Current Affairs

Sturgeon Fishes are Facing Severe Poaching in the Lower Danube River

Context: Sturgeon, among the world’s most endangered fish, are being heavily poached and trafficked in the Lower Danube, their last...

India’s first sunken Museum: Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum

Context: Recently, the union Minister of Culture and Tourism inaugurated the sprawling 100,000 square feet state of the art Humayun’s...

QUAD

Context: In their recent meeting, the Quadrilateral foreign ministers(FM) decided to expand the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA)...

Delay in Census

Context: The reduced Budget 2024-25 allocation of ₹1,309.46 crore for the Census, down from ₹3,768 crore in 2021-22, suggests that...

The Impact of Digitalisation

Context: The Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for 2023-24, issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), indicated that...

New Insights into Cuprate Superconductors

Context: Recent research published in Nature Communications reveals groundbreaking findings about the interplay between superconductivity and charge density wave (CDW)...

India Complaints Against India Employment Report 2024 

Context: India, a founding member of the ILO, is likely to raise a complaint against the UN agency over its...

Report on Displacement of Scheduled Tribes and Forest Dwellers due to  Project Tiger

Context: The Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) released on International Tiger Day, states that Project Tiger will displace at...

Impact of New Long-Term Capital Gains (LTCG) Tax Regime

Context: As announced in the Union Budget for 2024-25, new Long-Term Capital Gains (LTCG) Tax regime removes indexation benefits for...

Overview of Ethanol Production and Feedstocks

Context: For the first time, cereal grains such as maize and damaged foodgrains now make up more than 50% of...

Places in News: Latvia

Places in News: Latvia

Context: India has operationalised the new resident Mission in Riga, Latvia with effect from July 25, 2024. It will help...

Growth India Telescope

Context: The GROWTH-India telescope, located at the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, Ladakh, captured images of the building-sized asteroid during...

Henley Passport Index 2024

Context: The Henley Passport Index, a global passport index recently released a comprehensive list of the most powerful passports in...

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 

Context: On July 29, the death anniversary of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, his significant contributions to 19th-century education & social reform...

Double Meteor Shower Delight

Context: The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks in late July, and this year it will coincide with the Alpha...