Tribal men climb trees to avoid COVID-19 jabs-anthropology-vishnu ias

Tribal men climb trees to avoid COVID-19 jabs

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 Tribal men climb trees to avoid COVID-19 jabs    Only 7 persons could be vaccinated A group of men from a tribal settlement near Coimbatore climbed trees to avoid a team of health workers, who had approached them to administer COVID-19 vaccines on Friday. A few women, too, left the hamlet on the pretext of

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Heat Dome

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Heat Dome Recently, the Pacific Northwest and some parts of Canada recorded temperatures around 47 degrees, causing a “historic” heat wave. This is a result of a phenomenon referred to as a “heat dome”. Key Points About: The phenomenon begins when there is a strong change (orgradient) in ocean temperatures. In the process known as convection, the gradient causes more warm air, heated by the ocean surface,

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Rising cases of leprosy among Adivasis call for urgent public action-anthropology-vishnu ias

Rising cases of leprosy among Adivasis call for urgent public action.

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Rising cases of leprosy among Adivasis call for urgent public action.   India officially eliminated Leprosy 2005 by bringing the Prevalence Rate below 1/10000 at the national level. However, the National Health Policy 2017 (NHP), which will guide the health policy direction of the country over the next decade or so, still has elimination of Leprosy as a national level target. It is highly unlikely

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Public Interest Litigation (PIL)

Public Interest Litigation (PIL)

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Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Public interest litigation (PIL) is a legal action brought to safeguard “Public Interest” in a court of law. A public interest lawsuit can be filed in a court of law to address any issue that threatens the interests of the general public, such as pollution, terrorism, road safety, construction dangers, etc.

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Global Cybersecurity Index: ITU-upsc-vishnu ias

Global Cybersecurity Index: ITU

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Global Cybersecurity Index: ITU Recently, India has ranked tenth (10th) in Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020 by ITU (International Telecommunication Union) by moving up 37 Top countries: USA (1st), UK and Saudi Arabia (2nd), Estonia (3rd) Performance is based on five parameters of cybersecurity – Legal measures, technical measures, organisational measures, capacity development, and cooperation

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