Data Protection in India & WhatsApp’s privacy policy
Context: Instant messaging platform WhatsApp may face legal action in India by May 25 if it does not send a satisfactory reply to a new notice sent by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology asking the company to withdraw its latest privacy policy update. Relevance: GS-III: Internal Security Challenges (Cyber Security), Science and Technology […]
IEA’s Net Zero Emissions (NZE) Roadmap
Context: The recently released International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Net Zero Emissions (NZE) Roadmap aims to provide a pathway to bridge the current gap between rhetoric and reality in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the energy and industry sectors. Relevance: GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Important International Institutions) Dimensions of the Article: […]
Zebrafish, induced torpor and spaceflight
Context: Researchers showed that zebrafish has demonstrated how induced hibernation (torpor) may protect humans from the elements of space, especially radiation, during space flight. Relevance: Prelims, GS-III: Science and Technology (Important developments in Space technology) Dimensions of the Article: Zebrafish Highlights of the study Zebrafish Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a small (2-3 cm long) freshwater […]
24th May 2021 Current Affairs Quiz
PIB 24th May 2021
CYCLONE YAAS Focus: Diaster Management Why in news? Armed Forces have commenced preparations to mitigate the impact of Cyclone YAAS, which is expected to hit the Eastern Coast on May 26, 2021. Cyclone yaas: A low-pressure area is likely to form over North Andaman Sea and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal around May 22, according […]
24th May Static Quiz 2021 (Indian Economy)
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 22 May 2021
Contents Vaccine tourism: Going abroad for Covid-19 shots Vaccine tourism: Going abroad for Covid-19 shots Context: Recently, reports emerged of a Dubai-based tour operator offering a 24-day package tour from Delhi to Moscow, which included two shots of the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine. Even as several constraints need to be worked out first – including visa […]
Vaccine tourism: Going abroad for Covid-19 shots
Context: Recently, reports emerged of a Dubai-based tour operator offering a 24-day package tour from Delhi to Moscow, which included two shots of the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine. Even as several constraints need to be worked out first – including visa and flights from India to Russia – a Delhi-based travel agency has also jumped in […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 22 May 2021
Contents Kyasanur forest disease: ICMR develops new test Social Justice Ministry: Financial aid to transgender people Declare mucormycosis an epidemic, Centre tells States Israel-Hamas reach truce after 11 days of fighting Kyasanur forest disease: ICMR develops new test Context: A new point-of-care test developed by ICMR-National Institute of Virology has been found to be highly […]
Israel-Hamas reach truce after 11 days of fighting
Context: A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on 21 May 2021, after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the UN urging new Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. Relevance: GS-II: International Relations (Important Developments in the International Stage) Dimensions of the Article: What led […]