Category: 22 Oct CA

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India’s fossil fuel production exceeds Paris Agreement goals:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation related issues.   Context: The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Production Gap Report has revealed that 15 of the top fossil fuel producing countries, including India, are not prepared to meet the requirements of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Paris Agreement seeks to keep global warming “well below 2 …

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UDAN scheme:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Infrastructure- airways.   Context: The Government of India has identified 21st October as UDAN Day, the day on which the scheme document was first released.   About UDAN scheme (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) Scheme: The scheme is aimed at enhancing connectivity to remote and regional areas of the country and …

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BharatNet project:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Context: Tamil Nadu FibreNet Corp signs agreement for BharatNet project implementation. The project aims at providing 1 Gbps bandwidth connectivity to all Gram Panchayats.   About BharatNet: BharatNet Project was originally launched …

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Why Covaxin is yet to win WHO’s emergency approval?

GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Issues related to health.   Context: The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) approval for WHO pre-qualification, or Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for Bharat Biotech International Ltd’s covid-19 vaccine is moving according to procedure and the Indian government’s haste in pushing through the process is only adding to speculation about the alleged delay. …

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What is La Niña?

GS Paper 1 Topics Covered: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.   Context: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently declared that La Niña has re-developed. Consecutive La Ninas following a transition through ENSO neutral conditions are not uncommon and can be referred to as a “Double-Dip.”   Background: El …

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