Puya Manuscript Tradition
Context Manipur has a little-known but highly evolved Puya Manuscript Tradition . Most of the roughly 40,000 manuscripts or puya are not illustrated, but those that are, come with some extremely beautiful…
Kalbeliya Dance
Context The repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic have been devastating for various performing traditions and performers in India. One such example is of Kalbeliya performers from Rajasthan. Recently, the COVID-19…
State of India’s poor must be acknowledged
State of India’s poor must be acknowledged Context In India, there is now, rightly, a consensus difficult for the Government to beat down that to be able to battle COVID-19…
Assam Earthquake : Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFT)
Assam Earthquake Context Recently, a powerful earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale jolted Assam and other parts of Northeast. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) report, the tremors have been attributed…
State of World Population Report 2021
Context: Recently, United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) flagship State of World Population Report 2021 titled ‘My Body is My Own’ launched. Key findings The report, ‘My Body is My Own’,…
Global Gender Gap Report 2021
Context Recently, World Economic Forum has released Global Gender Gap Report 2021. The report estimates that it will take South Asia 195.4 years to close the gender gap, while Western…
Who are the Bargis?
Context As the Assembly elections in West Bengal draw closer, the ‘insider-outsider’ theme has grown to become one of the topics of political debate. Bengali politicians have been terming outsider…
India ranks 131 on Human Development Index 2020
Context Out of 189 countries, India has ranked 131 on the Human Development Index 2020 prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). With an HDI value of 0.645, the…
UPSC Mains GS Paper 1-2020
UPSC Mains Essay Paper-2020: Click here UPSC Mains GS Paper 1-2020 was held on 9th January, 2021. GS Paper I covers Indian Heritage & Culture, History & Geography of the World…
Mount Everest: How to measure a Mountain?
Context Recently, Nepal and China have said they have measured Mount Everest to be 86 cm higher than the 8,848 m that it was known to be. What would that…
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