as “production of original MR Slips or serial number of the notary records”. Construction workers Read More …
Centre to issue norms against ‘dark patterns’ in online ads
Context The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs has decided to issue specific guidelines to control the increasing use of ‘dark patterns’ in misleading advertisements, creating false urgency, confirm-shaming, forced action, subscription traps and nagging on online platforms. What are dark patterns? Dark Patterns are unethical Read More …
World Drug Report 2023
Context Recently, the World Drug Report 2023 was launched by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): The agency’s focus is the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs, crime prevention and criminal justice, international terrorism, and political Read More …
Reservation For Transgender Community
Context: The Maharashtra government is facing difficulties in providing additional reservations to transgender persons in education and Public Employment. PYQ: Q. The reservation of seats for women in the institution of local self-government has had a limited impact on the patriarchal character of the Read More …