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1) Mission showcasing Nari Shakti: Five officers of the Indian Navy created history by completing the first all-woman independent maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the Arabian Sea, onboard a Dornier-228 aircraft. This first-of-its-kind military flying mission was, however, unique and is expected to pave the way for women officers in the aviation cadre toRead more

1) Yuan Wang 5: Yuan Wang 5 is a dual-use spy,  research and survey vessel, employed for space and satellite tracking and with specific usage in intercontinental ballistic missile launches. This vessel is in control of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) under its Strategic Support Force(SSF) unit. The SSF focuses on space, cyber, and electronicRead more

1) Tokenism: it is the act of doing something in order to show that a person/company is including people from minority or marginalised groups, but without sincerity and without showing an intent to increase diversity and promote inclusivity. Tokenistic acts can be dangerous and counter-productive for the tokens. One, they do not change prejudices aboutRead more

1) AlphaFold: Recently, DeepMind, a company based in London, announced that it had predicted the three-dimensional structures of more than 200 million proteins using AlphaFold. AlphaFold is an Artificial Intelligence-based protein structure prediction tool. It is based on a computer system called Deep Neural Network. Neural networks use a large amount of input data andRead more

1) Bullion: Bullion refers to physical gold and silver of high purity that is often kept in the form of bars, ingots, or coins. It can sometimes be considered legal tender and is often held as reserves by central banks or held by institutional investors. 2) India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX): Prime Minister has launchedRead more

1) Google Street View: Google Street View is an immersive 360-degree view of a location captured using special cameras mounted on vehicles or on backpacks by data collectors moving around the city streets. The images are then patched together to create a 360-degree view which users can swipe through to get a detailed view ofRead more

The scheme is a joint venture of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. It aims to achieve outcomes like: Zero fatalities in sanitation work in India No sanitation workers come in direct contact with human faecal matter All Sewer and SepticRead more

Fossil fuels are the cause of the climate crisis. Renewable energy can limit climate disruption and boost energy security. Renewables are the peace plan of the 21st century. But the battle for a rapid and just energy transition is not being fought on a level field. We must reduce emissions by 45 per cent byRead more

Our defence exports have increased seven times in the last eight years, informed the Prime Minister. We had achieved defence exports worth ₹13,000 crore and of this 70% was from the private sector. Steps taken by the Centre to boost defence production: The govt has identified the Defence and Aerospace sector as a focus areaRead more

The Indian rupee breached the psychologically significant exchange rate level of 80 to a US dollar in early trade. Free fall of Indian Rupee Since the war in Ukraine began, and crude oil prices started going up, the rupee has steadily lost value against the dollar. There are growing concerns about how a weaker rupeeRead more