Snakebite Deaths : Report A study published in Nature Communications recently estimated that a vast majority of snakebite deaths globally — up to 64,100 of the 78,600 deaths — occur in India. The study used data from verbal autopsy and vital statistics (civil registration) to estimate snakebite deaths from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 […]
Bringing Back The ‘Odd-Even’ Vehicle Rationing Scheme : Delhi Govt
Bringing Back The ‘Odd-Even’ Vehicle Rationing Scheme : Delhi Govt After implementing a series of anti-pollution measures to control the plummeting air quality index (AQI) in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party government is also considering bringing back the ‘odd-even’ vehicle rationing scheme. Odd-even’ was first introduced in 2016 by the AAP government to control vehicular […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 5th November 2022
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First Women Inspector Generals Of CRPF
First Women Inspector Generals Of CRPF: For the first time in the history of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), two women officers reached the rank of Inspector General (IG). Two women officers who were recently promoted to the rank of Inspector General are IG Seema Dhundiya and IG Annie Abraham. While IG Seema Dhundiya will […]
India Abstains Russia’s UNSC Resolution On Bioweapons
India Abstains Russia’s UNSC Resolution On Bioweapons: India has abstained from a UNSC resolution sponsored by Russia alleging US and Ukraine carrying out “military biological activities” violating the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Before this resolution, India recently abstained from another UNSC resolution, which sought to declare Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian territories as invalid.Biological weapons […]
Cordy Gold Nanoparticles (Cor-AuNPs) : Fungus-Powered Nanogold Particles
Cordy Gold Nanoparticles (Cor-AuNPs) : Fungus-Powered Nanogold Particles Assam’s Bodoland University is part of collaborative research on fungus-powered biosynthesised nanogold particles that has received an international patent from Germany. Cordy gold nanoparticles (Cor-AuNPs) is the outcome of a collaborative experiment by scientists from four Indian institutions, has earned an international patent from Germany. These nanoparticles, […]
World Puzzle Championship 2022
World Puzzle Championship 2022: Prasanna Seshadri has won India’s first silver medal after 11 years of trying at the World Puzzle Championship (WPC). The WPC gold this year went to Japan’s Ken Endo. The World Puzzle Championship is an annual international puzzle competition run by the World Puzzle Federation. All the puzzles in the competition […]
Pahari Ethnic Group In The Scheduled Tribes
Pahari Ethnic Group In The Scheduled Tribes: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has now cleared the way for the inclusion of the ‘Pahari ethnic group’ in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) list of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The commission also called for the inclusion of the “Paddari tribe”, “Koli” and “Gadda […]
Twin Transition
Twin Transition: World Economic Forum has highlighted this word as a key to sustainable growth. A twin transition basically means including digital/technological improvements with the Environmental sustainability goals. E.g. using carbon capture technology, and adopting a circular development model. Digitization has a key role to play in supporting sustainable growth during this decisive decade for […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 4th November 2022
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