Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Census Context: Despite demands from several communities to be counted as a separate religion, the next Census will only count Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain as distinct religion options. What is Census? Census in India Census schedule Census 2021 Chapter on preparation for … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Sengol Context: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the upcoming inauguration of the new parliament building will also see Prime Minister Narendra Modi install a historic sceptre from Tamil Nadu next to the Lok Sabha Speaker’s seat. What is Sceptre? When was it made and by whom? … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Census and NPR Context: If citizens want to exercise the right to fill the Census form on their own rather than through government enumerators, they will have to first update their National Population Register (NPR) details online. What is Census? What is National Population Register? … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Forum for India Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Context: In the opening session of the FIPIC-3 summit in Port Moresby, Prime Minister of India spoke in favour of free and open Indo-Pacific region and focused on India’s commitment to assist the development goals of the member-countries. … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . North- South Corridor Context: Last week, Mr. Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi virtually participated in a ceremony where both countries signed an agreement to develop the 162-km Rasht-Astara railway, a critical link in the eastern network of the NSTC. What is North- South … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Withdrawal of 2000 Rs notes Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to withdraw the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from circulation. But existing notes will continue to be legal tender. The central bank has advised the public to deposit Rs 2000 banknotes, which … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Transitioning from LIBOR Context: RBI stated that some banks and financial institutions were yet to facilitate an absolute transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) benchmark. They had not inserted fallback clauses into all their financial contracts that reference U.S.$ LIBOR or the … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Transformer in Chat GPT Context: Machine learning (ML), a subfield of artificial intelligence, teaches computers to solve tasks based on structured data, language, audio, or images, by providing examples of inputs and the desired outputs. This is different from traditional computer programming, where programmers write … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Excessive Ground Water Extraction and land Subsidence Context: Cracks in buildings and ‘sinking’ land in Joshimath, a hill town in Uttarakhand, made the headlines earlier this year. A similar phenomenon has been playing out for years in the plains of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Faridabad. … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Cape Town Convention and its Aircraft Protocol Context: India has been placed on global aviation leasing watchdog’s watchlist, assigning it “negative” outlook following the National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) order restricting bankrupt airline Go First’s lessors from repossessing planes while it is undergoing insolvency … Read more