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Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine, 2021
Why in News Recently, two United States-based scientists, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for...
05 Oct 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Most Promising Astronomical Site: Hanle
Why in News According to a recent study, the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) located at Hanle near Leh in Ladakh is becoming one of the...
04 Oct 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Why in News Recently, NTPC Renewable Energy (NTPC-REL), a subsidiary of NTPC, has signed its first Green Term Loan agreement for installation of...
01 Oct 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Why in News In a first of its kind move, the government has come up with an online employment exchange platform to cater to senior citizens seeking...
01 Oct 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Why in News Recently, Cyclone Gulab made landfall on India’s east coast and weakened into a depression. Another...
30 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued orders for an ex gratia of Rs. 50,000 to the next of kin of those who died of...
30 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Elder Line: Toll-Free Number for Elderly
Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the Elder Line, the first Pan-India toll-free helpline number (14567)...
29 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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INSPIRESAT-1 Cubesat Satellite
Why in News INSPIRESat-1 CubeSat, developed under the International Satellite Program in Research and Education (INSPIRE), is ready for launch. Key...
29 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Why in News Recently, the government has announced plans to have Disaster Management Volunteers (Aapda Mitras) in 350 districts of the country also...
29 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Why in News Recently, as many as 157 artefacts and antiquities were handed over to the Prime Minister by the United States including a bronze...
28 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Why in News Recently, the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA Scheme) has successfully completed four years of its...
27 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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GI Tag to Assam’s Judima Wine Rice
Why in News Judima, a home-made rice wine of Assam’s Dimasa tribe has become the first traditional brew in all of northeast to bag a...
27 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Rajaji Tiger Reserve: Uttarakhand
Why in News Recently, a Supreme Court-appointed committee has questioned relaxations given for the upgrade of a 4.7-km road (Laldhang-Chillarkhal...
27 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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National Mission on Cultural Mapping
Why in News Recently, the National Mission on Cultural Mapping (NMCM) has been handed over to the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts...
27 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Why in News The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways will lay the foundation stone of various National Highway (NH) Projects and will...
27 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Armenia Context Recently, a territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region has re-erupted with heavy...
26 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Summary of Indices and Reports (2020-21)
Children’s Climate Risk Index Released By: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Fridays for...
26 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Brief Description Every year in UPSC prelims there is one or more questions based on IUCN status, unique features related to many species that are...
26 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Atal Tunnel Context Atal Tunnel was inaugurated at Rohtang at an altitude of above 3,000 metres in Himachal Pradesh. Key Points The 9.02...
26 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Important Schemes and Programmes
Brief Description India recently celebrated its 75th Independence Day on August 15, 2021. ‘Nation First, Always First’ is the theme of...
26 Sep 2021 Quick Facts For Prelims
