Wigner Crystal: Scientists have for the first time successfully visualized the elusive Wigner crystal, a strange kind of matter that is made entirely of electrons. Wigner Crystal is the solid phase of electrons, first predicted by Eugene Wigner in 1934. It is one of the first proposed many-body phases stabilized by the electron-electron interaction. Interaction […]
Month: April 2024
QS World University Rankings 2024
QS World University Rankings 2024: Sixty-nine Indian universities made it to the rankings with 424 entries in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject. Highlights of the 2024 Rankings: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been ranked as the 1 university in the world by QS World University Rankings for 12 straight years. Indian […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 12th April 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 12th April 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
National Investment And Infrastructure Fund
National Investment And Infrastructure Fund: The NIIF has invested $200 million in iBUS Network and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd., a connectivity technology firm, to support the growth of India’s digital infrastructure. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is a fund manager that invests in infrastructure and related sectors in India. It is India’s first-ever sovereign wealth […]
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods: The Rs 5-trillion domestic fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market still faces hurdles on its path to complete recovery from the current slowdown. Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) are products sold quickly and at a relatively low cost. The FMCG industry is characterized by high-volume sales, quick inventory turnover, and various products catering to […]
CDP-SURAKSHA Platform
CDP-SURAKSHA Platform: Government of India has come up with a new digital platform called CDP-SURAKSHA to disburse subsidies to horticulture farmers under the Cluster Development Programme (CDP). System for Unified Resource Allocation, Knowledge, and Secure Horticulture Assistance (SURAKSHA) is a platform which will allow an instant disbursal of subsidies to farmers in their bank account […]
Mange Disease : Outbreak Among Dogs
Mange Disease : Outbreak Among Dogs The forest department is monitoring an outbreak of mange among a pack of Asiatic wild dogs in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in the Nilgiris. Mange Disease is a skin disease of animals caused by mite infestations, characterized by inflammation, itching, thickening of the skin and hair loss. The […]
API Access To GPT-4 With Vision
API Access To GPT-4 With Vision: Following its launch, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has evolved by leaps and bounds and also recently announced API access to GPT-4 with Vision. GPT-4 Vision also referred to as GPT-4V which allows users to instruct GPT-4 to analyse image inputs. It has been considered OpenAI’s step forward towards making its chatbot […]
Fractals
Fractals: An international team of researchers’ discovered first fractal molecule in nature. Fractal is a never-ending pattern which is infinitely complex and self-similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over in an ongoing feedback loop. In essence, a fractal is a pattern that repeats forever, and every part […]
Sungrazing Comets
Sungrazing Comets: A tiny “sungrazer” comet was discovered during the recent total solar eclipse. Sungrazing Comets are a special class of comets that come very close to the sun at their nearest approach, a point called perihelion. To be considered a sungrazer, a comet needs to get within about 850,000 miles from the sun at […]
