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Daily Prelims Notes 13 March 2024 Table Of Contents Union Health Ministry launches National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming in India Sabarmati Ashram Redevelopment Plan issues marketing code for pharmaceutical firms How is nuclear waste generated? Musk to ‘open source’ his Grok chatbot to tackle rival ChatGPT China, Iran […]
Daily Prelims Notes 12 March 2024 Table Of Contents One missile, many weapons: What makes the latest Agni-5 special? Madhya Pradesh HC orders ASI survey of Bhojshala complex On CEC’s solitary vigil, Supreme Court had said ‘two heads better than one’ SC seeks T.N. govt.’s response to HC order on child porn CAA: […]
FAO publishes first national report on AMR surveillance in India’s fisheries, livestock sectors Subject: Science and tech Section: Health Report: Indian Network for Fishery and Animal Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) Report 2019-22. Published by: The report is a collaborative effort by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research […]
A (very) basic guide to artificial intelligence Subject: Science and tech Section: Awareness in IT Context: ‘Artificial intelligence’ (AI) is intelligence in a machine. There is currently no one definition of AI. A simple place to begin is with AI’s materiality, as a machine-software combination. What does the machine do? Linear separability is […]
A tribe in the Western Ghats in need of a lifeline Subject: Geography Section: Human Geography Context: The Makuta village houses a Girijan colony inhabited by the ‘Phani Yerava’ tribe. In 2021, with local assistance, all 19 Yerava households successfully claimed forest land rights under the Forest Rights Act, covering 135 acres historically […]
India ‘one of the worst autocratisers’: V-Dem report on democracy Subject: IR Section: Reports Democracy Report 2024: The Sweden (Gothenburg)-based V-Dem Institute released the ‘Democracy Report 2024’. The Democracy Report 2024 is based on contributions from 4,200 scholars worldwide and utilizes 31 million datasets covering 202 countries from 1789 to 2023. This summary […]
Oldest ‘dead galaxy’ yet is spotted by James Webb Telescope Subject: Science and tech Section: Space sector Context: A significant discovery by JWST includes observations of a galaxy that had ceased star formation when the universe was merely 5% of its current age. Key Findings about the ‘dead galaxy’: Scientists announced that JWST […]
RBI’s Sell/Buy Swap to Address Liquidity Ahead of Tax Outflows Subject: Economy Section: Monetary Policy The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently conducted a $5-billion sell/buy swap on March 8, 2022, aimed at augmenting rupee liquidity in the banking system. Purpose of the Swap: The RBI conducted the two-year sell/buy swap to enhance […]
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 […]
CAA: Issues in the legal challenge to the law Subject: Polity Section: Legislation in news Context: More than four years after Parliament passed The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday notified the Rules to implement the law. More on news: The CAA, which had led to widespread protests […]