Category: 11 Feb 2023

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How the e-waste you produce is providing poor children with a dangerous living

GS Paper 3  Syllabus: Environmental Pollution   Source: Indian Express    Context: Rising number of children in the extraction of the e-waste sector is a crude and hazardous process that goes unregulated. According to the Global E-waste Monitor 2020, the world dumped 53.6 million metric tons of e-waste in 2019. India produced 3.2 million metric …

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Hindenburg report on Adani group | SC calls for protecting Indian investors from sudden market volatility

GS Paper 3  Syllabus: Indian economy and related issues   Source: TH  Context: The SC asked the SEBI and the government about the existing regulatory framework in place to protect Indian middle-class investors.   Background: This comes after the Adani Group was accused of stock manipulation and accounting fraud by the American firm Hindenburg Research. …

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The Parliamentary committee report on the earth sciences ministry

GS Paper 2  Syllabus: Structure, Organization, and Functioning of the Ministries and Departments of the Government   Source: DTE   Context: According to a Parliamentary committee report, the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) made progress but has been ‘sluggish’ on a few counts.   Progress report of MoES:   Major schemes of MoES: The atmosphere …

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Discovery of lithium deposits in J&K to cut dependence on imports

GS Paper 1  Syllabus: Geography   Source: TH, PIB Context: Geological Survey of India (GSI) has for the first time established Lithium inferred resources of about 6 million tonnes in the Salal-Haimana area of the Reasi District of Jammu & Kashmir (UT) 51 Mineral Blocks including Lithium and Gold were handed over to State Governments   …

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How the Treaty of Alinagar set the stage for the English East India Company’s political rise

GS Paper 1 Syllabus: Modern Indian History from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues    Source: IE  Context: The Treaty of Alinagar strengthened the position of the British in Bengal and laid foundations for the Battle of Plassey a few months later. The treaty was the prelude …

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