Parker Solar Probe:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space.   Context: For the first time in history, we can see the planet Venus in Color, thanks to NASA Parker Solar Probe. The Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe (WISPR) by the American space agency has managed to take pictures of the surface of Venus revealing stunning …

Fly Ash:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Pollution related issues.     Context: The National Green Tribunal has decided to club eight ongoing cases on fly ash mismanagement and accidents filed between 2013 and 2020. This is a significant acknowledgement of the country’s fly ash crisis and could usher in better regulations to govern such infrastructure.   …

World Food Programme:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Food security related issues.   Context: India signed an agreement with the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) for the distribution of 50,000 MT of wheat that it has committed to sending Afghanistan as part of a humanitarian assistance. According to the MoU, the wheat will be taken through Pakistan …

CAATSA:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.   Context: Underlining that the purchase of S-400 defence system is in New Delhi’s security interest, newly appointed Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said threats of US sanctions against India will not affect the …

Supreme court refuses plea for including madrasas, Vedic schools under RTE:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Context: The Supreme Court has refused to intervene in a petition challenging sections of the Right to Education Act of 2009 which exclude vedic pathsalas , madrasas and institutions imparting religious …

Geomagnetic storm:

GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Important Geophysical phenomenon.   Context: Recently, Elon Musk’s Starlink has lost 40 satellites that were caught in a geomagnetic storm a day after they were launched. However, these satellites have not created any space debris as the satellites were designed to burn up on reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere.   …

Sri Madhvacharya:

GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Indian Art and Culture.   Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi recently paid his obeisances to Sri Madhvacharya on the occasion of Madhva Navami.     About Sri Madhvacharya: Shri Madhvacharya was born near Udupi. He was born in 1238, on the auspicious day of Vijayadashami, and he was …