Current affairs

Nobel Peace Prize 2024, Nihon Hidankyo’s Fight Against Nuclear Weapons

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most prestigious awards, recognizing individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to global peace and human welfare. In 2024, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization...

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton

Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: Foundational Discoveries Hopfield and Hinton's research primarily took place in the 1980s, but its impact is being felt today as AI tools become ubiquitous in everyday life. Their work has transformed how machines learn, allowing...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2024

Breast Cancer Awareness Day 2024 falls on October 13, a day dedicated to raising awareness about metastatic breast cancer (stage four). Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day specifically highlights the challenges faced by patients whose cancer has spread beyond the breast...

National Agriculture Code (NAC)

What is the National Agriculture Code (NAC)? It will cover the entire agriculture cycle, and will also contain a guidance note for future standardisation. The code will have 2 parts: It will contain general principles for all crops It will...

Antarctic Warming

Key Findings of the Journal Nature Climate Change Vegetation Increase: The extent of vegetation has increased 14 times over the past 35 years. Specifically, plant cover expanded from less than 1 square km in 1986 to nearly 12 square kms...

Tele MANAS

Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) It was launched in October 2022 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It aims to provide free, round-the-clock tele-mental health services across India. This program is a crucial part...

Hizb-ut-Tahrir declared Terrorist Organisation

About Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) Founded in 1953 in Jerusalem by Taqiuddin al-Nabhani. Aim: To establish a global Islamic Caliphate governed by Sharia law, seeking to overthrow secular governments in Muslim-majority countries. Global Presence: Operates in over 30 countries, including the U.K.,...

Uzbekistan Accepts Afghan Ambassador

Countries that have accepted Afghan Ambassadors after regime change China: First country to accept an ambassador in January 2024. United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan About Afghanistan Bordering countries: India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. Afghanistan is a landlocked UPSC PYQ Q....

UK’s Open SAFELY Platform

About Open SAFELY platform This platform is a secure, transparent, open-source software platform. It enables access to the health records of approximately 58 million people in the U.K. without compromising individual privacy. The National Health Service (NHS) provides free healthcare...

HorseShoe Crab

About Horseshoe Crab Characteristics and Features These crabs are closely related to spiders and scorpions. Living Fossils: They are marine arthropods belonging to the family Limulidae. They are considered "living fossils" due to their existence for over 450 million years...