UPSC Current Affairs28 August 2024UPSCChile's Atacama Salt Flat Sinking Due To Lithium MiningA recent study has revealed that Chile's Atacama salt flat is subsiding at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters annually due to lithium mining activities. This research, published in the journal...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs28 August 2024UPSCWhy Do Doctors Want a Central Law to Protect Themselves Against Attacks & Violence?demanding for a central law to protect themselves from violence, particularly following the tragic rape-murder of a junior resident at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata. The incident spar...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs26 August 2024UPSCUnified Pension Scheme.Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). Cabinet Decision: Approval and Rollout: The UPS was approved by the Union Cabin...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs24 August 2024UPSCPM Visit to UkrainePM’S VISIT TO UKRAINE On August 23, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ukraine at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This visit marked the first time an Indian Prime...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs23 August 2024UPSCSexual Harassment of Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act 2013 )The Act provides for the constitution of an Internal Complaints Committee by every employer. The Committee should comprise of representatives of the employer, the employees and someone fr...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs23 August 2024UPSCJustice Hema Committee ReportKerala High Court on Thursday (August 22) ordered the state to place before it in a sealed cover the entire Hema Committee report, including sections redacted for confidentiality. This or...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs23 August 2024UPSCSouth China Sea Tensionspost-COVID era has been punishing for global trade. Lockdowns and factory closures sparked supply chain delays worldwide and helped fuel decades-high inflation. The Suez Canal was closed...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs22 August 2024UPSCMalaysian PM Visits IndiaComprehensive strategic Partnership. HISTORY OF THE TIES Diplomatic Beginnings: India established diplomatic relations with the Federation of Malaya (which later became Malaysia) in 1957....Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs22 August 2024UPSCIndia Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialoguethird India-Japan 2+2 ministerial meeting was conducted in New Delhi. Two ministers on behalf of India ie Defence & EAM meet their counterparts from the other country. (in this case, Japa...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs21 August 2024UPSC3 New Wetland Sites Added To Ramsar List.three new wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites. With this addition, India now has 85 Ramsar sites covering a total area of 1,358,068 hectares. New Ramsar Sites: Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs21 August 2024UPSCWaterspoutsone man died and six people are missing after a luxury yacht sank was hit by a violent storm off the coast of Sicily, Italy, on Monday (August 19). Experts suggest the storm could have be...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs21 August 2024UPSCSuper Blue Moonsecond year in a row, Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi which is celebrated on the full moon day (that is on Purnima in the month of Shravan), is marked by the sighting of a ‘super blue moon’ on Mo...Study this topic →