Current Affairs

Hybrid RF-VLC (Radio Frequency-Visible Light Communication) System

Context: Researchers at Central University (CU), IIDM, and CU J&K in India have developed a new hybrid communication method combining...

DDoS Attack

Context: Elon Musk hosted former US President Donald Trump for a live audio interview but the conversation was delayed due...

Institutional Stigma on Dalit Business Owners

Context: According to the 2023 World Inequality Lab report, the top 1% of Indians received 22.6% of national income in...

Corporatisation of Science Research

Context: During the inaugural address of the 107th Science Congress in Bengaluru in January 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined...

CSE Roadmap for India’s Carbon Market

Context: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released a report outlining pathways for creating an effective carbon market...

WPI

Context: India’s wholesale inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), dropped to a three-month low of 2.04% in July,...

Melting Polar Ice leading to Longer Days

Context: Scientists have found that melting polar ice caps are slowing Earth’s spin, leading to slight changes in the length...

India and Ballast Water

Context: The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department (WRD) informed the National Green Tribunal that it has requested ₹160 crore from...

Places in News: Mount Kilimanjaro

Context: Just days before the 78th Independence Day, an expedition team sponsored by the Ministry of Defence unfurled a 7,800...

Species in News: Neelakurinji

Context: The Neelakurinji is the iconic purplish-blue flowering shrub known for its rare blooming cycle, and has officially been classified...

World’s Oldest Calendar

Context: Archaeologists at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey have uncovered the world’s oldest calendar, dating back nearly 13,000 years.     ...

Lymphatic Filariasis

Context: The Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare virtually inaugurated the second phase of the Bi-annual Nationwide...

History of Kerala’s Jewish Communities

  Context: 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...

The Top Court As Custodian of Liberties

Context: The Supreme Court granted bail to former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia after prolonged incarceration, addressing key issues of...

Ukraine Incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region

Context: Ukrainian troops have advanced around 30 km into the Russian territory of the Kursk region, in what has been...