Haryana: Point-Wise State Current-Affairs/GS Articles 2023 (Including PIB)- Download PDF

Get unlimited access to the best preparation resource for NTSE/Stage-I-State-Level : get questions, notes, tests, video lectures and more- for all subjects of NTSE/Stage-I-State-Level.

Dec 4, 2023

🌟 Development, Environment and Health: Green Sails, Parliament, Tit Bits (16 - 30 September 2023) 

Use of fuels like ammonia and methanol along with key operational changes can help shipping industry massively reduce emissions. German multinational company Man Energy Solutions announced successful testing of an ammonia run marine engine on July 13.

Green Sails

Use of fuels like …

… (974 more words, 17 figures) …

HealthEnvironmentBased on Down-to-Earth

Nov 29, 2023

🌟 Development, Environment and Health: Indian Birds, States of Hunger, Proactive with Droughts (16 - 30 September 2023) 

Bird species long-term trend show a large-scale decline as per “State of India՚s Birds 2023” report. As per the second edition of the report studying long-term trends of 342 bird species, 60% of them show declines.

Indian Birds

Bird species long-term trend show a large-scale declin…

… (1284 more words, 39 figures) …

HealthEnvironmentBased on Down-to-Earth

Nov 21, 2023

🌟 Export Preparedness Index 2022 (July) 

Recently, NITI Aayog has released the 3rd edition of Export Preparedness Index (EPI) for States/UTs of India for the year 2022. Top Performers: Tamil Nadu topped the EPI 2022, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka. Gujarat, the previous top performer, is now ranked fourth.

Export …

… (413 more words, 6 figures) …

EconomicsNewspaper Editorials

Nov 19, 2023

🌟 Rising Water Levels in the Yamuna (July) 

Delhi experienced a severe waterlogging crisis due to the rising water levels of the Yamuna River. The water level has surged to 208.13 meters, marking the highest recorded level since 1963. The main cause of the rising water level of the Yamuna River in Delhi is recent heavy rai…

… (418 more words, 5 figures) …

Policies & GovernanceEnvironmentGeography

Nov 2, 2023

🌟 Development, Environment and Health: Hybrid Takeover, Rainwater Harvesting, Tit Bits (1 - 15 September 2023) 

In Jharkhand՚s Khunti district farmers lost almost half of their hybrid paddy crop in 2022 because the monsoon rain was delayed, however the traditional varieties survived. Hybrid seeds are becoming increasingly popular, riding on a push by the private firms and bumper yields.

Hyb…

… (2570 more words, 59 figures) …

HealthEnvironmentBased on Down-to-Earth

🌟 Development, Environment and Health: Organic Farming in Tamil Nadu, PMJAY, Flood-Proof Himalayas (1 - 15 September 2023) 

Kamraj of Govindapuram village in Thanjavur district, a Tamil Nadu based farmer simplifies organic farming methods for encouraging cultivators take up the practice and improve farm yield incomes.

Organic Farming in Tamil Nadu

  • Kamraj of Govindapuram village in Thanjavur district, a …

… (1341 more words) …

HealthEnvironmentBased on Down-to-Earth

Oct 23, 2023

🌟 Rural Development: Household Food and Nutrition Security (August 2023) 

Promoting household food and nutrition security is a multifaceted endeavour requiring concerted efforts from the various stakeholders. It involves addressing factors like availability, accessibility, utilization, food stability, ensuring nutritional adequacy and dietary diversity

… (2018 more words, 90 figures) …

EconomicsBased on KurukshetraWomen & Minority Empowerment

🌟 Development, Environment and Health: Sapling Solidarity, Forests up for Grabs (16 - 31 August 2023) 

A first of its kind farmer solidarity movement is being witnessed by Punjab and Haryana. In flood-hit villages, the cultivators have received free supply of paddy saplings from their counterparts in safer areas to tide over the losses and avoiding a crop-less rice season.

Sapling …

… (907 more words, 13 figures) …

HealthEnvironmentBased on Down-to-Earth

Oct 18, 2023

🌟 Rural Development: Climate Sustainable Agriculture (July 2023) 

In coming years and decades, agriculture is sure to face formidable challenges as climate change and its inherent impacts have become a reality now. This challenge aggravates multiple times as the world would need an increase of around 70% by 2050 in terms of food production for …

… (2659 more words, 87 figures) …

Science & TechnologyAgriculture, Agro Industry & Allied ActivitiesBased on Kurukshetra