Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Tea Fortification Study Context: A small study carried out in Sangli, Maharashtra on 43 women participants to evaluate the effectiveness of tea fortification with folate and vitamin B12 to address anaemia and prevent neural-tube defects in children is riddled with problems. Fortification of Tea About … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Threat of sea rising level Context: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has found in a new report that the world’s sea level is rising at an unprecedented rate, portending potentially disastrous consequences for the weather, agriculture, the extant groundwater crisis, and social disparities. State of … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Temperature Anomalies Context: March 2023 was indeed the second warmest in the instrumental record. The warmest March occurred just a few years ago in 2016, when the biggest El Niño of the 21st century triggered a ‘mini’ global warming. Why was March 2023 is the … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Notifiable diseases Context: Malaria is all set to become a notifiable disease across India, with Bihar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Meghalaya too in the process of putting this vector-borne disease in the category. This will then require by law that cases be reported to … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Central Government Health Scheme Context: Amid a growing load of new COVID-19 cases in India, the report card of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), which provides comprehensive healthcare to over 34 lakh employees and pensioners, does not read well. About the Central Government Health … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Vaccine Confidence Project Context: Only China, India, and Mexico, that is three out of the 55 countries studied for popular perception of the importance of vaccines for children, showed improvement as per data collected by The Vaccine Confidence Project (London School of Hygiene and Tropical … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . UN Report on India’s Population Context: India is now the most populous country in the world, having overtaken China in population, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said in its State of World Population (SOWP) report, ‘8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities’, released on April 19. … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Same Sex Marriage Context: A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and also comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, and P S Narasimha, will hear a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriage. … Read more
Topics Covered 1 . Magnetoresistance Context: Researchers in the UK, led by Nobel laureate Andre Geim, have discovered another property of graphene – a single-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms bonded in a honeycomb pattern – that further distinguishes this ‘wonder’ material. What is magnetoresistance? – What did the study find? What is Graphene? What are … Read more
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC CSE Topics Covered 1 . Rules for recognition of National and State Party Context: Ahead of the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) received a shot in the arm from the Election Commission of India, as the poll body accorded it the status of a … Read more