NOPEC(No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels)Bill: NOPEC bill, the U.S. legislation that could open members of oil producing group OPEC+ to antitrust lawsuits has emerged as a possible tool to tackle high fuel prices. NOPEC bill, which passed a Senate committee 17-4 on May 5, is intended to protect U.S. consumers and businesses from engineered […]
Lassa Fever
Lassa Fever: A study has found that Climate change may aid the spread of Lassa fever, which is endemic to parts of west Africa, to the Central and Eastern parts of the African continent in the next 50 years. Findings: There would be a 600% jump in the number of people exposed to the virus […]
Poverty And Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course
Poverty And Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course The World Bank released a report titled “Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course”. Findings of the Report: Global poverty reduction has been slowing down since 2015 but the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine have completely reversed the outcomes. By 2015, the global extreme-poverty rate had […]
Climate Risk Index For Marine Life
Climate Risk Index For Marine Life: A new study was published titled Climate Risk Index for Marine Life, which captures the climate risk for nearly 25,000 marine species and their ecosystems. This new index lays the groundwork for supporting climate-smart approaches to managing and conserving marine life. Findings Warming oceans and climate extremes are driving […]
Nobel Prize In Literature 2022
Nobel Prize In Literature 2022: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux ”for“the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory”. Her more than 20 books, many of which have been school texts in France for decades, offer one […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 7th October 2022
Today Current Affairs:7th October 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Infant Mortality Rate
Infant Mortality Rate: The country’s female Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) dropped to same level as males India has registered a decline in female infant mortality rate. In sixteen states, IMR remained higher for female babies than male but the gap had reduced since 2011. According to Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2020, Chhattisgarh had the […]
Quality Council Of India (QCI)
Quality Council Of India (QCI): The Quality Council of India is set to celebrate its Silver Jubilee at the Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi Quality Council of India was set up in 1997, jointly by the Government of India and the Indian Industry represented by the three premier industry associations i.e. Associated Chambers of […]
Digital Services Act
Digital Services Act: The European Union (EU) has given final approval to online safety-focused legislation, which is an overhaul of the region’s social media and e-commerce rules Digital Services Act (DSA), the law tightly regulates the way intermediaries, especially large platforms such as Google, Meta, Twitter, and YouTube, function in terms of moderating user […]
US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership
US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership: Ministerial dialogue of US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (USISCEP) to be held on 7th October 2022. The revamped USISCEP was launched in accordance with U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership announced by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate held […]