UPSC Current Affairs02 November 2023UPSCSPYWARESRecently, government has asked Apple to join its investigation into allegations that the iPhones of some opposition leaders and journalists could have been compromised by “state-sponsored...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs01 November 2023UPSCLEPTOSPIROSISCONTEXT: Recently, the city of mumbai witnessed its first suspected leptospirosis death. ABOUT LEPTOSPIROSIS: Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals. It is c...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs01 November 2023UPSCMaratha QuotaContext: As Maratha quota protests intensify in Maharashtra, the state government has formed a panel of three former High Court judges to advise it on the legal battle over the issue in t...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs01 November 2023UPSCPegasus spywareContext: A leading digital news platform reported that the cellphones of at least 300 Indians had been hacked with Pegasus. The victims, important members of India’s constitutional order,...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs01 November 2023UPSCBihar records highest dengue cases and deaths in 5 years: What’s behind the surgeWhy have dengue cases and deaths soared in Bihar? The primary reason for the rise in dengue cases and deaths in Bihar is the delayed monsoon season, which usually lasts till mid-September...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs01 November 2023UPSCWhat the rapid ice melt in West Antarctica meansAn ice sheet is essentially a mass of glacial ice that covers more than 50,000 square kilometres of land — roughly large enough to blanket Uttarakhand in ice. There are two major ice shee...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs31 October 2023UPSCPrisoner’s DilemmaContext: Giving his keynote address at the Goa Maritime Conclave, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh referred to the concept of “Prisoner’s Dilemma” to underscore the need for countries to co...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs31 October 2023UPSCPhotocopyingBroadly, photocopying is a set of techniques used to duplicate content using, among other things, light. However, the contemporary colloquial use of the word ‘photocopying’ refers almost...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs31 October 2023UPSCWhy the Lewis Model on labour and industrialisation has worked in China, not in IndiaLewis’ influential essay (‘Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour’) argued that an expanding manufacturing (“capitalist”) sector could absorb much of the surplus labour in...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs31 October 2023UPSCIndia bans exports of some rice varieties: How this has impacted prices globally, in the countryHas India’s restrictions fueled the prices of rice across the globe? Soon after India banned the export of non-basmati white rice on July 20, there was a sharp jump in the price of rice a...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs30 October 2023UPSCWhy Jharkhand govt has approved a new Rs 16,000 crore housing schemeContext- The Jharkhand Cabinet, last week, approved the ‘Abua Awas Yojna’ (AAY) — a housing scheme for the poor, which will provide eight lakhs pucca houses to the homeless in the state,...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs30 October 2023UPSCAndhra Pradesh’s capital conundrumWhy in news: Recently, the CM of the state of Andhra Pradesh in an investors summit at New Delhi declared that Visakhapatnam will shortly become the capital. Opposition parties pointed ou...Study this topic →