Current Affairs

Source: The Indian Express News: Emission of Greenhouse gas is a major global concern and it requires a coordinated approach to tackle it. Greenhouse gases (GHG): After emission GHG remains in the atmosphere for a long time, while other pollutant gases have a relatively shorter…

• by:-sharad
• October 21, 2022

Source: The Indian Express News: Government data shows that electronic vehicles (EVs) adoption has seen a considerable rise since 2020.As per the data shared by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries Krishan Pal Gurjar with Parliament ,1.19 lakh EVs were sold in 2020, which…

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• October 20, 2022

Source: The Indian Express; PIB News: Recently Union minister of state for Science and Technology  Jitendra Singh unveiled a hydrogen fuel cell bus developed by KPIT-CSIR in Pune. Image credit: PIB Overview of hydrogen fuel cell technology: According to the US Department of Energy, the…

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• October 20, 2022

Source: The Indian Express News: Indian Army has collaborated with industry and academia for  development of  cryptographic techniques for secure communications and cryptography applications. Risks faced by India’s cyberspace: Chinese quantum advances: India’s digital infrastructure is facing a barrage of quantum cyberattacks from Chinese state-sponsored…

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• October 19, 2022

Source: The Hindu News: Nobel Prize in Economics for the year 2022 offers a deeper understanding of the genesis, the propagation, and the management of financial crises. Role Played by banks in modern economies: Banks are the cornerstone of the financial system. Mobilize savings for…

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• October 17, 2022

Source: The Hindu News: COVID-19 pandemic drastically undermined the food and nutrition security. Other factors such as climate change, spiralling food inflation, conflict, and inequality are also contributing towards severe hunger.  Factors Contributing towards food and nutrition insecurity: Recent Climate shocks and extreme weather phenomena…

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• October 17, 2022

Source: The Hindu; The Indian Express Image Credit: The Hindu News: Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig awarded the Nobel Prize 2022 for Economics ‘for research on banks and financial crises’.Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in its statement said that this year’s Nobel laureates…

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• October 15, 2022

Source: The Hindu; The Indian Express News: Arunachal Pradesh government is expecting the outcome of a snow leopard survey conducted in 2021 by its wildlife division  in November. Snow Leopard: Native Place: Alpine regions of Central Asia and mostly found in harsh cold climates. Snow…

• by:-sharad
• October 15, 2022

Sources: The Hindu; The Indian Express News: Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on   October 7, 2022 to advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus for Human rights, Memorial (Russian Human rights organisation) and Center for Civil Liberties from Ukraine. The Norwegian Nobel Committee…

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• October 14, 2022

Source: The Hindu; The Indian Express News: Physicists Alain Aspect from France; John F. Clauser from the U.S. and Anton Zeilinger from Austria were selected for the 2022 Physics Nobel.    Image Credit: The Hindu Contribution of these three physicists: This year’s Nobel prize has been…

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• October 13, 2022