What Is Planet Parade? Over the past few nights, Venus and Saturn have been gradually coming together in the sky which was visible through the naked eye. Planet Parade is the phenomenon wherein the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were visible to the naked eye from Earth. This planetary meet-up, also known as […]
Category: Current Affairs
Yellow Band Disease : Destroying Corals
Yellow Band Disease : Destroying Corals Scientists found that corals of eastern Thailand are getting affected by Yellow band Disease which is killing corals over vast stretches of the sea floor. Yellow-band disease named for the colour it turns corals before destroying them was first spotted decades ago and has caused widespread damage to reefs […]
What Is Leopard 2 tank?
What Is Leopard 2 tank? Germany is under pressure to authorize sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine from other European nations. The Leopard 2 is one of the world’s leading battle tanks. Until now, both Ukraine and Russia have used Soviet-era tanks in battle, and the Leopards would offer a big step forward in capability. […]
Alien Invasive Plants
Alien Invasive Plants: A new study has found that several alien invasive plants growing together can have a detrimental effect on the biodiversities in tiger habitats in Kanha Tiger Reserve. The research paper has deciphered many negative impacts of multiple co-occurring alien plants on biodiversity and what it means for conservation in the era of […]
Rural Health Statistics 2021-2022
Rural Health Statistics 2021-2022: The article highlights the recent data related to rural healthcare in India and government initiatives to transform rural healthcare. According to the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare’s Rural Health Statistics 2021-2022, India’s rural healthcare system continues to be plagued by a shortfall on two critical fronts – doctors and […]
Caste Census In Bihar : Case Updates
Caste Census In Bihar : Case Updates The Supreme Court dismissed petitions challenging the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste survey in the state. Petitioners claimed that it was a census and that the state government had no power to make any laws regarding it. The subject of a census falls in the Union […]
ChatGPT : Ethical Concerns
ChatGPT : Ethical Concerns OpenAI (AI research and deployment company) opened its most recent and powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to users to test its capability. ChatGPT is a variant of GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) which is a large-scale neural network-based language model developed by OpenAI. GPT models are trained on vast amounts of text data […]
Additional Tier-1 (AT1) Bonds
Additional Tier-1 (AT1) Bonds: The Bombay High Court Friday quashed the write-off of Additional Tier-1 (AT1) bonds worth Rs 8,400 crore issued by Yes Bank Ltd, bringing relief to investors. These bonds are unsecured bonds that have perpetual tenors, are issued by banks and have no maturity date. They have a call option, which can […]
First G20 Health Working Group Meeting
First G20 Health Working Group Meeting: The first G20 Health Working Group meeting under India’s presidency was held in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. Various discussions are being held focussing on international cooperation for Universal health care, in the three-day conference. Discussions on strengthening medical value travel enabling easy travel to countries with low cost treatment facilities […]
1st Global Tourism Investors Summit
1st Global Tourism Investors Summit: The Ministry of Tourism is organizing the 1st Global Tourism Investors Summit from 10th to 12th April 2023 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. It is organised under the aegis of India’s G20 Presidency. The aim of the summit is to bring together global business leaders, and policymakers to understand […]
