28 May 2024, The Indian EXPRESS
MHA asks agencies to not seek info of each other from telecom companies
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GS3- Various Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandate
- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked all the Central law enforcement agencies to not approach the telecom service providers directly to get details of other central agencies, who have accessed the call data records (CDR).
- A source said that the direction was issued last month after the Centre received complaints from a few agencies, specifically those working in the counter terrorism cases, alleging that other agencies on the pretext of getting details of their suspects, are also seeking information of some specific numbers procured by other agencies/units.
Delhi to London
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GS2-Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s interests, Indian Diaspora
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to go to polls on July 4, well before they were due, has been widely viewed as a gamble with little chance of success.
- After 14 fractious years in power, the Tories have become unpopular and the British mood may be tilting in favour of change.
- Sunak’s efforts to salvage his party’s reputation over the last year and a half have not come to much.
- At least 76 sitting MPs have quit what seems to be a sinking ship. Going for a surprise poll was one last card Sunak had and he has now played it.
Day after Cyclone Remal
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GS3- Disaster and Disaster Management
- The West Bengal government authorities on Tuesday turned their attention towards relief and recovery efforts after Cyclone Remal left a trail of destruction across the state over the last two days.
- Efforts are underway to clear roads, remove uprooted trees, and help people return home from shelters.
- The authorities want to ensure safe passage by clearing debris roads and restoring basic infrastructure.
- In the coming days, a concentrated effort will likely be made to rebuild and assess the full extent of the damage.
- According to an initial estimate by the state government, nearly 15,000 houses in 24 blocks and 79 municipal wards in the coastal areas were affected by the cyclone.
Rising ‘heat stress’ in six metros as humidity up, nights warmer: Study
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GS1- Urbanization, their problems and their remedies
- India’s megacities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad are experiencing worsening “heat stress” due to a trend of rising relative humidity over the past two decades, according to a study by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment.
- Besides rising relative humidity, these cities are also experiencing warmer nights as land surface temperatures are not falling at the same rate as a decade ago, said the analysis, blaming this on the “urban heat island” effect.
How tiny satellites will track heat loss from Earth’s poles
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GS3- Awareness in the fields of Space
- On May 25, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched one of the two climate satellites, which would study heat emissions at Earth’s poles, sitting atop Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Māhia, New Zealand. The second satellite will be launched in the following days.
- The two shoebox-sized cube satellites, or CubeSats, will measure how much heat the Arctic and Antarctica — two of the coldest regions on the Earth — radiate into space and how this influences the planet’s climate.
- The mission has been named PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) and was jointly developed by NASA and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (US).
AI in legal case: what the courts have said
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GS2- Structure, Organization and Functioning of the Judiciary
- The Manipur High Court last week stated that it “was compelled to do extra research through Google and ChatGPT 3.5” while deciding on a case.
- This is not the first time a High Court has used artificial intelligence (AI) for research. But in India — as in the rest of the world — courts have been rather cautious about the use of AI for judicial work.
