The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided to completion the Model Prisons Act of 2023 to shift the focus of incarceration away from retributive deterrence and towards reform and rehabilitation.
What is the context in which the 2023 Act is being proposed?
Recently, The MHA assigned the task of revising the Act to the Bureau of Police Research and Development, who prepared the draft, which culminated in the 2023 Act. |
What are the new provisions being proposed?
What were the previous prison laws?
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Is the Model Prisons Act, 2023, binding on states?
According to the recent report, the total area covered by snow in Himalayan region is shrinking due to rise in average temperature.
Why is the snow cover decreasing in Himalayan region?
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The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) recently published two studies named "Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update 2023-2027" and "State of Global Climate 2022."
Key highlights of the report:
What is the 1.5 degree Celsius target?
Why is the 1.5 degree target critical?
Why are we missing the target?
Are extreme weather events linked to the global rise in temperature?
How is India impacted?
According to the Climate Change Performance Index 2023, India ranked eighth with a high-performance after Denmark, Sweden, Chile, and Morocco. |
According to UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank Joint Malnutrition Estimates, there will be 1.6 crore fewer stunted children under the age of five in 2022 than there were in 2012, obesity incidence has slightly grown over the past ten years.
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What’s new in the second-generation NavIC satellite?
Frequency: The L1 frequency is among the most commonly used in the Global Positioning System (GPS), and will increase the use of the regional navigation system in wearable devices and personal trackers that use low-power, single-frequency chips. |
What is the significance of the atomic clock on board the NVS-01 payload?
What about the age of the satellites?
What practical purpose does the NAvIC constellation serve for users?
What is the advantage of having a regional navigation system?
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Science & Technology Indian Research Base Station
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Science & Technology Rice fortification |
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Science & Technology X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)
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The Indian Space Research Organisation is collaborating with the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru, an autonomous research institute, to build the X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) that is scheduled to be launched later this year. About:
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The G-7 Hiroshima Summit is the first hosted by Tokyo since the 2008 summit. It comes at a time when the world is faced with threatening challenges like war in Ukraine.
Why agenda is vital for Japan
New Delhi-Tokyo Partnership is important
Advancing Shinzo Abe’s Legacy
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