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ISRO'S RLV TD PROJECT

ISRO's REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE MISSION RLV LEX 1. Context Indian Space Research Organisation and its partners successfully demonstrated a precise landing experiment for a Reusable Launch Vehic...

03-Apr 2023

INSURANCE REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA (IRDAI)

INSURANCE REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA (IRDAI) 1. Context The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has lifted limits on the payment of commissions to insur...

01-Apr 2023

PROJECT TIGER 1. Context The world celebrated International Tiger Day on July 29, 2022. This year was the deadline decided in the 2010 Global Tiger Summit in Russia. Then it had been decided that...

01-Apr 2023

COMPETITION (AMENDMENT) BILL

COMPETITION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1. Context The lower house of Parliament passed the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2023 Wednesday, which seeks to amend the Competition Act, 2022. One of the major cha...

01-Apr 2023

RAJASTHAN DAY 1. Context Festivities celebrating Rajasthan Day are undergoing across the state today (March 30). Rajasthan Day marks the date of the state's creation, unifying a motley group of pri...

01-Apr 2023

GPT-4: WHAT IT CAN DO TO WHAT IT AUGURS

GPT-4: WHAT IT CAN DO TO WHAT IT AUGURS 1. Context A U.S. Company, OpenAI, has once again sent shock waves around the world, this time with GPT4, its latest AI model. This large language model can...

31-Mar 2023

PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT

PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT 1. Context Scientists have reported evidence of the piezoelectric effect in liquids for the first time. 2. Background The effect has been known for 143 years and this tim...

31-Mar 2023

VAIKOM SATYAGRAHA

VAIKOM SATYAGRAHA 1. Context March 30 was a significant day in connection with Vaikom, a serene town in Kottayam, Kerala. The date also marks the commencement of the centenary year of the Vaikom ...

31-Mar 2023

QUALITY CONTROL ORDERS

QUALITY CONTROL ORDERS 1. Context Quality Control Orders (QCO) have been issued for fibres cotton, polyester and viscose, which constitute the basic raw materials for most of the Indian textile and ...

31-Mar 2023

JAAPI, XORAI, GAMOSA

SIGNIFICANCE OF JAAPI, XORAI, GAMOSA IN ASSAM POLL BATTLE 1.Context As the polling date draws closer, decorative jaapis (field hats), hand-woven gamosas and bell-metal xorais are making fre...

31-Mar 2023

BURCHAREST NINE

BURCHAREST NINE (B9) 1. Context The air chiefs of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden agreed to integrate their air defences to counter the Russian threat. Together, they have nearly 300 fi...

31-Mar 2023

OCEAN DESALINATION

OCEAN DESALINATION 1. Background While around 70 per cent of Earth's surface is covered with water, less than 1 per cent is drinkable. These finite freshwater resources are very unevenly distribu...

29-Mar 2023

FINANCE BILL 1.Context The Finance Bill 2023 was passed by voice vote in the Lok Sabha last week with 64 amendments. While these amendments warranted extensive debate and examination of their...

29-Mar 2023

CLIMATE ANXIETY

CLIMATE ANXIETY 1. Context The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of the World's most esteemed climate experts, delivered its sixth report and final warning about the climate cr...

29-Mar 2023

KERFUFFLE IN KARNATAKA

KERFUFFLE IN KARNATAKA 1. Context At the cabinet meeting in Karnataka, the BJP government did away with the nearly three decade old 4% reservation for Muslims in the other Backward Classes (OBC) ...

29-Mar 2023