Significance for Prelims: Not Much Significance for Mains: Issues in Indo-Pacific News: New fault lines are reconfiguring in the Indo-Pacific, and the world is embracing this ‘new normal. Heart of contestation in Indo-Pacific: Indian Ocean and South Asian region’s geo-political and geo-economic prominence. India’s emergence as a major...
Significance for Prelims: Quantum Computing Significance for Mains: Limitations and Benefits of Quantum Computing. News: Quantum computers (QC) use quantum physics to solve complex problems not solved by conventional computers that use classical physics. Even Nobel Prize for physics in 2022 was awarded for work that rigorously...
Significance for Prelims: Quantum Supremacy; ‘Post-quantum cryptography; Conventional computing. Significance For Mains: Not Much News: Google researchers have achieved ‘quantum supremacy’, in which a standard computer did a far better job than the world’s most powerful supercomputer by harnessing the properties of sub-atomic particles. Google’s quantum computer...
Significance for Prelims: Not Much Significance for Mains: New Method to appoint ECs and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) News: Recently, Supreme Court has been hearing cases about the appointment of election commissioners. Hearings in the Supreme Court on the appointment of Election Commissioners (ECs) made this a...
Significance for Prelims: messenger-RNA technology; Cancer therapies; Ribonucleic acid ( RNA) Significance for Mains: Not Much News: Moderna and MSD (Merck&Co.) company claimed that vaccines built on the mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) platform have shown promising results. The company said that patients taking an immunotherapy drug Keytruda...
Significance for Prelims: Global Biodiversity Framework(GBF); 30-by-30 target. Significance for Mains: Not Much News: Despite an objection from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Chinese presidency and Canadian host government approved the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework(GBF)at the UN-backed COP15 biodiversity conference. Key agreed areas after negotiations: Conservation, protection...
Significance for Prelims: Deepfake technology Significance for Mains: Impact Of Deepfake News: China’s cyberspace watchdog, i.e. The Cyberspace Administration of China is rolling out new regulations to restrict the use of deep synthesis technology and curb disinformation. About Deepfake: Origin of the term deepfake: An anonymous Reddit user...
Significance for Prelims: Tawang Map Significance for Mains: Threats emerging from Border areas(Indo-China Conflict at LAC). News: The Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh has long been a theatre for contentious border scuffles. Recently on December 9, Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed in the Tawang sector. It’s the...
Significance for Prelims: Alcohol formation Significance for Mains: Not Much News: Hooch tragedy in the Saran district of Bihar killed as many as 26 people. This incident created a political furore in Bihar as liquor is banned in the state. Main reason for killing due to hooch...
Significance for Prelims: Difference between LAC and LOC. Significance for Mains: Boundary dispute between India and China News: On December 9, Chinese soldiers came to an Indian post on the LAC in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh's Yangtse region. After that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed the parliament that...
