Henley Passport Index: India now ranks at 83rd position in the Henley Passport Index, climbing seven places from 90th rank last year. India shares the rank with Sao Tome and Principe in Central Africa, behind Rwanda and Uganda. It now has visa-free access to 60 destinations worldwide with Oman and Armenia being the latest additions. […]
What is Xenotransplantation?
Xenotransplantation: In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life in the US. Xenotransplantation involves the transplantation of nonhuman tissues or organs into human recipients. This is the first successful transplant of a pig’s heart into a human being. However, it’s too soon to […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 13th January 2022
Today Current Affairs: 13th January 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Gateway To Hell: Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan’s Gateway To Hell: Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov recently ordered officials to find a method of finally extinguishing the ‘Gateway to Hell’ in the country. Turkmenistan’s Gateway to hell, also known as The Darvaza Crater, is 225 feet wide and 99 feet deep. It has a diameter of 70 metres, across an area of 5.5 […]
Four New Supercomputers in National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)
What Is National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)? Under the National Super-Computer Mission (NSM), four new Supercomputers have been installed since July 2021 at IIT-Hyderabad, NABI- Mohali, CDAC-Bengaluru and IIT Kanpur. NSM provides access to High-Performance Computing (HPC) facilities to around 75 institutions and more than thousands of active researchers, academicians working through Nation Knowledge Network (NKN). […]
OSIRIS-REx Mission: NASA
What Is The OSIRIS-REx Mission? OSIRIS-REx is bringing back an asteroid sample. It will arrive home in 2023, ejecting a capsule full of samples that may help eager scientists decipher the origin of Earth’s water and life. The debris NASA’s asteroid-touching spacecraft collected could help us learn about the origins of our solar system. On […]
Academic Bank Of Credit
Academic Bank Of Credit: The government has brought the IITs, IIMs and other Institutions of National Importance (INIs) under the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) framework, which allows students to pursue up to 50 per cent of a course from institutions other than the one with which they are enrolled. Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) […]
National Commission For Protection Of Child Rights (NCPCR)
National Commission For Protection Of Child Rights (NCPCR): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked the West Bengal chief secretary to get all children care institutions (CCIs) registered under the Juvenile Justice Act 2015. Citing that it was mandatory for all CCIs to comply with the JJ Act, the NCPCR has […]
African Swine Fever in Thailand
African Swine Fever: Thailand has detected African Swine Fever in a surface swab sample collected at a slaughterhouse. It is a highly contagious and fatal animal disease that infects and leads to an acute form of hemorrhagic fever in domestic and wild pigs. Other manifestations of the disease include high fever, depression, anorexia, loss of […]
Vehicular Emissions In India
Vehicular Emissions In India: The annual car sales in India are projected to increase from the current 3.5 million to about 10.5 million — a three times increase — by 2030, which will increase exposure to vehicular exhaust emissions. India is the fifth-largest global car manufacturer with one of the highest compound annual growth rates […]
