Why in News- A forthcoming satellite, NISAR will map the most earthquake prone regions in the Himalayas with unprecedented regularity. NISAR is being jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the U.S. NISAR mapping data this can potentially give advance... .Read more
Updated on 15 April, 2023 GS3 Economy Environment Geography Disaster Management Current Affairs Science and Technology
Why in News-In the past week, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) issued a string of notices naming entities involved in ‘dabba trading’. What is ‘dabba trading’? Dabba (box) trading refers to informal trading that takes place outside the purview of the stock exchanges. Traders bet on stoc... .Read more
Updated on 14 April, 2023 GS3 Daily Updates Security Society Governance Economy Current Affairs
The LHC, true to its name, is three things. First, it is large — so large that it is the world’s largest science experiment. Second, it is a collider. It accelerates two beams of particles in opposite directions and smashes them head on. Third, these particles are hadrons. Currently, engineers are warming up the... .Read more
Updated on 13 April, 2023 GS3 Security International Relations Economy Current Affairs Science and Technology
Three decades after sectarian violence mauled Punjab, the radicalist threat appears to be raising its head again. Sectarian violence is hardly unknown to India, but what is not clear is why Sikh extremism has, of late, gained a new lease of life. The emergence of a self-styled Sikh extremist preacher, Amritpal Singh, modelling h... .Read more
Updated on 12 April, 2023 GS3 Security Society Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
Why in News- The Ministry of Textiles have unveiled two Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for 31 technical textile items, including 19 geo textile and 12 protective textile products. QCO was the first technical regulation in the country for technical textile products. Mandatory BIS marking for these products will come into effect 180 days imme... .Read more
Updated on 12 April, 2023 GS3 Agriculture Economy Current Affairs
Why in News- India’s four-year run of great summer monsoon rainfall is likely to end this year, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a 4% shortfall in the coming season. Though still categorised as “normal”, it is — at 96% of the long period average (LPA) — at the lowest end of what the agen... .Read more
Updated on 12 April, 2023 GS3 Agriculture Environment Geography Current Affairs