Daily Current Affairs for UPSC

How does a cyclone affect the monsoon’s onset?

Context The impact of global warming on the monsoons are manifest in the onset, withdrawal, its seasonal total rainfall, and its extremes ...
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Protein nano-computers

Context Synthetic biology involves engineering tissues and living cells to behave like mechanical machines. This makes it possible to design ...
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Kosovo is the heart of Serbia

Context Serbian great Novak Djokovic wrote on a camera lens in Serbian: “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the ...
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Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI)

Context Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) holders may soon get protection for their money against any fraud or unauthorised payment transactions ...
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Salt cavern-based reserves

Context Government-owned engineering consultancy firm Engineers India (EIL) is studying the prospects and feasibility of developing salt cavern-based strategic oil ...
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Commission of Railway Safety (CRS)

Context Investigation into the recent tragic train accident in Odisha, the deadliest train crash in India in over two decades, ...
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Kakhovka dam in Ukraine

Context Kakhovka dam a Soviet-era dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine was ...
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India-Africa Forum Summit

Context Holding India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) IV before the G20 summit may sound hurried, but it is perhaps the best ...
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ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems

Context Germany is keen on a potential cooperation with India on submarine technology from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (tkMS), German Federal ...
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National Institute Ranking Framework 2023

Context The latest edition of the National Institute Ranking Framework 2023 (NIRF) revealed no major upsets in terms of the results, ...
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What is KAVACH system?

Context An electronic track management system KAVACH used by the railways has become the focus of investigations after last week’s ...
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World Environment Day 2023

Context Held on June 5 each year, World Environment Day 2023 has a specific host country and a theme. 50th ...
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Global Infrastructure Risk Model and Resilience Index (GIRI)

Context The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), headed by India, is readying a global database Global Infrastructure Risk Model ...
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Meiogyne Arunachalensis new species of tree

Context Researchers have discovered Meiogyne Arunachalensis, a new species of tree in Arunachal Pradesh during a biodiversity expedition to the ...
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Andhra Pradesh’s 1st wild orchidarium in Visakhapatnam

Context Andhra Pradesh’s first wild orchidarium to come up in Visakhapatnam soon. Key Details about orchidarium The scientifically designed orchidarium, ...
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Malabar Pied Hornbill

Context Malabar Pied Hornbill, which is a near-threatened species, has been protected under a community-based initiative involving the Kadar tribal ...
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Abaucin the potential new antibiotic

Context Researchers have recently used machine-learning to identify a potential new antibiotic Abaucin against a challenging species of disease-causing bacteria ...
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New warm Jupiter exoplanet discovered

Context A new warm Jupiter exoplanet with the highest density known till this date and mass 13 times than that ...
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Chytridiomycosis world’s worst animal disease

Context The world’s worst animal disease Chytridiomycosis is killing frogs worldwide. For the past 40 years, a devastating fungal disease ...
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Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)

Context Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) – intense, momentary bursts of energy ...
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