Context: Recently, the Prime Minister addressed the 23rd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State via video conferencing. Probable Question: Q. Discuss the key challenges faced by the SCO and suggest measures to enhance its effectiveness in promoting regional Read More …
Month: July 2023
Household Consumption Expenditure Survey
Context: The Maharashtra government has published the State level findings from the National Statistical Office’s 2017-18 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES). The report based on Central sample data is not published by NSO. About Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES): It Read More …
Gift Nifty
Context: The popular SGX Nifty is rebranded as GIFT NIFTY and all the derivative contracts worth $7.5 billion, earlier traded in Singapore, will shift to India. Background: Nifty or Nifty50 is a famous index comprising the top 50 listed Indian companies Read More …
e-SARAS Mobile App
Context: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) launched eSARAS mobile App and inaugurated e-SARAS Fulfilment Centre. About the App Conceptualised by: DAY-NRLM, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) Purpose of the app: To provide a more effective platform for marketing the products made Read More …
Leptospirosis
Context: Alarmed by a rise in leptospirosis cases before monsoons, the civic health department in Mumbai has decided to study the 300-plus patients who tested positive. About Leptospirosis: It is a contagious disease in animals but is occasionally transmitted to humans in Read More …
Daily Current Affairs for 05 July 2023
NATIONAL Automobile – India In 2023, India is the 3rd largest automobile market in the world In 2022, Indiabecame the fourth largest country in the world by the valuation of its automotive industry Then, Japan pushed back and occupied 4th Mahindra Read More …
Antibiotics with promise — a lifeline India awaits
Context In the relentless battle against highly drug resistant infections, a team of doctors recently witnessed a glimmer of hope amid the challenges they faced. An Indian innovation was made to deal with drug resistant pathogens. Promising Antibiotics An Indian Innovation: Read More …
Scientists see early universe in slow-motion
Context Researchers observed data from quasars – objects powered by “supermassive” black holes at the centre of early galaxies – using them to measure time near the beginning of the universe. About Key-findings The scientists used observational data from 200 quasars. Using Read More …
Webb makes first detection of key carbon molecule
Context The CH3+ molecule has been detected in space for the first time by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). What has been found? Known as methyl cation (CH3+), the molecule was detected in a young star system, with a protoplanetary disk, known as d203-506, which is located Read More …
Carbon Molecules in Space
Context: The CH3+ molecule, which is also knon as methyl cation, has been detected in space for the first time by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). About CH3+: CH3+ is a very simple organic molecule, just one carbon atom and 3 hydrogen atoms. Read More …