E-Sports in India This article discusses “Daily current events” about e Sports in India news in relation to Polity and Governance. In GS-2 and following content has relevance for UPSC. For prelims: Facts about E-sports For mains: GS-2, Government policies and interventions Why in news: The President of India...
Losar Festival This article discusses the Losar festival in news in relation to Art and culture. In GS-1 and following content has relevance for UPSC. For prelims: Facts about the Losar festival For mains: GS-1, Art and Culture Why in News: Recently, the Indian Prime Minister sent his best...
Right to repair portal This article discusses Government policies and interventions in news in relation to the polity. In GS-2 and following content has relevance for UPSC. For prelims: Facts about the portal For mains: GS-2, Polity Why in news: On National Consumer Day, the Union Food and Consumer...
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...
