UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

ISRO’s SSLV-D2

ISRO successfully launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota.  SSLV-D2 dropped EOS-07 (ISRO), Azzadi SAT-2 (SpaceKidz India) and Janus-1 (USA) satellites respectively....

UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

Global Quality Infrastructure Index

The Global Quality Infrastructure Index for the year 2021 was released for 184 countries. It was released for these 184 world economies based on the quality of their infrastructure. G...

UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

Digital Payments Utsav

It is to be launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information technology. It is scheduled on the sidelines of the G20 meeting, as it aims to promote the objectives of the Digital Econo...

UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

CAR T-Cell Therapy

CAR stands for Chimeric Antigen Receptors.  CARs are artificial T cell receptors. T cells reside in WBC(White Blood Cells). Immuno suppressive nature of cancer cell in the ovary was vit...

UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

Google introduces BARD

Google introduces BARD as a counter to Microsoft’s Chat-GPT. It is a conversational search engine. Microsoft had released Chat-GPT in November 2022. Within five days of the lau...

UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

India MoU with The Growth Triangle Joint Business Council

The Growth Triangle Joint Business Council was created in 1993 by Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. The objective of this council is to boost private investments in MSMEs. India signe...

UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

Operation Sadbhavana

The Indian Army is undertaking multiple welfare activities in remote areas of Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh under the project of Operation Sadbhavana. It is undertaken by the Indian Army in...

UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

Anatolian Plate

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck Turkey and Syria. It is one of the most seismically active regions in the Mediterranean region. The Turkey ( Anatolian plate) sits between the ma...

UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

Saint Ravidas

Birth anniversary of Saint Ravidas. It is celebrated on the Magh Poornima according to the Hindu Lunar calendar. He was the 14th century saint and reformer of the Bhakti movement in n...

UPSC   |   1 year(s) ago

HAL helicopter factory Tumakuru (Karnataka)

India's largest helicopter manufacturing facility. Greenfield helicopter facility. Production of Light Utility Helicopters. LUH is an indigenously designed and developed 3-...