News of The Day – 1 January  2025

• Tropical Cyclone Frequency Stable Over Four Decades, Intensity on the Rise
• Hurricane Milton
• UN IPCC: Climate Change Driving More Intense Cyclones
• What are Cyclones?
• Conditions for formation of cyclone

• Dissent: A Pillar of Democratic Judiciary
• Comparing Dissent: Indian Supreme Court vs. U.S. Supreme Court
• Political Inclinations in SCOTUS Dissents
• Indian Supreme Court: Political Neutrality in Dissent
• Historic Political Dissents in India’s Judiciary
• ADM Jabalpur (1976): Justice Khanna’s Stand for Fundamental Rights
• P.V. Narasimha Rao (1998): Bribes, Privileges, and Judicial Integrity

• Social Perspectives in Judicial Dissents
• Shayara Bano (2017): Triple Talaq and Rights of Muslim Women
• Aishat Shifa (2022): Hijab and Secularism in Schools

• Intellectual Dissents in Judicial Reasoning
• Lalta Prasad Vaish (2024): Taxation of Industrial Alcohol

• Rule related to memorials
• Trends of Past
• Who maintains the memorials?

• What is Quad?
• Objectives of Quad
• Origins of Quad
• Quad-plus
• Significance of Quad

• What is Internet Shutdown?
• Provisions Related to Internet Shutdown
• Impacts of Internet Shutdowns
•  Arguments Regarding Internet Shutdowns
• Steps can be Taken to deal with Internet Shutdowns 

• WAVES Summit: A Global Stage for India’s Creative Talent

• Centre Recognizes Meppadi Landslides as a Severe Disaster
• Union Ministry Highlights Magnitude of Wayanad Landslides
• IMCT’s Assessment: Wayanad Landslides of Severe Nature
• IMCT’s Role in Disaster Assessment and Financial Aid Procedures
• Kerala’s Call for National Recognition of Wayanad Disaster

• What is the Parker Solar Probe?
• How did it manage to come so close to the Sun?
• What is the significance of this milestone?

• Scorpene-class submarines 
• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
• AIP module

• Introduction: Reintroducing Cheetahs in India
• The Debate Around Project Cheetah: Opposition and Support
• Historical Background: From Extinction to Reintroduction
• Progress of Project Cheetah: A Two-Year Journey
• Initial Challenges: Criticism and Supreme Court Intervention
• Current Status: 24 Cheetahs, Including 12 Cubs in Kuno National Park
• Failed Attempts at Release: Deaths and Setbacks
• Expanding Beyond Kuno: New Sanctuaries and Breeding Centres
• Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary and Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve
• Banni Grasslands Breeding Centre in Gujarat
• The Cheetah Corridor Plan: Connecting Reserves Across States

but a quantum leap for computing

• Willow Chip
• Ways in which Quantum Chips Differ from Regular Chips
• Applications of Willow