Q Why is it in News ? A Recently, heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides in many parts of Himachal Pradesh. Q What is a Landslide ? A A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. They are a type of mass wasting, which denotes any downward movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity. The term landslide encompasses five modes of slope movement: falls, topples, slides, spreads, and flows. Q What a... Read More...
Q. Why is this in news ? A. India’s newest and fastest supercomputer, PARAM-Siddhi AI, has been ranked 63rd in the Top500 list of most powerful supercomputers in the world. Q. What is this Param Siddhi ? A. It is a high-performance computing-artificial intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer established under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) at C-DAC. It was commissioned by the C-DAC earlier and has been developed in association with chipmaker Nvidia and French IT consulting firm Atos. It will help deep learning, v... Read More...
Q. Why is this in News? A. World Tribal Day or International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on 9th August every year. It is aimed at promoting and protecting the rights of the world’s indigenous population and to acknowledge the contributions that indigenous people make towards world issues such as environmental protection. Q. What is the Theme for 2021? A. “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract.” ... Read More...
Q.Why is this in News? A. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the Monetary Policy Report (MPR) for the month of August 2021. It kept the policy rate unchanged for the seventh time in a row. And appealed to the centre and states to reduce taxes on fuels to curb inflationary pressures. Q. What is Monetary Policy Report? A. The MPR is published by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI. The MPC is a sta... Read More...
Q. Why is this in news? A. India and Nepal have signed a Letter of Exchange (LoE) to the India-Nepal Rail Services Agreement (RSA) 2004. It will allow all authorized cargo train operators to utilize the Indian railway network to carry Nepal's container and other freight - both bilateral between Indian and Nepal or third country from Indian ports to Nepal. The authorized cargo train operators include public and private container trains Operators, automobile freight train operators, special freight train operato... Read More...
Q. Why is this in news ? A. Archaeologists have discovered cave paintings in a rocky and forested corner of Haryana that they believe belong to the Upper Palaeolithic age. The Upper Paleolithic Age began around 40,000 years ago and lasted till around 10,000 years ago. Q. What about the findings? A. The caves are nestled amid a maze of quartzite rocks in the Aravalli mountain ranges, near a patch of primary forest, a holy grove called Mangar Bani. The paintings are in continuation with the Soanian culture which has ... Read More...
Q. Why is this in news? A. Recently, an Indian named Ganesan Sandhirakasan has won the top prize in a government-initiated competition for migrant workers in Singapore for his performance of Silambam. Q. What is Silambam? A. Silambam is an ancient weapon-based martial art that emerged in Tamilakam, which is now Tamil Nadu region of India. It is one of the oldest martial arts in the world. The term Silambam contains a meaning wh... Read More...
Q. What is the news? A. The Ministry of Jal Shakti has released the Glacial Lake Atlas of Ganga Basin. Q. What is Glacial Lake Atlas? A. The atlas is based on the inventoried glacial lakes in part of the Ganga River basin from its origin to the foothills of the Himalayas covering a catchment area of 2,47,109 sq. km. The study portion of the Ganga River basin covers part of Ind... Read More...
Q. What is the news? A. The emission from the most notable Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) explosion away from 4.5 billion light-years has been traced by Indian researchers. Q. What are GRB Explosions? A. GRBs are immensely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies. They are the brightest and most energetic electromagnetic events known to occur in the universe. Bursts can last from ten milliseconds to several hours. Read More...
Q Why is it in News ? A Recently, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has eased the norms for Other Service Providers (OSPs). The OSP guidelines were earlier liberalised in November 2020 in order to encourage the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) industry in India. The new guidelines have been simplified even further, offering greater ease of business and regulatory clarity. Q What is Business process outsourcing (B... Read More...
Q Why is it in News ? Amid escalating tensions, the Police forces were deployed at various hydel power projects in bordering districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Andhra Pradesh has complained to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) about the drawing of water from the Srisailam project by Telangana for power generation. The KRMB, in its recent orders, had asked Telangana to stop power generation. The tension has emerged over defiance of orders of the KRBM by Telangana Governm... Read More...
Q Why is it in News ? A Recently, the Interpol has launched a new global database named “I-Familia” to identify missing persons through family DNA and help the police solve cold cases in member countries. Q What is I-Familia ? A The first of its kind, I-Familia is a global database for identifying missing persons based on international DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) kinship matching. Read More...
Q. What is the news? A. The Minister of State (IC) for Culture and Tourism has organized to observe the Flag Satyagraha in Jabalpur to commemorate the Jhanda Satyagraha of the year 1923. Q. What was Flag Satyagraha? A. Flag satyagrahas were one of the most common acts of defiance during the nationalist rebellions led by Gandhi and the Indian National Congress throughout the struggle. It is a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience during t... Read More...
Q Why is it in News ? A Recently, India’s Indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has added capability of firing Israeli-origin Python-5 air-to-air missile (AAM) after concluding successful tests. The same set of tests were also aimed to validate the enhanced capability of the already integrated Israeli-origin Derby beyond visual range AAM on Tejas. The tests were conducted by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Read More...
Q Why is it in News? Recently Odisha government’s plan to get Blue Flag Certification for five beaches was opposed by the fishermen. Odisha planned to develop five more beaches in three districts to meet international standards after receiving the certification for Puri’s Golden Beach in 2020. Q What are demands of Fishermen? Fishermen’s Demands: The proposed la... Read More...
Q. What is the news? Six sites have been added to India’s tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites. Q. Which are the 6 sites? Ganga ghats in Varanasi Temples of Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh Maratha military architecture in Maharashtra Hire Bengal megalithic site in Karnataka and Read More...
Q. What is the news ? A. A protracted shortage of inputs, especially semiconductor chips, has made India-based car manufactures and premium bike makers curtail production across categories. While carmakers in India appear to be waiting to ride out the chip famine by constraining production, their global counterparts have got more creative in addressing the shortage. Q. Why did the chip famine occur? The trigger point was the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns across the world th... Read More...
Q Why is it in News? The process of settlement of Mizoram Bru refugees in Tripura has started. It is in accordance with a quadripartite accord signed in New Delhi in January 2020. Q What is the background of this issue? Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to Northeast India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam. In Tripura, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. Read More...