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Climate Change and Oceans Subject : Environment Section: Climate change Impact of Climate Change on Oceans: Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sea surface temperature the temperature of the water at the ocean surface is an important physical attribute of the world’s oceans. The surface temperature of the world’s oceans varies mainly with latitude, with […]
What is GPT-4 and how is it different from ChatGPT? Subject: Science and Technology Section: AWARENES OF IT AND COMPUTERS Context: AI powerhouse OpenAI announced GPT-4, the next big update to the technology that powers ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing, the search engine using the tech. Details: GPT-4 is supposedly bigger, faster, and more […]
Microsoft 365 Co-pilot Subject: Science and Technology Section : AWARENES OF IT AND COMPUTERS Context: Microsoft has launched Copilot, bringing in the power of generative artificial intelligence to most of its apps in the Microsoft Office 365 suite. Details: Copilot is integrated into Microsoft 365 in two ways. Firstly, it has been integrated […]
PM Gati Shakti: 156 critical infra gap projects identified Subject :Schemes PM Gati Shakti “PM Gati Shakti — National Master Plan” for infrastructure development aims at boosting multimodal connectivity and driving down logistics costs. PM Gati Shakti is a digital platform that connects 16 ministries — including Roads and Highways, Railways, Shipping, Petroleum […]
Srinagar gears up for tourism meet Subject: International relations Section: International Organization Context: Srinagar, the summer capital of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, is all set to host a working group meeting of tourism delegates from the G20 nations in the last week of May. It will be interesting to see how Saudi Arabia and Turkey, both members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the G20 grouping, respond to the invitation Concept: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations with a membership of 57 states. It is the collective voice […]
Magellan spacecraft records volcanic activity on Venus Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space technology Concept : Recently, NASA Magellan spacecraft captured images of Venus’ surface from different orbits. A few locations, including those suspected to have volcanic activity, were observed two or three times over two years. Findings of the Magellan spacecraft A […]
C-Veda project Subject : Science and technology Section: Health Concept : The journey from childhood to adulthood is uneven: some mental attributes surface faster than others, some are more pronounced in girls, and poverty and trauma have an outsized influence on cognitive development, says one of the largest studies of its kind, spanning […]
WHO accuses China of withholding COVID data – GISAID Subject :International Relations Section: International Organization Concept : The World Health Organisation (WHO) has criticised China for withholding data related to samples taken at a market in Wuhan in 2020 that could have provided vital information about the Covid-19 pandemic’s origins. It further called […]
Panel to look into Rajasthani as second official language Subject : Polity Section: MSc Concept : On March 16, 2023, Education Minister of Rajasthan, Dr. B.D. Kalla said in the assembly that the Minister of State for Languages has approved the formation of a committee in connection with declaring Rajasthani language as the […]
Net neutrality debate Subject : Science and technology Section: Awareness of it and computers Concept : Since November 2022, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents major telecom operators in India, has been demanding that platforms such as YouTube and WhatsApp pay a share of revenue to make up for the […]