Current Affairs

US-made Stryker armoured infantry combat vehicles

Context: India is set to conduct trials for US-made Stryker armoured infantry combat vehicles in Ladakh and desert terrains to...

Kalamkari

Context: The once-thriving Kalamkari art form is now facing survival challenges in modern times, largely because of the increasing use...

SEHER Program For Supporting Women Entrepreneurs

Context: The SEHAR program, launched through a partnership between the WEP and TransUnion CIBIL, to significantly empower women entrepreneurs in...

Thazhakara Panchayat’s second volume of People’s Biodiversity Register

Context: Thazhakara Panchayat (Kerala) has published the second volume of the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR).   More on News:  Three...

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Context: The SCO meeting in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana concluded with Belarus becoming the organisation’s 10th member.   Key Highlights of...

Places in News: Kazakhstan

Places in News: Kazakhstan

Context: During the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on July 4th, the Indian External Affairs Minister met...

National Medical Commission

National Medical Commission

Context: Dr. BN Gangadhar has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Medical Commission (NMC).   About National Medical...

Hormonal Control of Mosquito Bloodlust: New Insights from Michael Strand’s Study

Hormonal Control of Mosquito Bloodlust: New Insights from Michael Strand’s Study

Context: A new study of Entomologist Michael Strand of the University of Georgia has suggested that a pair of mosquito...

Anti-Radiation missile Rudram-1

Anti-Radiation missile Rudram-1

Context: India has successfully test-fired its first indigenous anti-radiation missile, the Rudram-1, developed by the DRDO for the Indian Air...

India’s Aditya-L1 Completes First Halo Orbit Around Sun-Earth L1 Point

India’s Aditya-L1 Completes First Halo Orbit Around Sun-Earth L1 Point

Context: ISRO announced a significant milestone for India’s first solar mission, Aditya-L1, as it completed its first halo orbit around...

Permaculture: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Agriculture

Permaculture: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Agriculture

Context: A recent study by researchers from RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau and BOKU University has shown that permaculture can significantly...

Bats as Viral Hosts and Zoonotic Disease Prevention

Bats as Viral Hosts and Zoonotic Disease Prevention

Context: Studies suggest bats are special viral reservoirs with the most virulent zoonotic viruses. The creatures harbour a vast array...

Choroid Plexus Role in Stroke Recovery

Choroid Plexus Role in Stroke Recovery

Context: Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed an innovative animal model to explore the role of the choroid...

Petrodollar

Petrodollar

Context: With the The 50-year-old petrodollar agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia expired commentators predicted the end of the...

AI Reveals Hidden Antarctic Meltwater Reservoirs: Implications for Sea-Level Rise

AI Reveals Hidden Antarctic Meltwater Reservoirs: Implications for Sea-Level Rise

Context: Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered that Antarctic ice shelves contain significantly more meltwater than previously estimated,...