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GS-1HERITAGE PROTECTION AND ANTIQUITIES THEFT

Down a fort, now under the ground? Cops of two states search for 3,500-kg cannon

Police from two states are searching for a 3,500-kg antique cannon stolen from Narwar Fort, with excavation efforts concentrated in Gavda Meena village, Karauli district, Rajasthan - nearly 250 km, a six-to-seven-hour haul, from the fort itself. The theft has drawn attention to the fort's security arrangement: six guards were sanctioned, four for the day and two for the night, but the night guards were reportedly missing and…

Sub TopicCULTURE/HERITAGE - ANTIQUITIES THEFT AND PROTECTION OF…SourceTHE INDIAN EXPRESS
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-1AGEING AND CLIMATE VULNERABILITY

Building resilience to protect elderly from climate stressors

HelpAge India released its report "Climate Resilient Ageing - Ensuring Care, Dignity & Agency," using what it calls an "Intersectional Place Perspective" to show that an uneducated, unpensioned older widow faces categorically greater risk from a cyclone than an able-bodied older man living with family - even though both are counted identically as "elderly" in most disaster planning. The report finds that 30% of surveyed…

Sub TopicSOCIETY - VULNERABLE GROUPS AND DEMOGRAPHIC AGEING UNDER…SourceTHE HINDU
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-1CASTE ENDOGAMY AND GENDER VIOLENCE

2 held for raping women thrown out by kin over marriages outside caste

Police in Korea district arrested Daroga Singh (75) and his brother-in-law Ramesh Tekam (56) on charges of raping two women who had been left in their custody by their own families after the women chose partners from outside their caste. [OPERATOR VERIFY: names, ages and sequence of events as reported, given LOW Gemini confidence and disabled search verification] One of the women, married in April to a man from another…

Sub TopicSOCIETY - CASTE, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY REJECTIONSourceTHE INDIAN EXPRESS
UPSC Relevance8/10
Time to Read3 min read
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