Recently the Cert-In issued norms under which VPN providers have to record personal information of their customers, including purpose of using service, for five years New rules: VPN companies to record personal information of their users including names, email id, phone number and IP address for a period of five years. They also have toRead more
Recently, Ministry of Environment has released the Draft E-waste Management Rules, 2022, for public comments. Electronic waste: or e-waste is generated when electronic and electrical equipment become unfit for their originally intended use or have crossed the expiry date. Examples: Computers, servers, mainframes, monitors, compact discs (CDs), printers etc. According to a report released atRead more
Recently, the UK hosted the fourth summit for Space Sustainability in London in collaboration with the Secure World Foundation. What does sustainability in outer space mean? One of the hot issues when it comes to space sustainability is orbital crowding. With the emergence of large constellations and complex satellites, there is a risk of collisionsRead more
As the war in Ukraine stretches over four months with no end in sight, it has given rise to apprehensions on Russia’s ability to adhere to timely deliveries of spares and hardware to India. History of the bilateral defence ties: Russia has provided some of the most sensitive and important weapons platforms that India hasRead more
The recent spate of custodial deaths in Tamil Nadu has yet again highlighted the methods used by the police during interrogation. India has a grim record in police brutality and custodial violence. Between 2001 and 2018, 1,727 persons died in police custody, but only 26 policemen were convicted for such deaths. Custodial Death: ItRead more
Is India really ahead of the West in terms of reproductive rights? Contrary to the grandstanding since the overturning of the landmark Roe V. Wade judgment, the truth is, no. What are the challenges associated with MTP Act? The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 has the following issues: It has been criticised forRead more
1) Cervavac: dev by Serum Institute of India (SII), it is India’s first quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) vaccine, and intended to protect women against cervical cancer. The vaccine is based on VLP (virus like particles), similar to the hepatitis B vaccine, and provides protection by generating antibodies against the HPV virus’s L1 protein. Worldwide,Read more
1) James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): It is the most powerful infrared telescope of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It is also considered a successor of the Hubble Telescope and will extend and complement its discoveries. The telescope is the result of an international collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and theRead more
1) World Population Prospects (WPP): The Population Division of the UN has been publishing the WPP in a biennial cycle since 1951. Each revision of the WPP provides a historical time series of population indicators starting in 1950. According to the 2022, India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country inRead more
1) Cloudbursts: are short-duration, intense rainfall events over a small area. It is a weather phenomenon with unexpected precipitation exceeding 100mm/h over a geographical region of approximately 20-30 square km. In the Indian Subcontinent, it generally occurs when a monsoon cloud drifts northwards, from the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea across the plainsRead more
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