Melting Polar Ice leading to Longer Days
16 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Scientists have found that melting polar ice caps are slowing Earth’s spin, leading to slight changes in the length...
August 2024
Current Affairs
India and Ballast Water
16 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department (WRD) informed the National Green Tribunal that it has requested ₹160 crore from...
Current Affairs
Places in News: Mount Kilimanjaro
14 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Just days before the 78th Independence Day, an expedition team sponsored by the Ministry of Defence unfurled a 7,800...
Current Affairs
Species in News: Neelakurinji
14 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Neelakurinji is the iconic purplish-blue flowering shrub known for its rare blooming cycle, and has officially been classified...
Art and Culture
World’s Oldest Calendar
14 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Archaeologists at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey have uncovered the world’s oldest calendar, dating back nearly 13,000 years. ...
Current Affairs
Lymphatic Filariasis
14 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare virtually inaugurated the second phase of the Bi-annual Nationwide...
Current Affairs
History of Kerala’s Jewish Communities
14 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Kerala’s Jewish population, once vibrant with 20,000-50,000 members in the mid-1940s, has dwindled to around 4,000-5,000 in India...
Current Affairs
The Top Court As Custodian of Liberties
14 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Supreme Court granted bail to former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia after prolonged incarceration, addressing key issues of...
Current Affairs
Ukraine Incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region
14 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Ukrainian troops have advanced around 30 km into the Russian territory of the Kursk region, in what has been...
Current Affairs
Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Market
14 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been reviewing the investment limit for foreign investors in the overnight index...