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The Ministry of Earth Sciences informed the Lok Sabha that of the 6,907.18-km-long coastline of the Indian mainland, about 34% is under varying degrees of erosion, while 26% is of an accretional nature and the remaining 40% is in a stable state.Another organisation under the Min

Topics : GS IIINewer and advancing technologies are crucial to an investigating officer – take, for example, CCTV systems capturing movements of people, videos and photos of criminals, and access control mechanisms of large complexes recording the signature, fingerprints,

ASER highlights the dismal picture of online educationUniversal Enrolment:Over the last few decades in India, there has been a massive government drive to push for universal enrolment, extending to secondary as well as primary school children.Successive Annual Status of

Topics: GSA combination of extremely high temperatures and hot, dry winds across the north Indian plains has caused scores of unusual farm fires in the breadbasket states over the past two weeks, destroying swathes of the wheat crop ready for harvest.Auth

World Bank’s Global Director for Education was recently in India to discuss concerns over learning losses for children due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Key Facts:India needs to do a lot to bridge the learning losses due to the impact of the pandemic.Globally, Each coun

Gujarat has topped the list for larger States in the NITI Aayog’s State Energy and Climate Index–Round 1 has ranked States and Union Territories (UTs) on six parameters including discoms’ performance, the energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.The S

Areas of cooperation:Despite the challenge posed by the Ukraine crisis, the India-U.K. relationship has been on an upward trajectory, exemplified by the conclusion of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on May 4, 2021.England highlighted the importance of developing deeper

Why in News?India’s move to release 5 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves as part of a coordinated challenge led by the US against the OPEC+ producers’ cartel’s move to curb output, is the first time that New Delhi would be dipping into its reserve

Why in News?The first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) prepared by government think tank NITI Aayog has recently said that Bihar has the highest proportion of people, at 51.91 per cent of the state’s population, who are multidimensionally poor, followed by Jharkhan

Why in News?UN climate talks in Scotland has concluded with a global agreement aimed at keeping alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic shot at saving the world from catastrophic climate change.About:The “Glasg