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NASA’s Artemis Programme

In News Recently, NASA’s Moon mission was named after the ancient lunar goddess Artemis. About the mission Moon mission  Artemis I will send a rocket without a crew on a month-long journey around the Moon. Artemis I mission will carry two mannequins designed to study the effects of radiation on women’s bodies so that NASA […]

Cyber threat to Digital/Mobile banking

In News Recently, Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky warns of an increase in cyberattacks on Android and iOS devices in the Asia Pacific region. About the recent survey  According to a 2020 Statista survey of five thousand odd households across 25 States in India, two-third respondents said they had a smartphone. Of these, half said they […]

Electronics Production in India

In News Recently, the government launched a report titled ‘Globalise to Localise: Exporting at Scale and Deepening the Ecosystem are Vital to Higher Domestic Value Addition’.  Major Highlights About: The report is prepared by India Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), in collaboration with India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA)  Significance: This report […]

After Agnipath, Need of a Nitipath for Civil Services

In News Recently the independent views on the requirement of “Nitipath” for the civil services along the lines of “Agnipath” were articulated. General viewpoint Many aspects of the Agnipath scheme offer a model for civil service recruitment. Years of service: Experts have called for officers to be filtered out after 10, 25 and 30 years […]

Challenging the Special Marriage Act, 1954

In News Recently, the Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition challenging provisions of the Special Marriage Act (SMA). About the petition The petition challenged the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the SMA under which couples seek refuge for inter-faith and inter-caste marriages.  The writ petition has called these provisions violative of the right to […]

Indian Express

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1 First time daily wagers suicides cross quater of  national total  (Issues Related to development and Management of Social Sector  What are the findings of the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) ? GS 2 1 Indians get nearly […]

The Hindu

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   1&9   Amid floods, Pak. open to restarting trade with India Explaining Pakistan’s flip flop on trade with India   (International Relations) Know about the present status of India-Pakistan Relations  GS 2 1 Violent crimes in country back to pre-COVID levels […]

Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

In News Recently, an international conference to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) concluded at the United Nations in New York without a consensus document. Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) About:  The NPTcame into force in 1970.  The provisions of the Treaty envisage a review of the operation of the Treaty every five years. The Tenth […]

Standalone and non-standalone 5G networks

In News Recently, India’s largest telecom company Reliance announced the launch of its 5G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai this year with an aim to expand and cover the entire country by 2023. The company said it will launch its 5G services on standalone 5G architecture.  5G smartphone ecosystem in India Steady rise: […]

Supreme Court Judges Rules

In News Recently, the Centre amended the Supreme Court Judges Rules.  About the amended rules   Chauffeurs and domestic help  It provides chauffeurs and domestic help for retired Chief Justices of India and Supreme Court judges for their entire lifetime. Secretarial assistants Retired CJIs would also get secretarial assistants. The staff would be paid the salary […]