Today’s Current Affairs: 14th May 2025 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Day: May 14, 2025
Dongria Kondh Community
Dongria Kondh Community: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently sought for an Action Taken Report from Odisha Chief Secretary on the precarious living condition, lack of basic amenities and necessities of life of more than 10,000 families from “Dongria Kondh”, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) Community. It is a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group […]
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System: The military of Taiwan recently conducted its first live-firing of the American-supplied high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS). It is a lightweight, multiple rocket launcher. It allows for the launching of multiple, precision-guided rockets. It is manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corporation, a United States-based security and aerospace company. HIMARS is […]
Germanium
Germanium: India is engaging with the Chinese government to navigate export restrictions on germanium, a critical mineral that is used in manufacturing of semiconductors, fiber optic cables and solar panels. It is a chemical element between silicon and tin in Group 14 (IVa) of the periodic table. It has the chemical symbol Ge and the […]
Buddhavanam
Buddhavanam: The contestants of Miss World 2025 from 22 countries visited Buddhavanam, a Buddhist theme park, on the occasion of Buddha Purnima recently. It is a Buddhist theme park located on the northern bank of Krishna River in Telangana. The Government of India has sanctioned the project as part of developing an integrated Buddhist Circuit […]
Microbial Phosphorus Gatekeeping
Microbial Phosphorus Gatekeeping: A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examined the role of soil microbes in phosphorus cycling over 700,000 years in the Cooloola coastal dune system, located in Cooloola National Park, Queensland, Australia. Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient required by all life forms. It is crucial for: Energy metabolism (e.g., ATP production), […]
Ferroelectricity
Ferroelectricity: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a breakthrough technique to visualise the dynamics of domain walls with unprecedented detail. Ferroelectricity is a property of certain non-conducting crystals or dielectrics that exhibit spontaneous electric polarisation, where the centres of positive and negative charges separate, making one side of the crystal positive and […]
Axions and HAYSTAC Experiment
Axions and HAYSTAC Experiment: The HAYSTAC results, published in Physical Review Letters, marked a technological advance, even though no axions were detected. The experiment significantly expanded the parameter space of axion mass and coupling strength. Axions are hypothetical subatomic particles originally proposed in the late 1970s to explain the strong CP problem in quantum chromodynamics […]
State of the World’s Nursing 2025 Report
State of the World’s Nursing 2025 Report: The World Health Organization (WHO) released the State of the World’s Nursing (SoWN) 2025 report on International Nurses Day (IND). Key Findings of the SoWN 2025 Report: The global nursing workforce grew from 27.9 million in 2018 to 29.8 million in 2023, but 78% of nurses are concentrated […]
UN Vesak Day 2025
UN Vesak Day 2025: United Nations Vesak Day (International Day of Vesak) was held in May 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with delegates from 85 countries, themed “Solidarity and Tolerance for Human Dignity: Buddhist Wisdom for World Peace and Sustainable Development.” In another development, India successfully intervened to stop the auction of Piprahwa […]
