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Which of the following projects are part of the World Restoration Flagships? 1. Belt and Road Initiative 2. The Living Indus initiative 3. Great Green Wall Initiative 4. The Accion Andina social movement 5. Shan shui initiative 6. Accion andina
Choose the correct codes:
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22%
2 and 3
19%
1 3 4 and 5
20%
1 2 4 5 and 6
39%
2 3 4 5 and 6
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Which of the following water body is the world’s largest expanse of brackish water?
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20%
Baltic Sea
31%
Lake Chilika
14%
Lake Urmia
35%
Caspian Sea
M87 which was recently in news is a?
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30%
Black Hole
23%
Neutron Star
19%
Supernova Remnant
28%
Roscosmos cargo spacecraft by NASA
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TheDailyGuardian
Punjab’s pesticide-laden basmati rice rejected again
Once again, Punjab faces a setback in its Basmati rice exports as foreign importers, including countries like UAE, Europe, and the Middle East, have rejected the produce due to the presence of dangerous pesticides. This year’s rejection follows a similar…
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Rotterdam Convention:
was adopted on 10 September 1998 by a Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Convention entered into force on 24 February 2004.
The objectives of the Convention are:
to promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among Parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm;
to contribute to the environmentally sound use of those hazardous chemicals, by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, by providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to Parties.
The Convention creates legally binding obligations for the implementation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure. It built on the voluntary PIC procedure, initiated by UNEP and FAO in 1989 and ceased on 24 February 2006.
The chemicals listed in Annex III include pesticides and industrial chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for health or environmental reasons by two or more Parties and which the Conference of the Parties has decided to subject to the PIC procedure.
There are a total of 55 chemicals listed in Annex III, 36 pesticides (including 3 severely hazardous pesticide formulations), 18 industrial chemicals, and 1 chemical in both the pesticide and the industrial chemical categories.
List of chemicals
https://www.pic.int/TheConvention/Chemicals/AnnexIIIChemicals
was adopted on 10 September 1998 by a Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Convention entered into force on 24 February 2004.
The objectives of the Convention are:
to promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among Parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm;
to contribute to the environmentally sound use of those hazardous chemicals, by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, by providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to Parties.
The Convention creates legally binding obligations for the implementation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure. It built on the voluntary PIC procedure, initiated by UNEP and FAO in 1989 and ceased on 24 February 2006.
The chemicals listed in Annex III include pesticides and industrial chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for health or environmental reasons by two or more Parties and which the Conference of the Parties has decided to subject to the PIC procedure.
There are a total of 55 chemicals listed in Annex III, 36 pesticides (including 3 severely hazardous pesticide formulations), 18 industrial chemicals, and 1 chemical in both the pesticide and the industrial chemical categories.
List of chemicals
https://www.pic.int/TheConvention/Chemicals/AnnexIIIChemicals
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Places of worship and an unsettling judicial silence: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/places-of-worship-and-an-unsettling-judicial-silence/article67850384.ece
The Hindu
Places of worship and an unsettling judicial silence
With the Babri mosque having lapsed into history, challenges to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 itself amount to a breach of public trust
Is it ethical to use AI to clone voices for creative purposes?: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/is-it-ethical-to-use-ai-to-clone-voices-for-creative-purposes/article67848327.ece
The Hindu
Is it ethical to use AI to clone voices for creative purposes?
Is it ethical to use AI to clone voices for creative purposes? Sound engineer and music producer Sai Shravanam and playback singer Haricharan Seshadri discuss the question in The Hindu Parley podcast
Farmers at the bottom of the food chain: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/farmers-at-the-bottom-of-the-food-chain/article67846864.ece
The Hindu
Farmers at the bottom of the food chain
Farmers and agriculture workers protest in Delhi, demanding a legally guaranteed minimum support price and other reforms.
An intervention that will help strengthen legal education: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/an-intervention-that-will-help-strengthen-legal-education/article67850437.ece
The Hindu
An intervention that will help strengthen legal education
The fact is that since Independence, legal education, unlike medicine and engineering, has not been a top priority for India’s policymakers
The big diversity blindspot in health policy: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/the-big-diversity-blindspot-in-health-policy/article67816660.ece
The Hindu
The big diversity blindspot in health policy
The lack of diversity and representation in India's health committees and leadership positions is hindering equitable health policies and outcomes.
As the Supreme Court struck down the #Electoralbond (EB) scheme, the #Opposition said that this will “reinforce the power of votes over notes”
Here's a look a the journey of EB 👆🏻
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Here's a look a the journey of EB 👆🏻
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