A survey of OTT regulation in different countries suggests that most of them are yet to come up with a clear statute-backed framework.
Key findings:
What are OTT platforms?
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India’s OTT regulations:
The Rules mandate access control mechanisms, including parental locks, for content classified as U/A 13+ or higher and a reliable age verification mechanism for programmes classified as ‘A’ (18+). |
What are IT Rules, 2021?
Challenges in existing policy:
In a meeting of US and Indian tech business leaders, the United States have shown interest to strengthen US-India ties in the technology sector and said that India is an important part of a US business strategy of “friend shoring” where supply chains to the US are being made resilient.
What is a Friend shoring strategy?
India-US trade relations:
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Upcoming Agreements:
Impacts for ‘Freindshoring’:
Nearly after two months of this year, India has already recorded 30 tiger deaths.
Tiger deaths have so far been reported from Kanha, Panna, Ranthambore, Pench, Corbett, Satpura, Orang, Kaziranga and Sathyamangalam reserves.
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The Tiger Count in India:
Declining Tiger numbers:
Conservation Efforts:
PROJECT TIGER:
NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY:
TIGER RELOCATION PROJECTS:
TIGER SPECIAL PROTECTION FORCE:
Global Conservation Initiatives:
The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the U.S. as of February 2023.
What does the Spillover mean?
How spillovers are detected?
Spillover and spread:
Poultry across the U.S. are experiencing the effects, as the avian flu spread through chicken farms mostly through migrating ducks. |
Is avian influenza spread a spillover?
Five indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) along with a contingent of 110 Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel arrived at Al Dahfra airbase of United Arab Emirates (UAE) for participating in the multilateral Exercise Desert Flag VIII.
About the exercise:
This is the first occasion for the LCA Tejas to participate in an international flying exercise outside of India |
Light Combat Aircraft:
Variants of Tejas:
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According to a science journal, the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is set to get software and hardware upgrades that will help it collect much more data and produce sharper images than ever before.
About ALMA:
ALMA’s correlators are among the world’s fastest supercomputers. |
Why is ALMA located in Chile’s Atacama Desert?
Recent discoveries:
Art and Culture SantSevalalMaharajJayanti
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The Union government has marked celebrations to commemorate the 284th birth anniversary of SanthSevalalMaharaj for the first time. About:
The Banjara community:
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Art and Culture Sursingar, Karakattam
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Addressing the Prime Minister’s Mann kiBaaton February 26, he spoke of several musical instruments and folk artists including Sursingar and Karakattam. About: The Sursingar:
The Karakattam:
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Polity and Governance Marconi Prize 2023 |
MIT professor HariBalakrishnan wins 2023 Marconi Prize. About:
The Prize:
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Context:
Towards Gender Equality:
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