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News: On September 24, 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will land in a Utah desert after spending two years traveling back to Earth and gathering samples from the asteroid Bennu’s stony surface. OSIRIS-Rex Project: In order to get to Bennu, NASA launched the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security – Regolith Explorer in 2016. The …
Read MoreContext:Recently The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Cycle on March 20 in Interlaken, Switzerland. The report emphasised the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change through “mainstream effective and equitable action” for a “liveable sustainable future for all.” The report was …
Read MoreContext: In 1993 the world got a wake-up call about tuberculosis (TB) when the World Health Organization declared it a global health emergency. The 1993 World Development Report labelled TB treatment for adults as the best buy among all developmental interventions. The current goal is to end TB by 2030, but clarity on definitions of …
Read MoreNews: Indian customers now have early access to the most recent language model GPT-4 thanks to OpenAI’s freshly established ChatGPT Plus membership. This action is being taken as tech titans compete to provide clients with the greatest generative AI. GPT-4 is reportedly more sophisticated than its predecessors in terms of inventiveness, visual perception, and …
Read MoreNews: The government has introduced a new website named “herSTART” in an effort to support and promote female entrepreneurs. Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council introduced the website in October 2022. (GUSEC). The portal intends to offer free tools and training courses to ambitious female business owners. Additionally, it offers individuals access to a …
Read MoreNews: The TReDS platform, which was created in 2014 to allow MSMEs to finance or discount their bills, finances about 35,000 factoring units (FU) per month, according to the RBI Governor. The Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) platform is an electronic tool that enables numerous lenders to finance or discount the trade receivables of …
Read MoreNews: The Prime Minister praised Shri Shri Harichand Thakur Ji for illuminating the way of kindness and service and asked people to attend the Matua Maha Mela in big numbers. The mela is being held to commemorate Shri Shri Harichand Thakur ji’s 212th birthday. It emphasizes the Matua community’s dynamic culture. The Matua Community, …
Read MoreNews: The President went to Kerala to celebrate Kudumbashree and events related to Project Unnati. In May 1998, Kudumbashree, the Kerala State Poverty Eradication Mission, was established. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the prime minister, gave it its official opening. Objective: To completely eradicate poverty within a time frame of ten years, under the direction of …
Read MoreContext: The Kerala government recently announced the State’s first waste-to-energy project in Kozhikode. The planned facility is expected to be built in two years and generate about 6 MW of power. There are around 100 waste-to-energy projects around the country but only a handful of them are operational. What do waste-to-energy projects do? Waste-to-energy projects …
Read MoreContext: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has cleared the decks for a mega project at the cost of about ₹70,000 crore at the southern tip of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. About the Project The ‘Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island’ project aims to develop an international transhipment port of …
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