Today’s Current Affairs: 6th Mar 2024 for SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc Indian Coast Guard Ships Samarth and Abhinav departed: Indian Coast Guard Ships Samarth and Abhinav departed from the Port of Colombo. The visit is seen to further strengthen the maritime cooperation between the two countries’ coast guards. […]
Day: March 5, 2024
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 5th Mar 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 5th Mar 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Drugs And Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954
Drugs And Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954: The Supreme Court has prohibited a company from disseminating advertisements that claim to treat medical conditions such as BP, diabetes, fevers, epilepsy. Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954: It is a legislative framework to control the advertisement of drugs and prohibit claims of magical qualities […]
Global Resource Outlook 2024
Global Resource Outlook 2024: Global Resource Outlook 2024 was launched on the final day of the Sixth United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6) at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Global Resource Outlook is the flagship report of the International Resource Panel of United Nations Environment Programme. This year’s report sheds light on how resources are […]
Protoplanetary Disk
Protoplanetary Disk: Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show that a protoplanetary disk around a young star in the Orion Nebula is losing massive amounts of hydrogen each year. Protoplanetary is a disk of gas (99% by mass) and dust (1%), orbiting a newly formed star, from which planets may eventually form or […]
Grey Zone Warfare
Grey Zone Warfare: The phrase ‘grey zone warfare’ crops up in descriptions of Chinese actions around an island that it claims as its own. Grey Zone Warfare generally means a middle, unclear space that exists between direct conflict and peace in international relations. It can be broadly defined as the exploitation of operational space between […]
Status Of Leopards In India 2022
Status Of Leopards In India 2022: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released a report on the Status of Leopards in India 2022. The survey covered 20 States of India, and focussed on about 70% of the animals’ expected habitat. The Union Government, while commemorating the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger, has […]
Yars Missile
Yars Missile: Russia recently announced a successful test fire of Yars intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile. Yars Missile is a Russian-made intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with multiple independently targetable warheads, each capable of targeting different objectives. It is a three-stage, solid propellant, MIRV-capable (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles) ICBM. The Yars is a modified version of […]
6th United Nations Environmental Assembly
6th United Nations Environmental Assembly: India had committed to phase out Single-Use Plastics (SUP) by 2022, three years later, while some progress has been made with the ban on selected SUP items, challenges persist. According to a report launched during the 6th United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6), the thriving street food sector across India depends […]
Gene Therapy For Hemophilia A
Gene Therapy For Hemophilia A: The Union Minister of Science & Technology addressing the National Science Day 2024 programme stated that India conducted its first human clinical trial of gene therapy for hemophilia A (FVIII deficiency) at Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore. Hemophilia is a group of rare bleeding disorders caused by a congenital deficiency […]
