Parliament disruptions: The 2025 Winter Session opened amid protests over electoral roll revision and a sharply curtailed sitting schedule, again stalling both Houses in the first days.Parliament is the supreme legislative body of India, consisting of the President, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha (Article 79). It performs four core functions: lawmaking, budget approval, executive accountability, […]
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Tensor Processing Unit (TPU)
Tensor Processing Unit (TPU): Google’s release of the Ironwood TPU comes at a pivotal moment as the global AI boom accelerates demand for faster, specialised compute. A Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) is a custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed by Google specifically to accelerate machine learning—especially deep neural networks and matrix-heavy computations.TPUs were first deployed […]
Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025
Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025: The Chief of the Naval Staff released the Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025 on India Navy Day, aligning it with India’s long-term strategic vision and maritime priorities. The Indian Maritime Doctrine 2025 is the Navy’s apex guidance document that defines how India plans, prepares, and operates across the entire maritime conflict spectrum. […]
8th Economic Census (EC) in 2027
8th Economic Census (EC) in 2027: India will carry out its 8th Economic Census (EC) in 2027, following the two-phase Population Census (2026–27). Economic Census (EC): It is the complete count of all establishments (i.e. units engaged in production and/or distribution of goods and services not for the purpose of sole consumption) located within the […]
Samagra Shiksha
Samagra Shiksha: The Union government has clarified that States will receive pending Samagra Shiksha funds only after meeting all scheme conditions, including utilisation certificates, audit reports, progress details, State share contributions, and compliance with National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Samagra Shiksha Announced in the 2018–19 Union Budget, it is a unified programme covering pre-school to […]
Bonda Tribe
Bonda Tribe: Members of the Bonda community in Odisha’s Malkangiri district are set to transition from fragile thatched huts to permanent pucca houses under the Union government’s PM-Janman scheme. The Bondas are exclusively found in the Malkangiri district of Odisha and are mostly concentrated in the Khairaput block of the district. It is a particularly […]
Cold Wave
Cold Wave: Higher than normal cold wave days are expected to impact parts of central India as well as some regions in northwest and northeast India, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Cold waves are unusual weather occurrences caused by extremely low temperatures in the near-surface atmosphere. Their duration can range from several days […]
Chaprala wildlife sanctuary
Chaprala wildlife sanctuary: A rare striated grassbird was recently recorded in Chaprala wildlife sanctuary in Gadchiroli district, marking a major range extension for the species in Maharashtra. It is located in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. The Markhanda and Pedigundam hills flank the sanctuary from northeast and south, and the Pranhita River flows along its […]
Bitra Island
Bitra Island: The Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command recently said the Navy is setting up a detachment in Bitra Island, which “is more or less completed”. Bitra Island is located in the northern region of Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea. It is the smallest inhabited island in the territory. The climate of […]
Rock Eagle Owl
Rock Eagle Owl: A Rock Eagle Owl nest prompted the Telangana forest department to halt quarrying operations for over a month. It is also called Indian eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis) or Bengal eagle-owl. It is a large-horned owl species native to hilly scrub forests in India. It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the Eurasian […]
