in periods between sessions of the different organs of the United Nations.
The Representatives are assigned to the UN headquarters in New York City, and can also be appointed to other UN offices in Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi.
The Indian Permanent Mission at the UN:
There are currently eight Indians in senior leadership positions at the United Nations at the levels of Under Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General.
The first Indian delegates at the United Nations included statesman Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, and freedom fighters Hansa Mehta, Vijayalakshmi Pandit, and Lakshmi Menon. Mehta and Pandit were among the 15 women members of the Indian Constituent Assembly.
India and the UN:
India was among the select members of the United Nations that signed the United Nations Declaration at Washington on January 1, 1942.
India also participated in the historic UN Conference of International Organization at San Francisco from April 25 to June 26, 1945.
The Representatives are assigned to the UN headquarters in New York City, and can also be appointed to other UN offices in Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi.
The Indian Permanent Mission at the UN:
There are currently eight Indians in senior leadership positions at the United Nations at the levels of Under Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General.
The first Indian delegates at the United Nations included statesman Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, and freedom fighters Hansa Mehta, Vijayalakshmi Pandit, and Lakshmi Menon. Mehta and Pandit were among the 15 women members of the Indian Constituent Assembly.
India and the UN:
India was among the select members of the United Nations that signed the United Nations Declaration at Washington on January 1, 1942.
India also participated in the historic UN Conference of International Organization at San Francisco from April 25 to June 26, 1945.
P.A. Inamdar & Ors vs State of Maharashtra & Ors Appeal 2005
Facts
This case highlights the merits and constitutional basis of the right to education as a fundamental right under the constitution. It was brought to the court’s attention through a flaw found in the PAI Foundation case. The argument was whether there was a fundamental right to set up an educational institution or not.
Judgment
The Court in adjudicating on this case considered the issue and relied on Article 30 (1) of the Constitution and corrected the error of the case to avoid the floodgate of writ petition pertaining to the educational institution as a fundamental right enshrined in the constitution
Facts
This case highlights the merits and constitutional basis of the right to education as a fundamental right under the constitution. It was brought to the court’s attention through a flaw found in the PAI Foundation case. The argument was whether there was a fundamental right to set up an educational institution or not.
Judgment
The Court in adjudicating on this case considered the issue and relied on Article 30 (1) of the Constitution and corrected the error of the case to avoid the floodgate of writ petition pertaining to the educational institution as a fundamental right enshrined in the constitution
Question of the Day (Current Affairs)
After failing to pay the host fee, which country lost the hosting rights of 2021 men’s World boxing championship?
After failing to pay the host fee, which country lost the hosting rights of 2021 men’s World boxing championship?
Anonymous Poll
10%
UK
18%
China
47%
India
25%
Belgium
Question of the Day (static GK)
Which of the following Indian policy was launched in 1992 just after the end of the cold war, following the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Which of the following Indian policy was launched in 1992 just after the end of the cold war, following the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Anonymous Poll
59%
Economic Liberalization
23%
Look East Policy
11%
National Population Policy
6%
National Policy on Education
Question of the Day (Current Legal GK)
Which High Court Recently Reiterated that name of caste in any Judicial or Administrative Judicial matters should not be mentioned?
Which High Court Recently Reiterated that name of caste in any Judicial or Administrative Judicial matters should not be mentioned?
Anonymous Poll
42%
Delhi High Court
28%
Madras High Court
15%
Kerala High Court
14%
Rajasthan High Court
Passage
The Environment Ministry has relaxed Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules that restrict construction near beaches to help States construct infrastructure and enable them to receive ‘Blue Flag’ certification Last year, the Ministry selected beaches in India to vie for the certificate. This is an international recognition conferred on beaches that meet certain criteria of cleanliness and environmental propriety.The earmarked beaches are — Ghoghala beach (Diu), Shivrajpur beach (Gujarat), Bhogave beach (Maharashtra), Padubidri and Kasarkod beaches (Karnataka), Kappad beach (Kerala), Kovalam beach (Tamil Nadu) etc.The Blue Flag certification, however, requires beaches to create certain infrastructure — portable toilet blocks, grey water treatment plants, a solar power plant, seating facilities, CCTV surveillance and the like. However, India’s CRZ laws don’t allow the construction of such infrastructure on beaches and islands Via an order on January 9, the Environment Ministry eased these restrictions for the “purposes of Blue Flag certification”. “...Central Government hereby declares that for the purpose of Blue Flag Certification in such identified beaches, the following activities and facilities shall be permitted in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), including Islands, subject to maintaining a minimum distance of meters from HTL (High Tide Line),” the gazette notification notes.The certification is accorded by the Denmark-based Foundation for Environment Education, with 33 stringent criteria under four major heads for the beaches, that is, (i) Environmental Education and Information (ii) Bathing Water Quality (iii) Environment Management and Conservation and (iv) Safety and Services.The ‘Blue Flag’ beach is an ‘eco-tourism model’ and marks out beaches as providing tourists and beachgoers clean and hygienic bathing water, facilities/amenities, a safe and healthy environment, and sustainable development of the area.The Blue Flag Programme started in (1) in 1985 and has been implemented in Europe since 1987, and in areas outside Europe since 2001, when South Africa joined.
1. The Environmental Ministry selected how many beaches in India to vie for the certificate?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
2. Blue flag programme was launched by:
(a) Foundation for Environmental Education
(b) United Nations Environment Programme
(c) International Environment agency
(d) None of the above
3. Which country has the highest number of Blue Flag Beaches?
(a) Greece (b) France (c) Spain (d) USA
4.. Which was the first Indian state to get blue flag certification?
(a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) Orissa (d) Tamilnadu
5. Which of the following will replace (1) in the passage ?
A)France B)Spain C)Holland D)Greece
The Environment Ministry has relaxed Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules that restrict construction near beaches to help States construct infrastructure and enable them to receive ‘Blue Flag’ certification Last year, the Ministry selected beaches in India to vie for the certificate. This is an international recognition conferred on beaches that meet certain criteria of cleanliness and environmental propriety.The earmarked beaches are — Ghoghala beach (Diu), Shivrajpur beach (Gujarat), Bhogave beach (Maharashtra), Padubidri and Kasarkod beaches (Karnataka), Kappad beach (Kerala), Kovalam beach (Tamil Nadu) etc.The Blue Flag certification, however, requires beaches to create certain infrastructure — portable toilet blocks, grey water treatment plants, a solar power plant, seating facilities, CCTV surveillance and the like. However, India’s CRZ laws don’t allow the construction of such infrastructure on beaches and islands Via an order on January 9, the Environment Ministry eased these restrictions for the “purposes of Blue Flag certification”. “...Central Government hereby declares that for the purpose of Blue Flag Certification in such identified beaches, the following activities and facilities shall be permitted in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), including Islands, subject to maintaining a minimum distance of meters from HTL (High Tide Line),” the gazette notification notes.The certification is accorded by the Denmark-based Foundation for Environment Education, with 33 stringent criteria under four major heads for the beaches, that is, (i) Environmental Education and Information (ii) Bathing Water Quality (iii) Environment Management and Conservation and (iv) Safety and Services.The ‘Blue Flag’ beach is an ‘eco-tourism model’ and marks out beaches as providing tourists and beachgoers clean and hygienic bathing water, facilities/amenities, a safe and healthy environment, and sustainable development of the area.The Blue Flag Programme started in (1) in 1985 and has been implemented in Europe since 1987, and in areas outside Europe since 2001, when South Africa joined.
1. The Environmental Ministry selected how many beaches in India to vie for the certificate?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
2. Blue flag programme was launched by:
(a) Foundation for Environmental Education
(b) United Nations Environment Programme
(c) International Environment agency
(d) None of the above
3. Which country has the highest number of Blue Flag Beaches?
(a) Greece (b) France (c) Spain (d) USA
4.. Which was the first Indian state to get blue flag certification?
(a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) Orissa (d) Tamilnadu
5. Which of the following will replace (1) in the passage ?
A)France B)Spain C)Holland D)Greece
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Ozone Hole
Largest Ozone Hole Ever Recorded over North Pole Has Now 'Healed Itself' and Closed
. This was announced by Scientists who were tracking the hole at Copernicus' Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS).
The ozone hole became the largest one ever recorded in the Arctic region spanning an area of over 620,000
square miles .
It was formed due to unusual climatic conditions.
What caused a hole in the ozone layer?
The cause of the formation of the hole is attributed to the unusual weather at the poles.
The polar vortex has been recorded to be extremely powerful, and temperatures inside it have been very
cold.
The unique cocktail of the powerful vortex and low temperatures generates Stratospheric clouds that react with CFCs and destroy the Ozone layer in the process.
Factors responsible for healing: called thethe polar vortex.
Largest Ozone Hole Ever Recorded over North Pole Has Now 'Healed Itself' and Closed
. This was announced by Scientists who were tracking the hole at Copernicus' Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS).
The ozone hole became the largest one ever recorded in the Arctic region spanning an area of over 620,000
square miles .
It was formed due to unusual climatic conditions.
What caused a hole in the ozone layer?
The cause of the formation of the hole is attributed to the unusual weather at the poles.
The polar vortex has been recorded to be extremely powerful, and temperatures inside it have been very
cold.
The unique cocktail of the powerful vortex and low temperatures generates Stratospheric clouds that react with CFCs and destroy the Ozone layer in the process.
Factors responsible for healing: called thethe polar vortex.
Ozone and its significance:
The ozone layer is one of the most vital atmospheric components of our planet.
It is responsible for protecting life on Earth from the harmful UV radiation from the Sun.
It is found mainly in the upper atmosphere, an area called the stratosphere, between 10 and 50 km from the earth’s surface.
The lack of the Ozone layer can have severe implications for people living directly under it. The most prominent effects are Skin Cancer and other possibly fatal skin diseases.
What exactly is a polar vortex?
It is described as a whirling cone of low pressure over
the poles that is strongest in the winter months due to
the increased temperature contrast between the polar
regions and the mid-latitudes, such as the US and
Europe.
Features:
• The polar vortex spins in the stratosphere.
• Usually, when the vortex is strongest, cold air is
less-likely to plunge deep into North America or
Europe. In other words, it forms a wall that
protects the mid-latitudes from cold Arctic air.
• But occasionally, the polar vortex is disrupted
and weakens, due to wave energy propagating
upward from the lower atmosphere. When this
happens, the stratosphere warms sharply in an
event known as sudden stratospheric warming,
in just a few days, miles above the Earth’s surface.
• The warming weakens the polar vortex, shifting its location somewhat south of the pole or, in some instances, ‘splitting’ the vortex up into ‘sister vortices’.
Effects of Polar Vortex:
The split higher up in the atmosphere can give rise to both, sudden and delayed effects, much of which
involves declining temperatures and extreme winter weather in the eastern US along with northern and western Europe.
A sudden stratospheric warming also leads to a warm Arctic not only in the stratosphere but also in the
troposphere as well.
A warmer Arctic, in turn, favours more severe winter weather in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes including the eastern US.
The ozone layer is one of the most vital atmospheric components of our planet.
It is responsible for protecting life on Earth from the harmful UV radiation from the Sun.
It is found mainly in the upper atmosphere, an area called the stratosphere, between 10 and 50 km from the earth’s surface.
The lack of the Ozone layer can have severe implications for people living directly under it. The most prominent effects are Skin Cancer and other possibly fatal skin diseases.
What exactly is a polar vortex?
It is described as a whirling cone of low pressure over
the poles that is strongest in the winter months due to
the increased temperature contrast between the polar
regions and the mid-latitudes, such as the US and
Europe.
Features:
• The polar vortex spins in the stratosphere.
• Usually, when the vortex is strongest, cold air is
less-likely to plunge deep into North America or
Europe. In other words, it forms a wall that
protects the mid-latitudes from cold Arctic air.
• But occasionally, the polar vortex is disrupted
and weakens, due to wave energy propagating
upward from the lower atmosphere. When this
happens, the stratosphere warms sharply in an
event known as sudden stratospheric warming,
in just a few days, miles above the Earth’s surface.
• The warming weakens the polar vortex, shifting its location somewhat south of the pole or, in some instances, ‘splitting’ the vortex up into ‘sister vortices’.
Effects of Polar Vortex:
The split higher up in the atmosphere can give rise to both, sudden and delayed effects, much of which
involves declining temperatures and extreme winter weather in the eastern US along with northern and western Europe.
A sudden stratospheric warming also leads to a warm Arctic not only in the stratosphere but also in the
troposphere as well.
A warmer Arctic, in turn, favours more severe winter weather in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes including the eastern US.
Question of the Day (Current Affairs)
"OBICUS" was in the news Recently launched by which of the following?
"OBICUS" was in the news Recently launched by which of the following?
Anonymous Poll
42%
RBI
19%
IMF
30%
World Bank
8%
FATF
Question of the Day (Static GK)
Which among the following was the ONLY session of Indian National Congress that was presided by Mahatma Gandhi?
Which among the following was the ONLY session of Indian National Congress that was presided by Mahatma Gandhi?
Anonymous Poll
18%
Amravathi
29%
Nagpur
18%
Karachi
35%
Belgaum
Question of the Day (Current Legal GK)
Recently which of the following Important judge was died of Covid 19.
Recently which of the following Important judge was died of Covid 19.
Anonymous Poll
17%
Justice AK Mishra
20%
Justice Vijay solanki
52%
Justice Ajay kr Tripathi
11%
Justice Mahendra Lokur
Puzzle
Read and then answer it.
Mazzini, an Italian specialty restaurant stays open every Monday to Saturday but is closed on all Sundays.
On Mondays, only lunch is served, as well as on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, just dinner is served.
The restaurant’s floors are polished and plants are watered only on days that Quantum is open for business, according the following schedule:
Plants are watered two days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day that floors are polished.
Floors are polished on Monday and two other days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day that plants are watered.
Read and then answer it.
Mazzini, an Italian specialty restaurant stays open every Monday to Saturday but is closed on all Sundays.
On Mondays, only lunch is served, as well as on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, just dinner is served.
The restaurant’s floors are polished and plants are watered only on days that Quantum is open for business, according the following schedule:
Plants are watered two days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day that floors are polished.
Floors are polished on Monday and two other days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day that plants are watered.
According to a schedule, the restaurant’s floors are polished on either…
Anonymous Poll
15%
Tuesday or Wednesday
45%
Tuesday or Thursday
34%
Wednesday or Thursday
7%
Thursday or Friday
If dinner is served on the same day as plants are watered, which of the following is correct?
Anonymous Poll
20%
Plants are watered on Tuesday
20%
Floors are polished on Thursday
51%
Plants are watered on Wednesday
9%
Floors are polished on Wednesday