Nancy Grace Roman Telescope: NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in late 2026, will search for tiny primordial black holes dating back to the Big Bang. These hypothetical black holes, with masses similar to Earth or even large asteroids, could revolutionize theoretical physics if detected Detection of these small black holes, […]
First Bank To Become a Trading Cum Clearing (TCM) Member
First Bank To Become a Trading Cum Clearing (TCM) Member: State Bank of India (SBI) announced that it has become the first bank to become a Trading cum Clearing (TCM) Member at India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX). It enables SBI’s IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) to trade on the IIBX platform as the RBI allowed IBUs […]
UNESCO’s Memory Of The World Asia-Pacific Regional Register
UNESCO’s Memory Of The World Asia-Pacific Regional Register: The Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra, and Sahṛdayāloka-Locana have been included in ‘UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register’. ‘Sahṛdayaloka-Locana’, ‘Panchatantra’, and ‘Ramcharitmanas’ were authored by Acharya Anandvardhan, Pt. Vishnu Sharma, and Goswami Tulsidas, respectively. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) played a vital role […]
UN Financing For Sustainable Development Report 2024
UN Financing For Sustainable Development Report 2024: A new report released by the United Nations (UN) stated that more investment is needed if the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed upon by all United Nations members back in 2015, are to be achieved by 2030. The reason for this situation is due to staggering debt […]
Exercise Tarkash
Exercise Tarkash: The India-U.S joint exercise in conducting coordinated operations in urban counter terrorism contingencies will conclude in Kolkata. Exercise Tarkash is the seventh edition of the Indo-U.S. joint counter terrorism exercise. It is held between the elite National Security Guard (NSG) and the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) commenced on April 22, 2024. The […]
Geomagnetic Storms : Hits Earth
Geomagnetic Storms : Hits Earth The strongest geomagnetic storm in over two decades recently hit Earth, causing radio blackouts and extending the northern lights to the southern United States. Geomagnetic Storm is a major disturbance of Earth’s magnetosphere that occurs when there is a very efficient exchange of energy from the solar wind into the […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 15th May 2024
Today’s Current Affairs: 15th May 2024 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Doha Diamond League : Silver Medal To Neeraj Chopra
Doha Diamond League : Silver Medal To Neeraj Chopra Neeraj Chopra, the reigning Olympic and world champion in javelin throw, started his 2024 season on a strong note, securing a second-place finish at the Doha Diamond League 2024. Neeraj Chopra’s impressive throw of 88.36m on his final attempt fell just 2cm short of Czechia’s Jakub […]
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Award
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Award: The prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship has been given to Ruskin Bond, a renowned British-Indian author. This honor was given to him on a Saturday at his home in Mussoorie. At first, Bond was named the winner of this prestigious award in September 2021. The official presentation had to be pushed back […]
World Wildlife Crime Report 2024
World Wildlife Crime Report 2024: The 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report was released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on May 13, 2024. This report provides insights into the illegal wildlife trade that occurred between 2015 and 2021. The rhino and pangolin were the animal species most affected: Rhino Horn Market: Largest […]
