GS Paper - III
On 17 September 2024, Prime Minister launched the Subhadra Yojana, the Odisha government’s scheme to transfer Rs 10,000 per year to eligible women beneficiaries in the state between the ages of 21 and 60.
GS Paper - III
The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission conducted the first ever private spacewalk on 12 September 2024, crossing yet another milestone for private industry in the space sector. The mission executed by billionaire Jared Isaacman and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is not regulated by NASA or the US government in any way. This, some have pointed, violates a treaty that the country signed more than 50 years ago. Here is how.
GS Paper - III
“Food versus fuel” is a familiar debate in the context of sugarcane, rice, maize, palm or soyabean oil being diverted for the production of ethanol and biodiesel. But there’s also a looming “food versus cars” dilemma, which is linked to phosphoric acid — the key ingredient in di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), India’s second most consumed fertiliser after urea — increasingly finding its way into the production of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs).
GS Paper - II
Delhi, last month, hosted a first-of-its-kind dialogue on the conservation, restoration and governance of common resources such as forests, community lands, and water bodies like lakes or rivers, all usually referred to just as Commons. More than 500 people, most of them representing grassroots organisations in different parts of India, attended the three-day event. It was organised to raise awareness about the need to evolve more inclusive and community-led frameworks for the governance of the Commons.
