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What is Five Eyes intelligence alliance? Subject :IR Section: Groupings The ‘Five Eyes’ is a multilateral intelligence-sharing network shared by over 20 different agencies of five English-speaking countries — Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. It is both surveillance-based and signals intelligence (SIGINT). Intelligence documents shared between the […]
Toto Shabda Sangraha Subject :Geography Section: Indian geo Context: A language spoken by barely 1,600 people living in parts of West Bengal bordering Bhutan is to get a dictionary, thanks to the efforts of a professor at the University of Calcutta. What is Toto language? Toto is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Toto […]
Should generative Artificial Intelligence be regulated? Subject : Science and Tech Section :Awareness in IT What is the legal framework on which generative AI rests, and who owns content? The U.S. Copyright Office’s guidance on generative AI only recognises copyright for works created by people. While in India (presently there is no law […]
At least 100 million in India need spectacles but have no access Subject : Science and Tech Section :Msc Context: The World Health Assembly, in its meeting, resolved to implement an “integrated people-centered eye care” project. Global status of people with vision impairment: According to the WHO, at least 2.2 billion people function […]
Inside the digital world of cookies Subject : Science and Tech Section :Awareness in IT What are cookies? cookies are small blocks of data created by a web server while a user is browsing a website and placed on the user’s computer or other device by the user’s web browser. Cookies are placed […]
Nipah virus outbreak: What are monoclonal antibodies? Subject : Science and tech Section :Health Context: India reached out to Australia to procure monoclonal antibody doses to combat the Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala. What is a monoclonal antibody? Niels K. Jerne, Georges J.F. Köhler and César Milstein were awarded the medicine Nobel Prize […]
Private equities, Venture Capitals cash in on market rally Subject :Economy Section: Capital Market Context: Offers for sale in last five 5 years much higher than fresh issuances. Key Points: Offers for sale by private equity (P/E) and venture capital (VC) firms have been significantly higher than fresh issuances of capital between 2018 […]
Narmada floods: Congress demands SIT probe, higher compensation Subject : Geography Context: Calling the flood like situation in parts of Narmada, Bharuch and Vadodara districts a “manmade Calamity” Narmada: The Narmada, the largest west flowing river of the Peninsula, rises near Amarkantak range of mountains in Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth largest […]
MS Swaminathan’s evergreen revolution: Productivity without ecological harm Subject: Geography Section: Economic geography Context: The legendary agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan passed away on September 28 after turning 98 on August 7. He was known as the father of the Green Revolution in India. About M. S. Swaminathan (7 August 1925 – 28 September […]
Daily Prelims Notes 29 September 2023 Table Of Contents MS Swaminathan’s evergreen revolution: Productivity without ecological harm Narmada floods: Congress demands SIT probe, higher compensation Private equities, Venture Capitals cash in on market rally Nipah virus outbreak: What are monoclonal antibodies? Inside the digital world of cookies At least 100 million in India […]