Context: Indian Meteorological Department(IMD) has predicted a fresh western disturbance is likely to cause isolated to scattered rainfall and snowfall over the Western Himalayan Region on the 17th and 18th February 2024. About: ∙ It also predicts a gradual rise in minimum temperatures by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius over Northwest India during the next […]
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Current AffairsContext ∙ South Korea is on high Alert as North Korea has launched Multiple Cruise Missiles into the Sea of Japan. Sea of Japan ∙ Sea of Japan, marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean ∙ It is bounded by the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East.
CONTEXT Recent studies show that the AMOC could collapse between 2025 and 2095 due to the impact of anthropogenic emissions. About the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) ∙ It is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean, bringing warm water north and cold water south and is part of a
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Context ∙ Assam’s government has decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration Act, 1935. About ∙ The Act is in line with the Muslim personal law. It lays down the process for registration of Muslim marriages and divorces. ∙ The Act authorizes the state to grant licenses to “any person, being a
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Current AffairsContext ∙ Recently, the Union Government has agreed to examine whether the provisions of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution can be implemented in Ladakh’s context. Background– The demand for inclusion in the Sixth Schedule came into prominence after Ladakh was carved out as a separate Union Territory from the erstwhile state of Jammu and
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Current AffairsContext: ∙ The German parliament voted recently to legalise the possession and controlled cultivation of cannabis starting in April. About ∙ Under the new law, it will be possible to obtain up to 25 grams of the drug per day for personal use through regulated cannabis cultivation associations, as well as to have up to
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Current AffairsContext The Ministry of Home Affairs has allocated Rs 20 crore for providing financial assistance to poor prisoners, who could not afford their bail money and continue to languish in jail. About ∙ In a communication to all states, the MHA said that each state should open a dedicated account for seamless flow of funds
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Current AffairsContext: ∙ Recently, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare amended the surrogacy Rules to allow couples to use donor eggs or donor sperm for surrogacy. Background: Why was it introduced? ∙ The amendment was introduced following several petitions and court cases challenging the previous rules. ∙ For instance, the Supreme Court received petitions
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Current AffairsContext ∙ The world is on the brink of eradicating Guinea worm disease. Eradication of the disease ∙ The disease had more than 3.5 million cases in the 1980s, but according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO), they dwindled to 14 cases in 2021, 13 in 2022, and just six in 2023. ∙ India eliminated
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Current AffairsContext ∙ The Delhi High Court has said that the right to adopt a child is not a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. Background ∙ The Adoption Regulations, 2022 was notified by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development. ∙ They replaced the 2017 regulations, which included a section stating that
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