GOVERNANCE – POLICY
•The Committee on Digital Competition Law, formed by the Corporate Affairs Ministry in February 2023, released its report, recommending legislation …
Current Affairs
DEFENCE
•A Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed at Jaisalmer during an operational training sortie. …
INTERNATIONAL – EUROPE
•Portugal’s parliamentary election results saw far-right Chega, founded in 2019, emerge as the third largest party, with 17% votes. •Chega …
INTERNATIONAL – ASIA
•China, Iran and Russia began a joint naval drill known as “Marine Security Belt 2024” in the Gulf of Oman, …
BILATERAL – INDIA-ASIA
•Indian troops stationed in the Maldives have begun withdrawing from the island nation, its defence authorities said, in line with …
S&T – CHEMISTRY
•Onions and garlic both contain derivatives of sulphur-containing amino acids. •When an onion is sliced, one of these compounds, S-1-propenyl-cysteine …
S&T – ENERGY
•Recently, India loaded its long-delayed Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) vessel, coming to the cusp of stage II — powered …
S&T – ENERGY
•Reprocessing technologies separate fissile from non-fissile material in spent fuel. •The material is chemically treated to separate fissile material left …
S&T – IT
•Elon Musk said he would make his Grok chatbot, a rival to ChatGPT, open source as his feud with OpenAI …
Energy
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), which represents industrialised countries, are sending divergent …
POLITY – ELECTIONS
•The Supreme Court dismissed an application by State Bank of India (SBI) for time till June 30, 2024 to provide …
POLITY – CITIZENSHIP
•Just days ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha election, the Union Home Ministry notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024 …
S&T – SPACE
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the successful test-firing of Agni-5 ballistic missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology …
INFRASTRUCTURE
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘One Station, One Product’ (OSOP) stalls at 205 railway stations. •The OSOP scheme promotes the …
SOCIAL – UNREST
•The Supreme Court asked Attorney-General R. Venkataramani to take instructions from the government on a report submitted by the court-appointed …
BILATERAL – INDIA-CHINA
•China said it “strongly deplores” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh and raised concerns with India. •On …
AWARDS
•Oppenheimer swept the board at the Oscars, Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, with seven awards including best picture and …
POLITY – ELECTIONS
•The sudden and unexpected resignation of Election Commissioner (EC) Arun Goel, barely a week before announcement of Lok Sabha election, …
BILATERAL – INDIA-EUROPE
•India signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with four European countries — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland — with a …
ENVIRONMENT – BIODIVERSITY
•There are an estimated 7,396 golden langurs in India, the latest survey of the primate has revealed. •The entire distribution …
POLITY – ELECTIONS
•The order did not interfere with the existing scheme of allowing anonymous donations to political parties up to an amount …
BILATERAL – INDIA-RUSSIA
•The death of a second Indian lured into working with the Russian military in the Russia-Ukraine conflict was confirmed. •The …
GEOGRAPHY – RESOURCES
•The Karnataka water crisis has affected more than 7,000 villages, 1,100 wards, and 220 talukas thus far. •The problem encompasses …
INTERNATIONAL – AFRICA
•Nearly 300 students were abducted from their school in Nigeria’s northwest, riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs. •The mass …