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Transforming the Border into a Teeter Totter (See – Saw) On the US-Mexico steel border wall, Architecture studio Rael San Fratello wanted to create a place where citizens across the border could connect, so they designed three bright pink temporary ‘teeter-totters’ (see-saws) to slot into gaps. What does it represent? How neighbours are connected in …
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GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Science and technology Context: A new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks” have been found by LHC. This article is in continuation of yesterday’s article on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) What are quarks? Quarks are elementary particles that come in six “flavours”: up, down, …
GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Indigenisation of technology and developing new technology. Context: As per the global ranking service of super-computers (Top 500), India has only 3 top-ranked supercomputers among 500 and none in the top 100. (Param Siddhi (5.27 PFlops), Param Ganga (1.66 PFlops) and Pratyush supercomputer (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology’s)) Status: India had …
GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Structure, function and organization of judiciary and executive, the appointment of judges etc Context: The problem of pendency of cases is “intensifying” due to a lack of the sufficient number of judges, the Chief Justice of India said the government is yet to clear 23 names recommended for various high …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Parliament- structure, functioning and conduct of business, parliamentary committees etc Context: There should be a dedicated hour during the Rajya Sabha proceedings to discuss the“import and implications’ ‘of the reports finalized by Parliamentary Standing Committees, a panel headed by former General Secretary and adviser P.P.K. Ramacharyulu has recommended it. It …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Issues related to development and management of social sector related to health etc Context: Researchers at the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (ICMR-NIRT) have found human-to-animal transmission of TB in livestock (cattle) According to WHO, Tuberculosis is the among worst endemic disease. In India, the …
GS Paper 1 Syllabus: Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country. Context: The Shimla Agreement, completed 50 years, Signed after the Indo-Pakistan War that ended on December 16, 1971, following the Liberation of Bangladesh is considered a landmark agreement as it laid the blueprint for good neighbourly relations between India and Pakistan. Principles of …
