Current Affairs Quiz – 07 June 2023
Day: June 7, 2023
Daily Current Affairs for 07 June 2023
NATIONAL Adverse Possession Adverse possession is a legal concept that refers to the hostile possession of property. It has been a subject of discussion and debate among legal experts, with differing opinions on its justification and impact Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary Read More …
Converting Plastic Waste into Fuel
Why in News? As the world observes the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day on June 5, this year’s campaign, #BeatPlasticPollution, highlights the urgent need for global solutions to combat the pervasive issue of plastic pollution. The Department of Science and Technology Read More …
Petersberg Climate Dialogue
Context The Petersberg Dialogue on Climate Change was held in Berlin recently to discuss the way forward towards COP28. About the Conference: Around 40 countries attended the conference. It was hosted by Germany and the United Arab Emirates, which is going to host 28th Conference of Read More …
South Asia’s Climate Migration is a Ticking Bomb
Context: June 5 marked the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day which was started by the United Nations in June 1972 at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Area of Climate Displacement Hotspots: South Asia houses the world’s most impacted Read More …
State Visits
Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the US for an official state visit from June 21 to 24, where he will be hosted by US President Joe Biden at the White House. This will be his first state Read More …
Eye on oil: on oil prices and India
Context: Amid the global economic slowdown, the world’s largest grouping of crude oil producers (OPEC+), agreed to extend on-going production cuts into 2024 to keep the oil prices down. OPEC’s steps to manage in Oil prices: International oil future contracts increased: OPEC major and Read More …
Railway Safety
Context: The recent rail accident in Balasore in Odisha, has exposed the failings in the functioning of Indian Railways and the challenges that India faces in modernising and expanding its rail services. Probable Question: Q. Indian Railways needs an infrastructure revamp Read More …
Higgs Boson Decay
Context: Recently, physicists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle smasher at CERN, in Europe, reported that they had detected a Higgs boson decaying into a Z boson particle and a photon. This is a very rare decay process that tells Read More …
Unique disability IDs (UDIDs)
Context As per the information of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), generation of unique disability IDs (UDIDs) had increased from an average of 5,000 IDs a day to an average of 7,000 to 9,000 daily during the ‘90-day Azadi Se Antodaya Tak Read More …