IASgateway mahalakshmi | 29, May 2019

Rivers loaded with antibiotics…

CONTEXT: Rivers worldwide are polluted with antibiotics that exceed environmental safety thresholds by up to 300 times, according to research.…

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IASgateway mahalakshmi | 29, May 2019

Malaysia’s last male Rhino…

CONTEXT: Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhinoceros died on May 27, dashing efforts to save the critically endangered species in the…

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IASgateway mahalakshmi | 29, May 2019

Sri Lanka signs tripartite…

CONTEXT: Sri Lanka has signed a tripartite agreement with India and Japan for development of eastern terminal of Colombo port.…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

EMERGING SIGNIFICANCE OF BIMSTEC

Why in News: Leaders from the BIMSTEC, Kyrgyz Republic and Mauritius are invited for the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

RBI DRAFT RULES FOR…

Why in News: RBI has put up the draft circular, Liquidity Risk Management Framework for Non-Banking Financial Companies and Core…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

SURAT FIRE TRAGEDY

Why in News: More than 20 students died in a massive fire in a Surat coaching centre. Besides fixing accountability,…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

MALAYSIA TO SEND BACK…

Why in News: Malaysia says it will send back some 3,000 metric tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries including…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

SRI LANKA, JAPAN, INDIA…

Why in News: Sri Lanka, Japan and India signed an agreement to jointly develop the East Container Terminal at the…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

SCIENTISTS GIVE THE THUMBS-UP…

Why in News: Experts say human impact on Earth so profound that Holocene must give way to epoch defined by…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

POST BALAKOT, INDIAN AIR…

Why in News: After Balakot air strike, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has identified a shortage of Airborne Warning and…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

US HAS REMOVED INDIA…

Why in news? The US administration under Trump has removed India from its currency monitoring watch list. Countries in the…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

DRAFT EXPORT POLICY

Why in News? The Commerce Ministry has come out with a comprehensive draft of the export policy which includes product-…

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IASGateAdmin | 29, May 2019

SURFACE OZONE POLLUTION

Why in News? According to a forecast by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), with…

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