CONTENTS
- France pulls out of P-75I Project
- Project Elephant
- World Press Freedom Index
- Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)
- Sloth Bear
France Pulls Out of P-75I Project
Context:
Recently, France’s Naval Group, one of five shortlisted Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) for the Navy’s P-75 India (P-75I) project to build six conventional submarines within the country, announced it would not bid for the project. The reason, Naval Group said, was that the Request for Proposal (RFP) “requires that the fuel cell AIP be sea proven, which is not the case for us yet since the French Navy does not use such a propulsion system.”
- AIP refers to Air-Independent Propulsion, a technology for conventional — that is, non-nuclear — submarines.
Relevance:
GS III- Science and Technology
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is the P-75I project?
- What is the status of the project?
- Why does the Navy want AIP subs?
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Project Elephant
Context:
At the 16th Steering Committee meeting of Project Elephant, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched a field manual named-Field Manual for Managing Human-Elephant Conflicts (HEC) in India-to guide forest staffers dealing with HEC in major elephant range states.
Relevance:
GS II- Environment and Ecology
Dimensions of the Article:
- Details about the manual
- Current Elephant Population in India
- Asian Elephants
- African Elephants
- Threats
- What is Project Elephant?
- Way Forwards to prevent Man – Animal Conflicts
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World Press Freedom Index
Context:
India has reached 150th position in the World Press Freedom Index, dropping further from its last year’s 142nd rank out of 180 countries.
Relevance:
GS II- Indian Constitution – historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is the World Press Freedom Index?
- Highlights of the 2022 report
- Freedom of Press in India
- Freedom of Speech and Expression actually covers
- Status of Freedom of Press
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Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS)
Context:
The indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully completed the validation trials.
Relevance:
GS III- Science and Technology (Indigenization Of Technology)
Dimensions of the Article:
- ATAG System
- Features
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Sloth Bear
Context:
Forest officers recently rescued two sloth bears from a village in Jharkhand by the People for Animals organisation.
Relevance:
GS III- Environment and Ecology
Dimensions of the Article:
- About Sloth bear
- Protection Status
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