The stage has been set for gender equity in Digital India

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation   Source: LM Context: Addressing India’s digital gender divide will enable the Indian economy to achieve more inclusive growth in the long term.   Data related to India’s digital gender divide: National Family …

UN World Water Development Report 2023

GS Paper 3  Syllabus: Agriculture/Geography   Source: UNWater, DTE  Context: Recently, ‘United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: partnerships and cooperation for water’, was released. Also, UN 2023 Water Conference is currently being held in New York    Major findings of the report: Global: Globally, two billion people do not have safe drinking water and …

India’s democratic values have eroded significantly

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Functioning of Indian Democracy   Source: TH Context: The question of whether or not India’s democratic values have declined in recent years has been debated at the University of Cambridge.   Data on democratic values in India: By the Sweden-based V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute – The deliberative democracy index: It …

What California’s atmospheric rivers mean for drought, floods, fires

GS Paper 1   Source: Indian Express   Context: California has experienced an exceptionally wet winter with 11 atmospheric rivers battering the state and a twelfth such storm threatening to cause even more flooding, landslides and road closures. California has received 147% of average rainfall so far this season, according to the state Department of …