LEARN FINITE

Current Affairs

Australia’s ‘right to disconnect,’
Learn bits

Australia’s ‘right to disconnect,’

Science & Tech 24/02/24 08:15 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Australia this month enacted the ‘right to disconnect’ to protect its workforce from being penalised or punished for ignoring official communication in the form of calls, messages or ema Read More...

PAPA payload aboard Aditya-L1 detects solar wind impact of Coronal Mass Ejections
Learn bits

PAPA payload aboard Aditya-L1 detects solar wind impact of Coronal Mass Ejections

Science & Tech 24/02/24 08:05 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Plasma Analyser Package for Aditya (Papa) payload onboard the Aditya-L1 has detected the solar wind impact of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs).' PAPA is an energy and mass analyser designed for i Read More...

New rules on surrogacy
Learn bits

New rules on surrogacy

Science & Tech 24/02/24 07:53 AM IST
by Mahesh

'In case when the District Medical Board certifies that either husband or wife constituting the intending couple suffers from medical condition necessitating use of donor gamete, then surrogacy using Read More...

First moon-landing by private company
Learn bits

First moon-landing by private company

Science & Tech 24/02/24 07:42 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Fifty-two years after the last successful Apollo mission, a US made spacecraft landed on the Moon, which also marks the arrival of private space companies on the lunar surface.' Odysseus, a spac Read More...

Press Sewa Portal to bring a paradigm shift in registration of Periodicals/ newspapers
Learn bits

Press Sewa Portal to bring a paradigm shift in registration of Periodicals/ newspapers

Science & Tech 23/02/24 09:16 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Minister of Information and Broadcasting Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, launched four transformatory portals that promise to revolutionize the media landscape in India.' These initiative is aimed Read More...

Interpol’s notices
Learn bits

Interpol’s notices

Science & Tech 23/02/24 09:08 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The International Criminal Police Organization, more commonly known as Interpol, comprising 194 member countries, plays a crucial role as an information-sharing network to enable national police forc Read More...

Race to global eradication of Guinea worm disease nears finish line
Learn bits

Race to global eradication of Guinea worm disease nears finish line

Science & Tech 23/02/24 08:51 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The world is on the brink of a public health triumph as it closes in on eradicating Guinea worm disease.' There were more than 3.5 million cases of this disease in the 1980s, but according to the Read More...

Kiru Hydel Project
Learn bits

Kiru Hydel Project

Science & Tech 23/02/24 08:09 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at 30 locations at three places linked to former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik.' The agency is investigating alleged corrupti Read More...

CBSE’s open book exam plan
Learn bits

CBSE’s open book exam plan

Science & Tech 23/02/24 07:57 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed a pilot study to check the feasibility of open book exams for Classes 9 to 12.' The pilot will be held in select schools in November-De Read More...

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G)
Learn bits

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G)

Science & Tech 22/02/24 14:37 PM IST
by Mahesh

'In the interim Budget 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the construction of two crore additional houses over the next five years under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G) Read More...