GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Environment, Conservation Source: TH Context: Since September 2022, India has translocated eight African cheetahs from Namibia and 12 from South Africa. Background: This is part of a long-term conservation plan to re-introduce the wild cat into the country after it became extinct in the 1950s, primarily due to hunting. …
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GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications and Effects in Everyday Life Source: TH Context: AI can traditionally be divided into Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI). AGI and ANI: The difference lies in their scope of intelligence and their ability to generalise knowledge across different contexts. …
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GS Paper 3 Source: DTE Context: A new study published in the journal Nature Communications has warned of the potential consequences of gene editing technology, which is still not fully understood. Key findings: Using Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) to delete harmful disease-causing mutations could create more problems CRISPR could lead to …
GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc Source: TH Context: The Union Budget 2023 has doubled the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan to States to ₹10,000 crores, and has announced an outlay of ₹2.4 lakh crore for the Indian Railways. Why is the increased adoption of the railways …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Social Justice (Issues related to women) Source: TH Context: A recent analysis (in The Lancet) has concluded that India is not on-target to achieve 19 of the 33 SDGs indicators. Background: The SDGs were adopted by the UN in 2015 with a vision to achieve a better and more …
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