Current Affairs

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:…

• by:-piyush singh
• December 29, 2022

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…

• by:-piyush singh
• December 28, 2022

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…

• by:-shibaji biswas
• December 27, 2022

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…

• by:-sharad
• December 24, 2022

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…

• by:-sharad
• December 23, 2022

  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….

• by:-sharad
• December 22, 2022

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…

• by:-sharad
• December 22, 2022

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…

• by:-sharad
• December 21, 2022

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…

• by:-sharad
• December 21, 2022

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…

• by:-sharad
• December 20, 2022