Listeria Outbreak in United States & Canada
27 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Two separate outbreaks of listeria have been reported in the United States and Canada in recent weeks. The US...
GS-3
Current Affairs
Current Affairs
Dark Oxygen
27 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The study published in the journal Nature Geoscience reveals that dark oxygen was discovered 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) below...
Current Affairs
Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN) System
27 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Recently, the Department of Post released a beta version of the DIGIPIN (Digital Postal Index Number) system, developed in...
Current Affairs
Interplay Between High-Affinity DNA and Carbon Nanotubes
27 July 2024 | blogwebContext: In a new study, researchers from Pusan National University employed high-throughput screening methods to explore the relationship between DNA...
Current Affairs
Pollution of Rivers due to Industrial Effluents
27 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Rivers in the country are primarily polluted due to the discharge of untreated and partially treated sewage from cities...
Current Affairs
India’s Installed Nuclear Power Capacity
27 July 2024 | blogwebContext: India’s installed Nuclear Power Capacity to Triple by 2031-32. “The present installed nuclear power capacity is set to increase...
Current Affairs
State’s Right to Levy Tax on Mineral Rights
27 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The Supreme Court, in a decision by a 9-judge constitution bench with an 8:1 majority, ruled that states have...
Science and Technology
GM Mustard
26 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The Supreme Court pronounced a split verdict on the validity of the Centre’s 2022 decision granting conditional approval for...
Science and Technology
Apple allow PC Emulator on its App Store
25 July 2024 | blogwebContext : Apple has approved a PC emulator for iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS, enabling users to run classic software and...
Science and Technology
Subatomic Splashes: Restarting Experiments at CERN
25 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Unlike microwaves or computers, the LHC at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN requires a few...
Economy
Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB)
25 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Cashfree Payments, a (Non-Bank) company specialising in banking solutions and payments, received the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) approval...
Economy
World Bank Group Guarantee Platform
24 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The World Bank Group has launched a new guarantee platform to enhance private sector financing for development, aiming to...
Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity
Species in News: Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)
24 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Recently, Colorado Parks and Wildlife discovered zebra mussel larvae in the Colorado River east of Grand Junction, marking the...
Internal Security
INS Brahmaputra
24 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The Indian Navy warship INS Brahmaputra, a frontline guided missile frigate, recently suffered severe damages due to a fire...
Science and Technology
Research Breakthrough at Tokyo University: Attaching Living Skin Cells to Robot Faces
24 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Scientists at Tokyo University have developed a method to attach living skin cells to robot faces, enabling more realistic...
Science and Technology
Direct Air Capture Technology (DAC)
24 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Last year, global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions hit a record 37 billion metric tons. Consequently, direct air capture technology...
Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity
Glacial Geoengineering: A Potential Solution to Sea-Level Rise
24 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Recent scientific conferences have highlighted two main technological interventions to slow sea-level rise caused by climate change: fibre-based curtains...
Science and Technology
World’s First High-Speed Carbon Fibre Train
24 July 2024 | blogwebContext: China has unveiled Carbon Star Rapid Transit (Cetrovo 1.0), the world’s first high-speed passenger train constructed entirely from carbon...
Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity
Species in News: Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekhari
23 July 2024 | blogwebContext: Researchers from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have made an exciting discovery in Arunachal Pradesh. They found a...
Science and Technology
OpenAI’s secret project ‘Strawberry
23 July 2024 | blogwebContext: US-basedOpenAI is reportedly building a new AI model, called strawberry model, which may dramatically improve AI reasoning capabilities and...
Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity
Contaminated Water Flow Across U.S.-Mexico Border
23 July 2024 | blogwebContext: The amount of sewage flowing through the Tijuana River last year set a new record, surpassing all previous levels...
