Source: DH Context: Assam and Meghalaya governments have agreed to construct a 55 MW hydropower project on the Kulsi River, which is a known habitat for the endangered Ganges River dolphin. About Kulsi River: Location: Flows through West Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) into Kamrup district (Assam). Origin & Course: Originates in Meghalaya. It flows ~60 km …
Source: TH Context: Recently, the tragic loss of lives in a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district reignited the debate on the persistence of illegal mining and its consequences. About Rat-hole Mining: What it is: Rat-hole mining involves digging narrow tunnels, barely large enough for workers to crawl in, to extract coal …
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Source: TH Context: WHO faced scrutiny over its handling of polio data, particularly its limited transparency on immune-deficiency and ambiguous vaccine-derived poliovirus cases. Recently the ICMR-NIV Mumbai unit confirmed and reported that the polio case detected in Meghalaya was a type 1 vaccine-derived poliovirus. About Polio Virus: Definition: Polio is a highly infectious viral disease primarily …
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: The Hindu Context: Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) ordered not to issue an ST certificate to any Khasi person who adopts their father’s surname as it is against the traditional custom of inheriting the mother’s surname. What is the matrilineal system among Khasis? It refers to a …
Context: The killing of 14 civilians in a botched military operation in Nagaland has led to fresh calls for repealing The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), a stringent law that allows the armed forces to use maximum force in an area declared as ‘disturbed’. Following the incident, the demand for repealing the law has …
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