Today’s Current Affairs: 2nd May 2025 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Day: May 2, 2025
S8 Tension
S8 Tension: The Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, using the Hyper Suprime-Cam, conducted a deep sky survey from the University of Tokyo, reported an S8 value of 0.747, consistent with prior lensing estimates. S8 (Sigma Eight) is a parameter used in cosmology to quantify the “clumpiness” or clustering of matter in the universe on a scale […]
Foreign Institutional Investors
Foreign Institutional Investors: Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) became net buyers of Indian equities for the first time in four months in April 2025, registering an inflow of ₹4,223 crore. FIIs are a subset of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), comprising large institutional investors like mutual funds, pension funds, insurance companies, and hedge funds. FIIs typically adopt […]
Near-Surface Shear Layer
Near-Surface Shear Layer: An international team of solar physicists, including scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), has mapped dynamic plasma currents in the Sun’s Near-Surface Shear Layer (NSSL), revealing patterns that correlate with the Sun’s 11-year magnetic activity (sunspot) cycle. The Near-Surface Shear Layer (NSSL) is a crucial region located just beneath the […]
WAVES 2025
WAVES 2025: Finalists from 11 cities were selected through months of regional contests and will participate in the WAM! national finale at WAVES 2025. WAM! (WAVES Anime & Manga Contest) is India’s first national initiative focused on discovering, nurturing, and promoting original Indian Intellectual Properties (IPs) in anime, manga, webtoons, and cosplay. It is being […]
Rabies : A Study
Rabies : A Study A six-year-old girl who was bitten by a stray dog died of rabies recently despite receiving preventive vaccination in Kerala’s Malappuram district. Rabies is a deadly zoonotic disease caused by the Rabies virus (RABV) that attacks the nervous system. RABV is an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus family that can […]
Phthalates
Phthalates: A recent study found that a daily exposure to phthalates is linked to 3.5 lakh, or 13 percent, of deaths in the world due to heart disease in 2018 among people aged between 55 and 65 years of age. Phthalates are a family of chemical compounds primarily used in plastic products (most commonly in […]
Special 301 Report
Special 301 Report: India has yet again been placed on the ‘priority watch’ list of the US Trade Representative (USTR) office’s Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights It is an annual report by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) under the Trade Act of 1974. It identifies countries that are considered by the US […]
World Bank’s Poverty & Equity Brief Report
World Bank’s Poverty & Equity Brief Report: The World Bank’s Spring 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief report praised India for lifting 171 million people out of extreme poverty from 2011-12 to 2022-23, lowering the extreme poverty rate from 16.2% to 2.3%. This highlights India’s dedication to inclusive development through welfare schemes, and improved access to […]
Alfalfa Seed
Alfalfa Seed: The government is preparing to restrict the entry of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa (lucerne) fodder seed into the country, as the US urges India to lower import duties on the crop. The Indian government is empowered to regulate the entry of genetically modified (GM) organisms under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. Alfalfa(Medicago sativa) […]
