In News Recently, Truth Hounds, which documents war crimes in the Ukraine conflict was awarded Norway’s Sakharov Freedom Award. About Sakharov Freedom Award is named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov. It was established in 1980 by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee with the support and consent of Andrei Sakharov to help people who, because […]
In News Recently, British architect and urban planner Sir David Chipperfield has won the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize. About The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the highest international honour for architects. The prize was designed to honour architects for their complete body of built work. The Prize was founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and […]
In News Recently, the Union government formally outlined the Digital India Act, 2023. More about the news Remodelling of the IT Act: The Digital India Act, 2023 is a broad overhaul of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Covering new and complex issues: The Digital India Act would cover provisions such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), deepfakes, […]
In News The Ministry of Consumer Affair, Food & Public Distribution has released a set of guidelines for celebrities, influencers, and virtual influencers on social media platforms. About The guidelines called ‘Endorsements Know-hows’ aims to ensure that the individuals do not mislead their audiences when endorsing products and services and that they are in compliance […]
In News The European Space Agency has said that a universal timekeeping system for the moon is needed. Need for the Time Zone No fixed Time Zone: Lunar missions have operated on the time of the country that launched them. But with several lunar explorations heading for the launchpad, the European Space Agency has deemed […]
In News Recently, Indonesian government unveiled the site of the country’s new capital to show the progress made on the city’s construction About The new capital Nusantara is located in East Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo East Kalimantan is an area with immense water resources and habitable terrain on Borneo island which […]
In News India has recently proposed to launch global alliance for big cats with an investment of $100 million About The proposed alliance will provide assured support over five years with guaranteed funding of over Rs 800 crore. The group will work towards the protection of the seven big cats — tiger, lion, leopard, snow […]
In News In a new study, researchers from Austria, Germany, and the U.K. have attempted an explanation for salt flats formations. About Salt flats across the world share a similar pattern of ridges that form in a patchwork of pentagons and hexagons. The pattern is always a meter or two across and occurs regardless of […]
In Context India’s carbon sink target is clearly much more ambitious and difficult than the other two that had been achieved about eight years before the deadline. Meaning of ‘carbon sink’ A carbon sink is anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases – for example, plants, the ocean and soil. Protecting […]
In News Shaliza Dhami has become the first woman officer in the Indian Air Force to command a front line combat unit and will command a missile squadron in the Western sector. About Missile squadron is equipped with systems capable of defeating airborne threats, including fighter jets, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles, flying at low […]
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