Whoosh : Southeast Asia’s First High-Speed Railway: Indonesian President Joko Widodo officially inaugurated Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway marking a significant milestone for the nation’s infrastructure development. The ambitious project, known as the “Whoosh” high-speed railway, is a key component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and is poised to dramatically reduce travel times between […]
Category: Current Affairs
UN Bonn Summit
UN Bonn Summit: Delegates at a UN conference in Bonn have adopted a new global framework aimed at reducing environmental risks associated with chemicals and waste. This framework, known as the Global Framework on Chemicals, includes 28 targets designed to enhance responsible management of chemicals and waste throughout their lifecycle. The Bonn Declaration was adopted […]
Bihar Caste Survey
Bihar Caste Survey: This comprehensive survey provides crucial data on the composition of various caste groups and their implications for politics, policies, and social dynamics. Key Findings of the Bihar Caste Survey: The Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) constitute the largest social group, comprising 36.01% of Bihar’s population, totaling 4,70,80,514 individuals. Other Backward Classes (OBCs) make […]
Pink Bollworm : Damage To Cotton Fields
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
