Employment Linked Incentive Scheme
05 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Finance Minister of India announced three employment-linked incentive (ELI) schemes for two years and an internship programme in...
GS-3
Current Affairs
Paris Olympics: The Gender Issue
05 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Angela Carini from Italy withdrew from her Round of 16 boxing match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif just 46 seconds...
Current Affairs
Osmolyte – Protein interaction can help treatments for Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s
05 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Recently, research at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences used covalent magnetic tweezers to study how individual...
Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity
Species in News: Cape Fur Seals
03 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: South African officials will trial vaccinations for Cape fur seals following these marine mammals’ first documented rabies outbreak. The...
Polity, Constitution and Governance
Technology Development Fund Scheme
03 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The TDF scheme supports the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ vision by integrating new industries, especially startups and MSMEs, into defence technology...
Economy
Pumped Storage Projects and their Importance
03 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Union Budget 2024-25, promised the introduction of a policy to promote pumped storage projects for electricity storage. This...
Current Affairs
Compressed Natural Gas Infrastructure
02 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Establishment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Infrastructure is a significant component of India’s City Gas Distribution (CGD) network development....
Current Affairs
Rabies Outbreak in South Africa
02 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: South Africa is witnessing its first recorded rabies outbreak in marine mammals, with health authorities planning to initiate a...
Current Affairs
India Selects Astronauts for Axiom-4 Mission to the ISS
02 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: India has chosen two astronaut-designates, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair for the Axiom-4 mission...
Current Affairs
Zombies in Our Genes: How Retroviruses Shape Human Evolution and Potentially Aid Cancer Research
02 August 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Most viruses do not significantly alter the host genome, retroviruses are an exception: they can integrate into and modify...