Context: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tribute to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also called Massacre of Amritsar, incident happened on April 13, 1919, in which British troops commanded by Gen. Reginald Edward Harry Dyer fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in an open space known …
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Jyotiba Phule Context : On the birth anniversary of Jyotiba Phule, the Prime Minister has paid tribute to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Analysis The title of Mahatma by Vithalrao Krishnaji Vandekar was given to ‘Jyotiba’ Govindrao Phule for his great work for the lower castes. Rightly described as ‘the father of Indian social revolution’ by Dhananjay Keer, …
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Context: The India Energy Dashboards Version 2.0 was launched by NITI Aayog. Analysis India Energy Dashboards (IED) is an endeavour to provide single-window access to the energy data for the country. Energy data published/provided by Central Electricity Authority, Coal Controller’s Organisation, and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is compiled in the Dashboards. API linked …
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Context: Sputnik V Vaccine, the vaccine against Covid-19 developed by Russia, has been cleared for emergency use by the Drugs Controller General of India, the country’s drug regulator. It is now the third coronavirus vaccine to get emergency use approval, after Covishield (Serum Institute of India) and Covaxin (Bharat Biotech). Analysis The Sputnik V vaccine …
Context: An Iranian freighter was hit by an “explosion” in the Red Sea, after U.S. media reported Israel had struck the ship in retaliation for past Iranian strikes on its vessels. Iran was at pains to stress that the freighter was a civilian ship, although other sources said it had been used by Iranian commandos …
Context: Turkish PM criticised Washington for sanctioning a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally. US has imposed sanctions targeting NATO member over its acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defence systems. Analysis All about North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO It was formed in 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty. NATO is a security alliance …
India is fast expanding its supercomputer facilities and developing the capacity to manufacture its own supercomputers in the country. The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) envisages empowering our national academic and R&D institutions spread over the country by installing a vast supercomputing grid comprising of more than 70 high-performance computing facilities.Part of this is being imported …
Context: Average spot power price rose by 65% to ₹4.06 per unit in March compared to the year earlier month at the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) mainly due to increase in demand on account of rise in temperature and revival of economic activities. Analysis INDIAN ENERGY EXCHANGE LIMITED (IEX) is the first and largest energy …
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Context The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers hoped that United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will support domestic industry with international best practices and policy & technical assistance. Analysis United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for …
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Seat of Supreme Court: Constitution empowered the Chief Justice to hold sittings of the Supreme Court through Circuit Benches in places other than Delhi as well. However, despite an increasing caseload and repeated pleas by litigants and governments, successive Chief Justices have refused to invoke this constitutional power. Analysis Even at the time the Constitution …
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