Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights Ahead of the scheduled landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander on the moon on, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released images of the far side of the lunar surface. Key details: The …

Indian economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment. 2.India’s ageing workforce Context: An analysis of India’s workforce, sourced from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE’s) Economic Outlook data, shows that while India may be the country with the most youthful population, its workforce is rapidly ageing. …

Salient features of world’s physical geography. Extreme heat has plagued the Mediterranean for weeks. What are marine heat waves? A marine heat wave (MHW) is an extreme weather event. It occurs when the surface temperature of a particular region of the sea rises to 3 or 4 degree Celsius above the average temperature for at least five …

Syllabus: Infrastructure Context NHPC signs MoU with RITES, Ministry of Railways for construction of railway siding for Dibang Multipurpose Project, Arunachal Pradesh NHPC Limited India’s premier hydropower company, has signed an MoU with RITES, a Miniratna Schedule ‘A’ Central Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Railways,for construction of railway siding at Pasighat, …

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Context WHO Global Summit signifies increased role of India in the field of Traditional Medicine. In Depth The ever first Global Summit on traditional medicine organised by World Health Organisation, and co-hosted by Ministry of Ayush, in …

Syllabus: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Context Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) announced its 1st Joint Call for proposals under the MeitY- National Science Foundation (NSF) research collaboration MeitY-NSF Signed an Implementation Arrangement (IA) on Research Collaboration in May 2023. …

Syllabus: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Why in NEWS India and the ASEAN countries reached an agreement to review their free trade pact for goods and set a 2025 goalpost for concluding the review aimed at addressing the “asymmetry” in bilateral trade, …

Syllabus: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Why in NEWS Four Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-35 fighters jets joined the 27th edition of Malabar naval exercise involving Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. Malabar naval exercise The Malabar naval exercise is a …

Syllabus: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Editorial is about New Delhi is back in the thick of global geopolitics of things — chairing summits, navigating tricky Manichaean choices, ducking geopolitical whirlwinds, and negotiating a place at the high table of global governance. …

Syllabus: cience and Technology Luna 25 Russia’s first lunar mission in 47 years, crashes into the moon Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit. The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with …

Syllabus: Achievements of India in science and technology Slowing down The module in the early hours of Sunday. The module would now undergo internal checks and await sunrise at the designated landing site.

Syllabus: Achievements of India in science and technology The solar wind The sun emits a stream of energetic charged particles, such as protons and electrons, moving extremely fast, called the solar wind. Since they are charged and earth has a magnetic field, these particles are deflected and guided towards earth’s …

Syllabus: Infrastructure Context West Bengal, Punjab, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Bihar and Rajasthan wherein some of the districts are yet to achieve the target of 75 Amrit Sarovars per district Background: Mission Amrit Sarovar has been launched by the Prime Minister on 24th April 2022 with an objective to …

Syllabus: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Context Green Hydrogen Standard for India specifies emission threshold of 2 kg CO2 equivalent / kg H2 as 12-month average In depth In a significant move for the progress of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, the government …

Syllabus: Security challenges and their management in border areas Context Why is the uninhabited 285 acre islet important to Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka? What was agreed upon in the 1974 pact between India and the island nation? What has been the stand of the Tamil Nadu government over the …