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The term ‘Naxal’ derives from the name of the village Naxalbari in West Bengal, where the movement had its origin.Naxalbari uprising was an armed peasant revolt in 1967 in the Naxalbari block of the Siliguri subdivision in Darjeeling district, West Be

AIIB has said that it would look to fund both social as well as climate-resilient infrastructure in India in the coming years.Meanwhile, it has also asked India to strike a balance between ramping up physical infrastructure and the social infrastructure such as healthcare sys

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, one of the largest pan-India schemes for strengthening healthcare infrastructure, in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi.About the scheme:The scheme aims at 

AY.4.2 is a descendant of the Delta variant of COVID-19. The Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2, was first identified in India in October 2020.The AY.4.2 (dubbed “Delta Plus” and now named VUI-21OCT-01 by the UK Health Security Ag

The Civil Aviation Ministry has notified a traffic management framework for drones.The framework has been issued under the Drone Rules 2021.Overview of the framework:Public and private third-party service providers will manage their movement in the airspace u

The Karnataka Government has objected to a petition in the Supreme Court to “identify, detain and deport" Rohingya within a year, stating that there is no reason to take coercive action against or immediately deport them.What’s the issue?A petition has

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has recently released a report on CO2 emissions.Key findings:The increase in CO2 from 2019 to 2020 was slightly lower than that observed from 2018 to 2019 but higher than the average annual growth rate over the past decade.

Israel government has approved more than 1,300 new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank (A territory the Palestinians seek as part of a future state).The move appears to run contrary to the new government’s pledge to put ideological considerations aside an

Executive director of the World Food Programme has said that Afghanistan is on the brink of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises with more than half the country facing “acute” food shortages.What’s the issue?Taliban has taken full control of Af

Bharti Airtel has decided to opt for the four-year moratorium on Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) and spectrum payments, making it the second telco after Vodafone Idea to accept the offer, which was part of the recently announced telecom relief package.Background:The Un