Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Pollution > Plastic pollution
Why in news? For the first time, Microplastics have been found in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica. About Microplastics: Microplastics are tiny plastic debris that is smaller than 5 mm in length, and ti...
Preliminary > Polity > State Legislature > State Legislative Assembly
Why in news? West Bengal Legislative Assembly Speaker revoked the suspension of seven MLAs, including that of Leader of the Opposition. How MLAs are suspended? The Speaker may direct any member who refus...
Preliminary > Agriculture > Crops > GM Crops
Why in news? Haryana government has issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) to seed major Mahyco to conduct field trials on BG-2 RRF, a herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant variety of BT cotton. BG-2 RRF can ...
Preliminary > Agriculture > Crops > Cash crops
Why in news? Pink bollworm (PBW) infestation is seen spelling trouble for cotton growers in the Northern States of Punjab and Haryana. About Pink bollworm: It is an insect known for being a pest in cotto...
Preliminary > Security > Cyber security > Cyber space
Why in news? The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has declared the IT resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and UPI managing entity NPCI as ‘Critical Information Infrastructure’. About Cri...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Species extinction & protection > Species in news
Why in news? Some 50 mugger crocodiles have died in the last one month in a prominent waterbody of Rajasthan’s Kota city as a result of it being filled up for developmental activities. About Mugger Croco...
Preliminary > Polity > Institutions/Bodies > Other Bodies
Why in news? The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has written to the Prime Minister asking that at least three meetings of the Inter-State Council should be held every year to strengthen the spirit of cooperative federali...
Preliminary > Miscellaneous > New discoveries > Miscellaneous
Why in news? In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers have claimed that Black Death originated in modern-day northern Kyrgyzstan around 1338-1339 – nearly 7-8 years before it ravaged large part...
Preliminary > Science and Technology > IT & Computers > Artificial intelligence
Why in news? A senior engineer at Google claimed that the company’s artificial intelligence-based chatbot Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) had become “sentient”. Sentient vs S...
Preliminary > Geography > Places in news > Places in news
Why in news? According to a study, it is stated that parts of the Arctic region near Norway are warming at as much as seven times the rate of warming in the rest of the world. The region around the northern Baren...
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