Meet Pi, the world’s ‘friendliest’ chatbot powered by the new Inflection-2.5 LLM Subject: Science and tech Section: Awareness in IT Context: In less than a week, two Large Language Models (LLMs) have been launched that are closer to or even better at tasks than OpenAI’s GPT-4. More on news: After Anthropic’s Claude 3 […]
In Gujarat, harnessing the value of dung to boost farmers’ income Subject: Science and tech Section: Msc Context: Gujarat’s dairy cooperatives are showing the way in supplementing their farmers’ income from milk by procuring dung and converting it into Bio CNG and fertilizer. More on news: Deesa-Tharad highway in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, catering […]
All about India’s indigenous fifth-gen fighter jet Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), and why it is important Subject: Science and tech Section: Defence Context: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) this week cleared a Rs 15,000 crore project to design and develop the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), India’s fifth-generation fighter multirole fighter […]
Daily Prelims Notes 10 March 2024 Table Of Contents Bengaluru water crisis: Is the southern metropolis heading towards Day Zero? Tri-service exercise ‘Bharat Shakti’ to demonstrate prowess of indigenously manufactured equipment Center issues directive to prevent tailgating at airport e-gates Cabinet approves Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme 2024 EC quits, Commission down to […]
Sela Tunnel Subject: Geography Section: Map Context: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi virtually dedicated to the nation the Sela Tunnel project during the Viksit Bharat Viksit North East programme in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh on March 09, 2024 Details: The tunnel has been constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at an altitude of 13,000 feet […]
Nutritional crisis: India has most ‘zero-food’ children at 6.7 million; third highest prevalance among 92 LMICs Subject: Schemes Section: Health Context: A recent study highlights the alarming prevalence of children aged 6-23 months in 92 low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) who did not consume any food over 24 hours. Definition of ‘Zero-food’ Children: […]
Countries hope to bring BBNJ or High Seas treaty into force by 2025; only 2 have ratified it so far Subject: Environment Section: Int conventions Context: The Blue Leaders High-Level Event on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction was held in Belgium on March 7, 2024, aiming to encourage nations to ratify a new treaty […]
Why India urgently needs a legal framework for genomics Subject: Science and tech Section: Biotech Advances in Genomics: The past two decades have witnessed remarkable progress in genomics, highlighted by the ability to sequence, analyze, and interpret genomes on an unprecedented scale. The dropping costs of sequencing forecast a surge in clinical genome […]
EC quits, Commission down to one; PM panel to meet next week to fill vacancies Subject: Polity Section: National Body Context: Barely days before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were expected to be announced, Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigned. More on news: Goel’s resignation as Election Commissioner is only the third instance in […]