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Farm reforms – In India, China One is the question of whether these reforms will benefit the farmers or not.This is a question of economics. Broadly speaking, the government’s argument is that opening up the agriculture sector to market forces will not only reduce the stress on government finances but also help farmers by making agriculture more remunerative. The protesting farmers, however, disagree. They argue that interaction with private players will ruin them financially. The second...

Explained: What we know about the ransacked Wistron facility near Bengaluru that makes iPhones Like the other contract manufacturers of Apple, Wistron is also involved in production of its flagship iPhones. The factory in Narasapura is the a new unit from where it had started assembly of the iPhone SE (2020). Written by Aashish Aryan , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | December 14, 2020 9:18:30 pm Violence broke out during a change of shifts at th...

Explained: Who are ‘faithless electors’, and can they cause an upset at US Electoral College vote? No US election has ever been overturned due to faithless electors. However, there have been notable incidents involving such electors that have attracted media coverage. December 15, 2020 12:02:54 am Republican John Dane III, a member of Mississippis Electoral College, dates his signature on the certificate of vote after casting his vote at the state Capitol in Jackson,...

Explained: Formal bids for Air India close, who will the Maharaja go to? This is the government’s second attempt at disinvesting its stake in Air India. The earlier attempt in 2018 ended badly, after not a single bid was received for the debt-laden airline. Written by Pranav Mukul , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 3:06:35 pm This is the government’s second attempt at disinvesting its stake in Air India. (Source: A...

Explained Latest news Explained: Symbolism behind the 2021 Pantone colour(s) The company had its origins as a simple commercial printing company in the 1950s in New Jersey in the US, owned by the brothers Mervin and Jesse Levine. Written by Ektaa Malik , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 23, 2020 12:25:06 pm This is the second time in the history that the institution is choosing two colours at once. (Photo: Pantone/ Instagram, D...

Explained: Why pet cats (and possibly lions and tigers) are vulnerable to coronavirus Next to humans, ferrets, and then cats, are the most vulnerable to coronavirus infection, new research finds. How does it reach this conclusion, and what about big cats? Updated: December 21, 2020 3:07:04 pm Domestic cats can be infected with the novel coronavirus, new studies show. (File Photo) Reports at various stages during the pandemic have shown that domestic cats, as...

Explained: Why a Nike advertisement in Japan has generated backlash The two-minute video, titled ‘The Future Isn’t Waiting’, is Nikes latest attempt to expand its marketing strategy to focus on socio-political issues. Updated: December 16, 2020 10:30:04 am Across social media platforms, the advertisement has racked up millions of views, featuring the hashtag #YouCantStopUs. (Photo: YouTube/Screengrab) In the last week of November, Nike Japan released a...

Explained: Before Mamata, recalling when Jayalalithaa refused to send IPS officers to the Centre While declining the Centre’s demand Jayalalithaa had said, like Mamata said on Saturday, that there was already a dearth of good officers in the state, which needed those officers. Updated: December 21, 2020 3:04:12 pm Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi in 2012. (Express Archive) In the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government’s refusal to send t...

Explained: In weird planet 336 light-years away, clues about our own Planet Nine Like the presumed Planet Nine in our Solar System, newly described exoplanet orbits its star from a great distance, at an extreme tilt, and influences the behaviour of various objects in its system. What have scientists learnt about its formation and behaviour, and how does it mirror Planet Nine? Written by Kabir Firaque , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2...

The Experts Lt Gen Girish Kumar is the Surveyor General of India, and Nitin Joshi is Deputy Surveyor General, Survey of India. The responsibility of the Survey of India is to prepare authoritative maps, and its work involves carrying out extensive land surveys and mapping topographical features. Starting in 1952, the Survey of India undertook an exercise to measure the height of Mount Everest (then known as Peak XV). That exercise measures the height at 8,848 m (29,028 feet), which remained th...