Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs28 February 2025Climate Change Limits Cleanup Efforts By Accelerating Algal GrowthA study led by a researcher from the University of Waterloo has found that climate change is increasing the risk of algal blooms in the River Thames, even though there has been a significant reduction in phosphorus levels over the…By Author DeskRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs28 February 2025NASA's Punch MissionNASA is launching a new mission called PUNCH (Polarimetry to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) to study the sun’s outer atmosphere and understand solar winds and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). These solar events affect space weath…By Author DeskRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs28 February 2025Engineering medicine: The future of CAR-T and CRISPR technologiesThe fields of medical science witness innovations that hold tremendous potential only through CAR-T and CRISPR technologies. Cancer treatment has undergone radical transformation with CAR-T because this technology allows immune ce…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs28 February 2025Mobilizing Finance is Key to Achieving 500 GW Renewable Energy by 2030Renewable energy presents our safest option for fighting climate change because it requires us to reach specific ambitious goals for harnessing clean energy potential. The successful implementation of 500 GW renewable energy capac…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs27 February 2025Black Plastic & Health Concernsblack plastic, particularly its potential to release harmful flame retardants into food. This issue has triggered debates on whether everyday items like kitchen utensils and takeout containers made from black plastic pose a health…By Author DeskRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs27 February 2025The Shrinking Caspian Seanearly 31,000 square kilometers of water area lost since 2005. Environmental activists are raising alarm over the dropping water levels, stressing the urgent need for global action to address climate change and its consequences. B…By Author DeskRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs27 February 2025How can Indian farmers be weaned away from urea, DAP and potashThe framework of India's economy relies on chemical fertilizers such as Urea, DAP together with potash because these products boost yield production across agricultural lands. The dependency creates various environmental as well a…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs27 February 2025Leader in fibre production, but growth, exports lagging: What ails India’s textile industryThe Indian textile industry functions as a global fiber production leader because of its vast resources together with highly trained labor force. While having abundant natural resources and skilled workforce provides an advantage…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs26 February 2025Why Iraq Is Slowly Sinking ?The northern region of Iraq, especially around the Zagros Mountains, is slowly sinking. This is due to tectonic processes occurring deep beneath the Earth’s surface, a result of the movement of tectonic plates. The process is grad…By Author DeskRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs26 February 2025India Assumes Chairmanship Of Bay Of Bengal Inter Governmental OrganisationLocation: Malé, Maldives India's New Role: India assumes the Chairmanship of the Bay of Bengal Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO) at the 13th Governing Council Meeting. Leadership Transition: India takes over the chairmans…By Author DeskRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs25 February 2025ECONOMIC SURVEY: (CHAPTER 3) GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY & INDIA’S EXTERNAL SECTOR (PART 3)ECONOMIC SURVEY: (CHAPTER 3) GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY & INDIA’S EXTERNAL SECTOR (PART 3) Part 14: Performance of Portfolio Flows Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) Trends: Positive Trend (June to September 2024): FPIs turned ne…By Author DeskRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs25 February 2025IRDAI SETS UP PANEL TO REVIEW INSURANCE LAWSThe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has established a 7-member committee to review proposed amendments to the Insurance Act, 1938. The committee will be led by Dinesh Khara, the former chairman of S…By Author DeskRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs25 February 2025C40 CITIES & UN HABITAT PARTNERSHIPC40 Cities and UN-Habitat have formed a landmark partnership aimed at transforming urban planning. Objective: To create a new Urban Planning Accelerator that helps cities reduce emissions by 25% by 2050, while promoting safer, fai…By Author DeskRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs25 February 2025Neither ecologically sustainable nor ethical: study expresses concern over moving African cheetahs to IndiaEcologists together with ethicists have intensely debated to reintroduce African cheetahs in Indian Territory. The reintroduction program seeks to repopulate Indian grasslands with the fastest land animal of the world but faces bo…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs25 February 2025Scientists make plans to keep space-farers from contaminating other worldsHuman space exploration has reached unprecedented milestones as scientists start to focus seriously on planet contamination concerns caused by space explorers. The admiration of human footprints across distant planets will spark f…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs24 February 2025ECONOMIC SURVEY: (CHAPTER 3) GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY & INDIA’S EXTERNAL SECTOR (PART 2)ECONOMIC SURVEY: (CHAPTER 3) GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY & INDIA’S EXTERNAL SECTOR (PART 2) Part 10: Services Trade Resilience Amidst Global Challenges Growth of Services Exports: Resilience and Growth: India's services exports ha…By Author DeskRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs24 February 2025MULLAPERIYAR DAMFebruary 19, 2025, the Supreme Court directed a newly formed supervisory committee to look into Tamil Nadu's concerns about Kerala’s handling of the 125-year-old Mullaperiyar dam. Tamil Nadu has accused Kerala of delaying essentia…By Author DeskRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs24 February 2025BRAZIL JOINS OPEC+On February 18, 2025, Brazil's government approved its membership in OPEC+. It's a sign of the country's increasing importance as a global oil producer. OPEC+ serves as a platform for cooperation & strategy discussions among oil p…By Author DeskRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs24 February 2025Could Amritpal Singh lose his MP seat under Article 101(4)Amritpal Singh who holds the Independent MP seat in Khadoor Sahib currently experiences a dangerous legal predicament. Amritpal Singh remains confined by NSA while absent from Parliament under National Security Act resulting in co…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs24 February 2025As India and Qatar eye trade expansion, why LNG’s centrality in bilateral trade is in focusGlobal economic development together with stable international trade requires effective alliances between nations. A historic business and cultural alliance between India and Qatar leads to developing mutually beneficial prospects…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs22 February 2025ECONOMIC SURVEY: (CHAPTER 3) GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY & INDIA’S EXTERNAL SECTOR (PART 1)ECONOMIC SURVEY: (CHAPTER 3) GLOBAL ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY & INDIA’S EXTERNAL SECTOR (PART 1) Part 1: Introduction to Global Uncertainty Political and Economic Uncertainty: Geopolitical Conflicts and Economic Fragmentation: The worl…By Author DeskRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs22 February 2025Celebrating A Decade of Soil Health CardsIntroduction to the Soil Health Card Scheme: The Soil Health Card Scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 19, 2015, in Suratgarh, Rajasthan. The scheme was created to help farmers by providing them with inf…By Author DeskRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs22 February 2025Why global sea ice cover has dipped to record low — what this means?The recent period has shown growing scientific concern due to earth's sea ice reaching unprecedented low levels. US National Snow and Ice Data Center reports that 15.76 million square kilometres of sea ice across the Arctic and An…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
BlogUPSC Current Affairs22 February 2025Why the SC held that states must consider premature release of prisoners even without an applicationThe Supreme Court of India made a milestone decision through its February 18, 2025 judgment that states must evaluate prisoner release before required applications for remission benefits. The Supreme Court bench composed of Justic…By Vajirao & Reddy InstituteRead article →
Current AffairsUPSC Current Affairs21 February 2025ECONOMIC SURVEY: CHAPTER 2 MONETARY & FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA (PART 4)ECONOMIC SURVEY: CHAPTER 2 MONETARY & FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA (PART 4) India’s Insurance Sector Growth: Total insurance premiums in India grew by 7.7% in FY24, reaching ₹11.2 lakh crore, although insurance penetrati…By Author DeskRead article →