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डेली करंट अफेयर्स फॉर UPSC 2023

डेली करंट अफेयर्स for UPSC – 17 January 2023

डेली करंट अफेयर्स फॉर UPSC 2023 in Hindi प्रश्न हाल ही में समाचारों में देखा गया, ‘विश्व सामाजिक रिपोर्ट 2023’ निम्नलिखित में से किस संगठन द्वारा जारी किया गया है? विश्व आर्थिक मंच सामाजिक अध्ययन के अंतर्राष्ट्रीय संस्थान सामाजिक विकास के लिए संयुक्त राष्ट्र अनुसंधान संस्थान आर्थिक और सामाजिक मामलों के संयुक्त राष्ट्र विभाग डेली …

Raleigh Commission

Raleigh Commission 1902, History, Recommendation & Modification

Raleigh Commission On the Raleigh Commission’s recommendations, the British Viceroy, Lord Curzon, passed the Indian Universities Act in 1904, which increased supervision over Indian universities. Curzon had a goal of suppressing India’s growing nationalism. India failed to implement the Hunter Commission’s suggestions for a good educational system. The Commission’s recommendations were not followed in India …

UPSE Prelims News 2023

UPSC Prelims News 17 January 2023

UPSC Prelims News of 17 January 2023 Invasive Tree Species of Delhi Context: Invasive tree species such as vilayati kikar (prosopis juliflora), subabul (leucaena leucocephala) and eucalyptus are growing rapidly in Delhi. About These tree species are invasive and multiplying rapidly, crowding out native species and their symbiotic flora and fauna. Vilayati kikar is a Mexican invasive …

Uranium Contamination in Groundwater

Uranium Contamination in Groundwater

More on Uranium Contamination in Groundwater Uranium concentrations in India’s shallow groundwater range from 0-532 parts per billion (ppb). Uranium concentration is found to be within safe limits in 13 states and none of the samples collected from Kerala had its presence. Twelve Indian states have uranium levels beyond permissible limits in their groundwater. State …

UN World Social Report 2023

UN World Social Report 2023

Highlight of UN World Social Report 2023 Number of persons aged 65 years or older worldwide is expected to double over the next three decades. The elderly population will reach 1.6 billion in 2050, accounting for more than 16 per cent of the global population. Population ageing is progressing more rapidly in developing countries than …

Ocean Noise Pollution and Marine Biodiversity

Ocean Noise Pollution and Marine Biodiversity

Key Highlights Of Ocean Noise Pollution and Marine Biodiversity This study was published under the title ‘Anthropogenic noise impairs cooperation in bottlenose dolphins.’ Significance of sound for dolphins: Dolphins rely heavily on sound production and reception to navigate, communicate, hunt, and avoid predators in dark or limited vision waters. How does ocean noise pollution affect …

Renaming of States

Renaming of States

A Short History of Renaming of Madras to Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Vs ‘Tamizhagam’ Row During a recent address to the volunteers of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, the governor remarked that the word ‘Tamizhagam’ was a more appropriate term for Tamil Nadu. The issue with the name ‘Tamil Nadu’: At the centre of the debate …

Hunter Commission

Hunter Commission, Objective, Recommendations, Significance and Analysis

Hunter Commission Viceroy Lord Ripon appointed the Hunter Commission with the mandate to look into complaints regarding the non-implementation of the Wood’s Despatch of 1854, assess the state of elementary education in the British overseas territories, and make recommendations for its expansion and improvement. In 1882, the commission’s final report—headed by Sir William Wilson Hunter—was delivered. …

Macaulay Minutes

Macaulay Minute, History, Education, Objective, Feature, Advantages and Disadvantage

Macaulay Minutes Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British politician and historian, gave his “Minute on Indian Education” speech on February 2, 1835, in an effort to prove that Indian “natives” needed to be educated in English. The famous Lord Macaulay’s Minute resolved the conflict in favour of the Anglicists; the constrained government funds were to be …