Cases of Buffalopox, India’s latest emerging viral threat, underline the need to understand evolutionary biology Subject: Science & Technology Section: Disease Context: ‘Outbreaks of buffalopox that belongs to the same family of viruses as monkeypox in west India’ Content: Buffalopox is caused by Buffalopox virus (BPXV), it is a Poxviridae. The natural host is […]
Welcome to the elusive world of crypto mining: Rohtak rig, 3 engineers, Rs 3-lakh electricity bill Subject: Science & Technology Section: IT Context: ‘The elusive world of cryptocurrency mining’ Content: Mining is the process by which networks of specialized computers generate and release new Bitcoin and verify new transactions. Mining is the process […]
System of Rice Intensification: An water efficient production process Subject :Agriculture Section :Technology Context: The Punjab government is promoting Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) technique of paddy Concept: The System of Rice Intensification was first developed in Madagascar in the 1980s and since then, several countries in the world have been practicing it. […]
Share of non-CO2 pollutants contributing to global warming almost as much as CO2 Subject :Environment Section : climate change Concept : Global temperatures are likely to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre industrial levels by 2035 and 2°C by 2050 if the focus is merely on decarbonisation efforts. The Working Group III report […]
Icebergs and fog to beat global water scarcity Subject :Environment Section :climate change As climate change worsens and with population rising worldwide, water shortages are a top threat to human development and security, making use of unconventional water resources both timely and important. Unconventional Water Resources involve 5 methods such as: Harvesting water […]
Artificial light to control malaria Subject: Science and Technology Section: disease Statistics While the total number of cases has declined from about 81.1 cases per 1,000 population to 59 per 1,000 since 2000, there were still an estimated 240 million cases and 600,000 deaths in 2020 globally. While vaccines look promising, there is […]
Green Hydrogen: Fuel for future Subject :Economy Section : Fiscal Policy Context: At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a few days ago, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said India will emerge as the leader of green hydrogen by taking advantage of the current energy crisis across the […]
Capital expenditure Subject :Economy Section :Fiscal Policy The Centre has raised the capital expenditure target by 35.4% on year to Rs 7.5 trillion for FY23 to continue the public investment-led economic recovery of the pandemic-battered economy. The capex last year was Rs 5.5 trillion. Details: To keep the momentum of government spending, the […]
WTO and Fisheries Subject :Economy Section :External sector India will endorse a proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on fishery subsidies if the agreement is equitable and does not tie the member-countries to a disadvantageous position in perpetuity, official sources said on Wednesday. Demands: India favours a 25-year exemption from over-fishing subsidy […]
Gold pricing Subject: Economy Section: Inflation Gold prices are not moving up even as inflation is raging globally. Traditionally, gold is considered to be the best bet against inflation. However, in the current scenario gold prices seem to be moving in a tight range even though inflation is making waves globally. Cause? Tighter […]