Context: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, recently inaugurated the indigenous Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) called ‘SAGAR SAMPARK’. About Sagar Sampark: It is a terrestrial based enhancement system that corrects the errors and inaccuracies in the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and provides more accurate positioning information. Aim: Ensuring Read More …
Month: July 2023
Critical Minerals
Context: The government has approved amendments to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act allowing commercial mining of lithium and a few other minerals. Proposed Amendments: Lifting ban: The amendment will lift the ban on commercial mining of six critical minerals which are Lithium, beryllium, Read More …
Anthropocene epoch
Context: Geologists have said that sediments at Crawford Lake in Canada’s Ontario have provided evidence of the beginning of the Anthropocene epoch. About Anthropocene epoch: It is a proposed geological epoch. Term coined by: Nobel Prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen and biology professor Eugene Stoermer. What does Read More …
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Context: The G20 conference on crime and security has started which will deliberate on ways to make significant progress to improve law and order in the age of cryptocurrency and darknet. Key Highlights: Strict measures: Currency listing and trading exchanges are implementing stricter measures Read More …
Daily Current Affairs for 13 July 2023
NATIONAL MEWS Consumer Price Index It measures price changes from the point of view of the retail buyer. It is published by the National Statistics Office (NSO). CPI measures the difference in prices of goods and services purchased by Indian Read More …
‘Anthropocene epoch’
Context In a major development, geologists have provided evidence of the beginning of the Anthropocene epoch — a proposed geological epoch that began when human activity started to have a significant impact on the Earth. Anthropocene epoch denotes the present geological time interval, in Read More …
Large Language Model-ChatGpt
Context: Currently, significant attention is being given to Chat-GPT and other similar “giant artificial intelligences’ ‘ (gAI)such as Bard, Chinchilla, PaLM, and LaMDA. About: Chat-GPT is an example of a large language model (LLM) which is a type of (transformer-based) Read More …
Kui Language
Context Odisha Cabinet gave nod to Inclusion of the Kui Language in 8th Schedule of Constitution. The Inclusion of kui language is going to benefit the Kandha tribe in the State. About Kui Language: Kui (also known as Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo), is a South-Eastern Dravidian language spoken Read More …
Delimitation exercise
Context: The Supreme Court (SC) prima facie disagreed with the legal stand of the Election Commission (EC) of India that it can only begin the delimitation process in Manipur, Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh after only getting an authorisation from the Read More …
India’s U.N. Human Rights Council vote for desecration of sacred books
Context Recently, India has voted in favour of a draft resolution tabled in the UN Human Rights Council that condemns and strongly rejects recent “public and premeditated” acts of desecration of the Holy Quran. The UN Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution ‘Countering religious Read More …