Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT): The Supreme Court announced that it would soon address petitions for 100% verification of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips, just ahead of the first phase of voting on 19th April 2024. The VVPAT machine is attached to the ballot unit of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), and […]
Category: Current Affairs
Status Of Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
Status Of Total Fertility Rate (TFR): India’s declining fertility rate, recently projected by The Lancet, suggests a demographic transition with potential economic benefits. TFR in India has drastically decreased from 6.2 in 1950 to below 2 in 2021. It is projected to further decline to 1.29 by 2050 and a concerning level of 1.04 by […]
Higgs Boson : Nobel prize-winning British physicist Died
Higgs Boson : Nobel prize-winning British physicist Died Nobel prize-winning British physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of a mass-giving particle, which became known as the Higgs boson or the “God particle”, has died aged 94. The Higgs boson is the fundamental force-carrying particle of the Higgs field, which is responsible for granting fundamental […]
C-Dome
C-Dome : Israel for the first time deployed its ship-mounted defence system, called the C-Dome. C-Dome is a naval version of Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system, used to shield against rocket and missile attacks. The Iron Dome, which was activated in 2011 and has an effectiveness of about 90%, works by using radars to […]
Global Hepatitis Report 2024
Global Hepatitis Report 2024: According to the Global Hepatitis Report 2024 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), India is one of the countries with the highest burden of viral hepatitis. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. It can be an acute (short-term) infection or a chronic (long-term) infection. There are different types of hepatitis, […]
Rhamphicarpa fistulosa : New Report
Rhamphicarpa fistulosa : New Report A new report showed that rice vampireweed (Rhamphicarpa fistulosa) in Africa affected more than 140,000 farm households and caused losses worth $82 million per year to the continent’s economy. Rhamphicarpa fistulosa is a facultative, parasitic weed that grows on rice which is also known as rice vampireweed. It also affects […]
Coordinated Lunar Time
Coordinated Lunar Time: The US White House officially directed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to create a time standard for the Moon, which different international bodies and private companies can use to coordinate their activities on the lunar surface Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) will provide a time-keeping benchmark for lunar spacecraft and satellites […]
Peace Clause At WTO
Peace Clause At WTO: India has invoked the peace clause at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the fifth consecutive time due to breaching the prescribed subsidy limit for rice offered to its farmers. Under the Peace Clause, WTO members refrain from challenging any breach in the prescribed subsidy ceiling given by a developing nation […]
Right Against Adverse Effects Of Climate Change : Supreme Court
Right Against Adverse Effects Of Climate Change : Supreme Court The Supreme Court of India recognized the right against adverse effects of climate change as a fundamental right within the ambit of Articles 14 (right to equality) and 21 (right to life) of the Indian Constitution. The Supreme Court’s observation came while delivering a judgment […]
Spotted Deer : Population Explosion
Spotted Deer : Population Explosion The introduction of chital, or spotted deer, to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the early 1900s for game hunting by the British has resulted in a population explosion that now poses a significant problem for authorities. But now the chital population exceeding the carrying capacity of Netaji Subhash Chandra […]
