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21 Aug, 2019
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With Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala among other states under the deluge, questions are being raised over their flood management system. The disaster aggravates by the release of water from overflowing dams in the region at the same time that relentless rainfall hits it.
Cause of recent floods
Resilient to climate change?
Conclusion
“In the era of climate change, following the rule curve is still more urgent. This is because we do not know when and how the rainfall will increase or decrease”.
Source: The Hindu
Context
The latest Henley Passport Index ranks India at 86, down five places from 81 in 2018. The index ranks passports based on their power and mobility. Last year, an Indian passport holder had visa-free access to 60 countries this year, it has access to 58.
Henley Passport Index 2019
How are passport ranks and scores interpreted?
What does this mean for Indian passport holders?
What assumptions does the index make?
Source: Indian Express
Survival instinct
Source: Indian Express
Context
Microcredit has gained much traction as a tool for ensuring the welfare of the most impoverished in society and boosting development alongside.
What is Microcredit?
Part of Microfinance
Why?
What are the other applications of microcredit?
Conclusion
Source: Indian Express
News
Russia has launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
Fedor
What’s so special with Fedor?
Fedor is not the first
Source: The Hindu
GS-II: One Ration One Card Scheme: A boon for poor migrants Context Recently the government has launched the pilot project for the inter-state portability of ration cards between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and between Maharashtra and Gujarat, as part of its ‘One Nation, One
GS-II: No harmful chemicals in PET bottles, finds CSIR study Context PET bottles are safe, a comprehensive evaluation by the CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore has determined. For years there’s been a swirling debate internationally on whether PET (Polyethyle
GS-II: Delimitation of Constituencies in J&K News The Election Commission held internal discussions on the delimitation of constituencies ahead of elections to the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Resizing new constituencies According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganizati
GS-III: ‘Panchamirtham’ of Palani temple gets GI tag News The famous Palani panchamirtham, given as ‘prasadam’ at the Murugan temple at Palani has been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.This is the first time a temple ‘prasadam’ from Tamil Nadu ha
GS-III: RBI issues final norms for regulatory box News The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued the final framework for the regulatory sandbox in order to enable innovations in financial technology. Regulatory Sandbox A regulatory sandbox usually refers to live testing of new produc
GS-II: Sacrificing liberty for national security Context The amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 empowers the Central government to name any individual a terrorist if it believes him or her to be so. Background of UAPA UAPA was passed by the Indira
GS-II: Privacy rights, wrongs Context Supreme Court has agreed to hear together multiple public interest litigations pending in Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh high courts, calling for the linking of Aadhaar with social media accounts. Why the linkage Death threats, criminal int
GS-I: How an Indian citizen is defined? Context In the run-up to the publication of the final NRC in Assam, citizenship has become the most talked about topic in the country. How is citizenship determined? Citizenship signifies the relationship between individual and state. It begin
GS-III: Negative rate policy Context A negative rate policy once considered only for economies with chronically low inflation such as Europe and Japan is becoming a more attractive option for some other central banks to counter unwelcome rises in their currencies. Why have some central
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