A Greener Cooling Pathway

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Environment Conservation   Source: The Hindu, World Bank Direction: Innovative solutions for Important reports can be good fodder for your answers  Context: A new World Bank report “Climate Investment Opportunities in India’s Cooling Sector”, has highlighted the need for using alternative and innovative cooling technologies. Issues highlighted in the report: Vulnerability …

WMO’s State of Global Water Resources 2021

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment Disaster and disaster management.   Source: Hindustan Times, WMO  Context: The World Meteorological Organization has published its first State of Global Water Resources report in order to assess the effects of climate, environmental and societal change on the Earth’s water resources.  The recent UN climate …

Gas pricing freedom

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.   Source: Indian Express, The Hindu Direction / Tips: Theme ‘ ENERGY’ – Natural gas, petroleum etc is very important both for Prelims & Mains.   Context: Oil ministry committee under economist Kirit Parikh has recommended liberalizing the pricing of gas produced from legacy fields of state-run …

Why constitutional validity of J&K reorganisation act cause went unchallenged: SC

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure   Source: TH  Direction: The article highlights the process of delimitation and discusses the controversy around the delimitation of UT of J&K.    Context: The Supreme Court questioned petitioners on why they did not challenge the constitutionality of a …

Assam-Meghalaya border dispute

GS Paper 2 and 3: Topics Covered:  Polity: Border demarcation, Internal security-related issues.   Source: The Hindu  Direction: Boundary disputes between the states are in news of late. Also check Maharastra and Karnataka boundary dispute. (See Infographic)    Context: Recent killing of 6 personnel in Assam police firing while catching timber smugglers from Meghalaya has …