Aircrafts and Military Exercise for UPSC Exam
Apache Helicopter Eight US made Apache AH-64E stealth attack helicopters, has been inducted into IAF. The IAF has signed a contract with ‘The Boeing’ and the US government for 22 Apache attack helicopters. Apache is the most advanced multi-role heavy attack helicopter in the world. It’s modern capabilities includes, fire-and-forget, anti-tank missiles, air-to-air missiles, rockets, […]
Indian Submarines and Naval Ships for UPSC Exam
Project 75 India P75I was first cleared in 2007, but lay dormant until now after undergoing numerous changes. The P75I project is part of a 30-year submarine building plan that ends in 2030. The project cost is about Rs. 45,000 crore. As part of this plan, India was to build 24 submarines — 18 conventional […]
Indian Missile Systems for UPSC
Notable Missile Systems in India and their details Missile Type Range Astra air-to-air 80 km Trishul surface-to-air 9 km Akash 30 km Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) 2000 km Nag surface-to-surface Anti-tank missile 4 km Prahaar surface-to-surface SRBM 150 km BrahMos land, naval, air Supersonic Cruise Missile 300 […]
RBI ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO DEAL WITH COVID-19 CRISIS-UPSC
RBI’s measures to tackle COVID-19 The measures taken by RBI have four objectives in mind. These are aimed to maintain adequate liquidity in the system and its constituents, to facilitate and incentivize bank credit flows, to de-stress and enable performance of markets. Important graphs to correlate with RBI Measures for UPSC exam Targeted Long-Term Repo […]
BIOTECHNOLOGY TOPICS FOR UPSC | CURRENT AFFAIRS
STEM CELL Stem cells are the body’s raw materials — cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated. Under certain conditions in the body or a laboratory, stem cells divide to form more cells called daughter cells. These daughter cells either become new stem cells (self-renewal) or become specialized cells (differentiation) with a more specific function, such as […]
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Space Technology and Telescopes for UPSC Exam
What is Planet? Three conditions for a celestial object to be called a ‘planet’ – it must orbit the Sun it should be massive enough to acquire an approximately spherical shape it has to ‘clear its orbit’ i.e. be the object that exerts the maximum gravitational pull within its orbit ‘Dwarf planets’, on the other […]
NASA-Global Space Missions for UPSC Exam
Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment Why in news? National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA) asteroid researchers and spacecraft engineers have come together to check the progress in the mission which is known as Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment (AIDA). Details: An asteroid hit is widely acknowledged as one of the most likely, among all the causes […]
List of the best IPS officers in India
India has produced many number of best IPS officers in India. These IPS officers has maintained India’s law and order situation under control. They have contributed in India’s development story in various ways like conducting of free and fair election, safety and security of people, helping during any disaster etc. It’s very difficult to pick […]
Indian Space Missions for UPSC Exam
GSAT-30 Why in news? Recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched telecommunication satellite GSAT-30 into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Kourou launch base, French Guiana by European Ariane-5 VA-251. Details: GSAT-30 satellite will replace INSAT-4A which was launched in 2005. A European communication satellite named EUTELSAT KONNECT was also launched with GSAT-30. GSAT-30 derives its heritage from ISRO’s earlier INSAT/GSAT satellite series and will replace INSAT-4A in […]