Pink Bollworm : Damage To Cotton Fields The Pink Bollworm (PBW) is causing significant damage to cotton fields in northern Rajasthan, Haryana, and Southwestern Punjab, with the infestation being more widespread and serious than before. Farmers have been using Bt cotton seeds, which have lost their effectiveness against the PBW. The situation has led […]
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Apple’s ‘Mother Nature’ Campaign
Apple’s ‘Mother Nature’ Campaign: Apple’s ‘Mother Nature’ campaign is an environmental initiative launched by Apple, showcasing the company’s commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility. Since 1994, Apple has run a gadget-recycling program, incentivizing customers to trade in their old devices for new ones. Apple’s buyback policy, recycling initiatives, and responsible sourcing of materials place it […]
Ek Tareekh Ek Ghanta Ek Saath Initiative
Ek Tareekh Ek Ghanta Ek Saath Initiative: The “Ek Tareekh Ek Ghanta Ek Saath” initiative is a massive voluntary effort for cleanliness in India, endorsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The initiative encourages citizens to engage in one hour of “shramdaan” (voluntary labour) for cleanliness at 10 am on October 1st as a tribute to […]
Nobel Prize In Medicine 2023
Nobel Prize In Medicine 2023: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2023 has been awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for their groundbreaking research on nucleoside base modifications that played a pivotal role in the development of highly effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Kariko and Weissman identified a key problem: dendritic cells […]
Banking Current Affairs 2nd Oct 2023
Daily Current Affairs: 2nd Oct 2023 for SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc: RBI’s Swaminathan J chairs 28th Advisory Committee meet in Lucknow: The meeting highlighted the significant role of MSMEs in achieving developed economic status by 2047. TRAI Consultation Paper on “Digital Transformation through 5G Ecosystem”: This paper aims […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 2nd Oct 2023
Today’s Current Affairs: 2nd Oct 2023 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0
Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0: The union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, MoS Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions launched the Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 is a public grievance portal and Automated Analysis in Tree Dashboard portal of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public […]
2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize: Ruixiang Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA will be awarded with the 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for his outstanding contributions in mathematics. Ruixiang Zhang is a young mathematician whose fundamental work spans from analytic number theory, combinatorics, and Euclidean Harmonic Analysis to geometry. Building on his Princeton PhD thesis, […]
Staghorn Coral : Endangered
Staghorn Coral : Endangered A genome-wide survey of highly endangered staghorn coral in the Caribbean has identified 10 genomic regions associated with resilience against white band disease. Staghorn coral is one of the most important corals in the Caribbean. It, along with elkhorn coral and star corals built Caribbean coral reefs over the last 5,000 […]
Pygmy hog : Released In Manas National Park
Pygmy hog : Released In Manas National Park Eighteen captive-bred pygmy hogs were released in western Assam’s Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve. Pygmy hog is the smallest and rarest species of wild pig in the world. It is one of the very few mammals that build its own home, or nest, complete with a […]
