North Korean Missile Launches: The US has imposed its first sanctions over North Korea’s weapons programs following a series of North Korean missile launches. These sanctions were aimed both to prevent the advancement of North Korea’s programs and to impede its attempts to proliferate weapons technologies. North Korea is continuing its missile program despite several […]
Category: Current Affairs
Rooftop Solar Scheme
Rooftop Solar Scheme: According to the data available on the website of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), India could install just 6GW of Rooftop Solar (RTS) power by the end of October 2021 under the rooftop solar scheme. Although utility-scale solar has seen tremendous progress with leading players lining up for […]
Global Risks Report 2022
Global Risks Report 2022: The Global Risks Report 2022, an annual report, was released by the World Economic Forum. It tracks global risk perceptions among risk experts and world leaders in business, government, and civil society. It examines risks across five categories: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, and technological. Impact of Covid-19: The societal and environmental […]
National Youth Day 2022
National Youth Day: January 12 marks the birthday of Swami Vivekananda. National Youth Day is celebrated on this day. Celebrated since 1984. The main objective is to promote rational thinking among the youth, believed to be the future of the country. Swami Vivekananda was a true luminary, credited with enlightening the western world about Hinduism. […]
Henley Passport Index 2022
Henley Passport Index: India now ranks at 83rd position in the Henley Passport Index, climbing seven places from 90th rank last year. India shares the rank with Sao Tome and Principe in Central Africa, behind Rwanda and Uganda. It now has visa-free access to 60 destinations worldwide with Oman and Armenia being the latest additions. […]
What is Xenotransplantation?
Xenotransplantation: In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life in the US. Xenotransplantation involves the transplantation of nonhuman tissues or organs into human recipients. This is the first successful transplant of a pig’s heart into a human being. However, it’s too soon to […]
Gateway To Hell: Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan’s Gateway To Hell: Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov recently ordered officials to find a method of finally extinguishing the ‘Gateway to Hell’ in the country. Turkmenistan’s Gateway to hell, also known as The Darvaza Crater, is 225 feet wide and 99 feet deep. It has a diameter of 70 metres, across an area of 5.5 […]
Four New Supercomputers in National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)
What Is National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)? Under the National Super-Computer Mission (NSM), four new Supercomputers have been installed since July 2021 at IIT-Hyderabad, NABI- Mohali, CDAC-Bengaluru and IIT Kanpur. NSM provides access to High-Performance Computing (HPC) facilities to around 75 institutions and more than thousands of active researchers, academicians working through Nation Knowledge Network (NKN). […]
OSIRIS-REx Mission: NASA
What Is The OSIRIS-REx Mission? OSIRIS-REx is bringing back an asteroid sample. It will arrive home in 2023, ejecting a capsule full of samples that may help eager scientists decipher the origin of Earth’s water and life. The debris NASA’s asteroid-touching spacecraft collected could help us learn about the origins of our solar system. On […]
Academic Bank Of Credit
Academic Bank Of Credit: The government has brought the IITs, IIMs and other Institutions of National Importance (INIs) under the Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) framework, which allows students to pursue up to 50 per cent of a course from institutions other than the one with which they are enrolled. Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) […]
