Solar Flare: In News A huge sunspot that is more than 10 times bigger than Earth recently appeared on the surface of the sun, and scientists say it could lead to several strong solar flares in the coming weeks. Solar Flare is an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated […]
Day: December 5, 2025
Parliament disruptions
Parliament disruptions: The 2025 Winter Session opened amid protests over electoral roll revision and a sharply curtailed sitting schedule, again stalling both Houses in the first days.Parliament is the supreme legislative body of India, consisting of the President, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha (Article 79). It performs four core functions: lawmaking, budget approval, executive accountability, […]
Tensor Processing Unit (TPU)
Tensor Processing Unit (TPU): Google’s release of the Ironwood TPU comes at a pivotal moment as the global AI boom accelerates demand for faster, specialised compute. A Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) is a custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed by Google specifically to accelerate machine learning—especially deep neural networks and matrix-heavy computations.TPUs were first deployed […]
Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025
Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025: The Chief of the Naval Staff released the Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025 on India Navy Day, aligning it with India’s long-term strategic vision and maritime priorities. The Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025 is the Navy’s apex guidance document that defines how India plans, prepares, and operates across the entire maritime conflict spectrum. […]
8th Economic Census (EC) in 2027
8th Economic Census (EC) in 2027: India will carry out its 8th Economic Census (EC) in 2027, following the two-phase Population Census (2026–27). Economic Census (EC): It is the complete count of all establishments (i.e. units engaged in production and/or distribution of goods and services not for the purpose of sole consumption) located within the […]
Samagra Shiksha
Samagra Shiksha: The Union government has clarified that States will receive pending Samagra Shiksha funds only after meeting all scheme conditions, including utilisation certificates, audit reports, progress details, State share contributions, and compliance with National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Samagra Shiksha Announced in the 2018–19 Union Budget, it is a unified programme covering pre-school to […]
