Daily Current Affairs

In News  Recently, the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) has completed 60 years of its formation. About IMSc The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan on 3rd January 1962  It is located in South Chennai, in the Adyar-Taramani area.   It is an autonomous national institution for fundamental research in the areas of […]

In Context The open-source software repository service GitHub is in the news after it was used to create and share an offensively named app that sexually harassed Muslim women in India.  What is GitHub? It is the world’s largest open-source developer community platform where users upload their projects and code for others to view, edit, […]

In News  Recently, the Union Education Minister launched National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0. More in News  Currently, more than 12 lakh socially and economically disadvantaged students have received the benefits of free ed-tech course coupons worth over ?253 crores under NEAT 3.0. National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) About: The Ministry of Education […]

In News  Recently, China, Russia, U.S., U.K., France pledged to prevent nuclear weapons spread setting aside rising West-East tensions to reaffirm a goal of a nuke-free world. The statement issued after NPT review was postponed due to COVID-19. Objectives and need behind the move This common statement on a major issue of global security has […]

In News Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for a number of missions in 2022. Missions Planned Venus Mission: The Shukrayaan-1 could launch in December 2024 as an orbiter headed towards neighbouring planet Venus. This will be the Indian space agency’s first mission to Venus, and is expected to have a mission life […]

In News China is building a new bridge on Pangong Tso which will provide an additional axis to deploy troops faster between the north and south banks of the lake, and closer to the LAC. About the Bridge The bridge: is being constructed more than 20 km east of Finger 8 on the lake’s north […]

In News Recently, the Vice-President of India spoke out against hate speech, saying it goes against the country’s culture, Constitution and ethos. What is Hate Speech? There is no international legal definition of hate speech, and the characterization of what is ‘hateful’ is controversial and disputed.  The term hate speech is understood as any kind […]

In News India’s unemployment rate touched a four-month high of 7.9 per cent in data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). About the latest trend Declining trend: The numbers show a significant declining trend even before economic activity was affected due to the fresh Covid-19 restrictions imposed in many states. Latest unemployment rate […]

In News The first phase of the census and collection of details to update the National Population Register (NPR) have been postponed at least till September 2021. Background The Registrar General of India (RGI) had in December 2021 informed the States that freezing of boundaries of districts, sub-districts, tehsils, talukas, police stations etc. has been […]