4 June 2024, The Indian EXPRESS
In 2019 LS elections, postal ballots played key role in deciding winner on 9 seats
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GS2- Salient Features of the Representation of People’s Act.
- IN THE 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the postal ballots played a key role in deciding the winner in nine constituencies in eight states, as the total number of postal ballots polled in each seat was more than the victory margin.
- These nine seats were among the 14 constituencies where the victory margin was less than 5,000 votes, an analysis of the 2019 Lok Sabha election results shows.
Heat proofing the city
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GS1-Urbanization, their problems and their remedies
- The Mungeshpur figures were later ascribed to a technological fault.
- But the story is not about only one number this summer, but about the consistent long-term rise in the summer heat index (high temperature combined with growing relative humidity) in Delhi, signalling an altered reality.
- This new normal is evident in the recent analysis of six megacities carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) which indicates growing heat stress in urban centres of the country due to rising air temperature, relative humidity and land surface temperature.
- Nights are not cooling down adequately any more. This intensifies thermal discomfort and increases the disease burden.
Next steps in agriculture
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GS3- Major Crops - Cropping Patterns in various parts of the country
- As India traverses the road to Amrit Kaal, the agriculture sector’s journey will be difficult, and filled with challenges. It is not too difficult to fathom why.
- In this century, Indian agriculture has been grappling with how to move on from the old model. Policymakers have failed to ensure dignified livelihoods for farmers.
- We are confronted by a certain set of circumstances, changing which may be beyond our ability.
Six PSU banks issued 1071 lookout circulars against defaulters in last 5 years
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GS3- Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development
- In their bid to recover money stuck with absconding wilful defaulters, six public sector banks (PSUs) have issued 1,071 look-out circulars (LOCs) since 2018 to prevent them from fleeing to other countries, according to their replies to the Right to Information (RTI) requests filed by The Indian Express.
- The State Bank of India (SBI), the largest commercial bank in the country, said as many as 583 LOCs were issued by the bank. While RTI applications were filed with 11 PSU banks, three banks — Canara Bank, UCO Bank and Bank of Baroda (BoB) — refused to give the data and Bank of Maharashtra did not reply to the application even after a month. Reply from Indian Bank is awaited.
From 8 am today: how votes will be counted
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GS2- Salient Features of the Representation of People’s Act.
- Over the last month and a half, 642 million voters have spoken in the largest democratic exercise in the history of the world. It is now time for them to be heard.
- The counting of votes will begin at 8 am on Tuesday. Fairly clear trends are likely to emerge over the following four hours.
Launch of Agnibaan rocket: a turning point for India’s space sector
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GS3-Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology; Indigenization of Technology and Developing New Technology
- Amidst all the political activity around the elections, a private space company, Agnikul Cosmos, carried out the first successful launch of its indigenously-built rocket last week, opening up a new chapter in India’s space sector.
- The event was significant enough to be noticed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and everyone else in the space sector, in India and abroad.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar congratulated the company for the achievement.
