Current Affairs

Rat-Hole Mining

Context: Recently several workers have been trapped in a flooded coal “rat-hole” mine in Dima Hasao district for over 12...

Linking Voter Cards with Aadhar

Context: The debate over linking voter IDs (EPIC) with Aadhaar has resurfaced ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, as political...

Linking Voter Cards with Aadhar

Context: The debate over linking voter IDs (EPIC) with Aadhaar has resurfaced ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, as political...

Stubble Burning in India

Context: Stubble burning remains a major issue despite environmental warnings, with 23,505 farm fires recorded across Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,...

The Digital Crop Survey

Content: The Digital Crop Survey represents a groundbreaking initiative by the Indian government to revolutionise the way agricultural data is...

Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary

Context: The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has approved oil and gas exploratory drilling in the...

HAL’s Combat Air Teaming System

Context: In preparation for Aero India 2025, scheduled for next month, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has reached a significant milestone...

Shift to Smaller Language Models (SLMs)

Context: The trend of scaling LLMs began with GPT-3 (175 billion parameters) by OpenAI in 2020, followed by GPT-4 (1.7...

Using Bacterial Enzymes to Degrade Plasticizers

Context: The rising levels of carcinogenic plasticizers in the environment, alongside plastics, pose a severe threat to human health.  More...

SpaDeX Docking Mission: Pioneering Space Docking Technology for India

Context: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently achieved a significant milestone in the SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment) mission by...

How Genes are Made

Context: The alikeness of identical twins can be astonishing, driven by their identical genetic makeup. Genes, the fundamental units of...

Bharat Climate Forum

Context: The Bharat Climate Forum was launched with the goal of accelerating cleantech manufacturing in India, with a focus on...

E-way Bills and Supply Chain Revival

Context: The issuance of electronic permits, or e-way bills, required for transporting goods within and across states—a critical indicator of...

Meta and Fact-Checking 

Context: Meta is undergoing a significant transformation in its approach to fact-checking, transitioning from an independent third-party program to a...

Liquidity woes prompt RBI to hold largest VRR auction in a year

Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently conducted its largest variable rate repo (VRR) auction in nearly a year,...