National Voters Day 2024: Election Commission of India is celebrating 14th National Voters’ Day (NVD) on 25th January 2024 National Voters’ Day (NVD) has been celebrated on January 25 every year since 2011, across the country to mark the foundation day of the Election Commission of India, i.e. 25th January 1950. The main purpose of […]
Category: Current Affairs
Adoption Of Climate Smart Agriculture
Adoption Of Climate Smart Agriculture: The adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) faces challenges in South Asia, as sustainable practices and technologies struggle to gain widespread acceptance. CSA, or Climate-Smart Agriculture, is an approach that incorporates a set of agricultural practices and technologies. Its goals are to boost productivity (e.g., precision farming, smart crops), enhance resilience […]
Disease X
Disease X: The World Health Organisation (WHO) emphasised the urgent need for global preparedness against a potential new pandemic, referred to as ‘Disease X’ Disease X is referred to as a hypothetical pathogen or threat that can cause a major pandemic in future. It could be a new agent, a virus, a bacterium, or a […]
Halwa Ceremony : Before The Annual Budget Presentation
Halwa Ceremony : Before The Annual Budget Presentation The Union Finance Minister participated in the ‘Halwa Ceremony’ recently, a tradition observed before the annual budget presentation. Halwa Ceremony is a tradition performed every year ahead of the budget and signifies the official initiation of the printing process of various documents related to the budget. It […]
Grantham Inscriptions
Grantham Inscriptions: A team of archaeologists recently discovered two stone inscriptions of ‘Grantham’ and Tamil dating 11th and 16th centuries respectively at Pazhnchervazhi village near Kangayam. Grantha is an important historical script that was once used to write Sanskrit throughout South East Asia and greater Tamil Nadu. The word Grantha denotes in Sanskrit ‘a literary […]
Default Bail
Default Bail: The Supreme Court recently held that default bail cannot be claimed on the ground that the investigation is pending against other accused. The Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) provides for three kinds of bail. Section 438 provides for Anticipatory Bail; Section 439 provides for Regular bail whereas Section 167(2) provides for default/statutory bail. […]
Mpemba Effect : Study
Mpemba Effect : Study The Mpemba effect continues to captivate scientists with its complex interplay of physical mechanisms. Mpemba effect is named after Tanzanian student Erasto Mpemba, who brought attention to this counterintuitive phenomenon in 1969, making for curious observations. The effect is that hot water can freeze faster than cold water in similar conditions. […]
Karpoori Thakur : Bharat Ratna Posthumously
Karpoori Thakur : Bharat Ratna Posthumously Karpoori Thakur, a prominent Gandhian socialist leader and former Bihar chief minister will be awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ posthumously. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian Award of the country which was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for […]
Lake Retba
Lake Retba: The Lake Retba’s waters are virtually devoid of life and are on the verge of disappearing due to pollution and mining. Lake Retba is also known as Lac Rose the Pink Lake. It is located north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, northeast of Dakar The lake is isolated from the sea […]
Design-Linked Incentive Scheme
Design-Linked Incentive Scheme: Since announcement, the Design-Linked Incentive scheme (DLI) scheme has approved only seven start-ups, markedly short of its target of supporting 100 over five years. Design-Linked Incentive scheme aims to offer financial incentives as well as design infrastructure support across various stages of development and deployment of semiconductor design(s) for Integrated Circuits (ICs), […]
