9 PM UPSC Current Affairs Articles 12th August, 2024
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China’s advancements in drone and hypersonic technology and their effects on India.
Source: The post China’s advancements in drone and hypersonic technology and their effects on India has been created, based on the article “Keep pace with today’s Al-equipped arms race” published in “Live Mints” on 14th August 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper3- security Context: The article discusses China’s advancements in drone and hypersonic technology, highlighting… Continue reading China’s advancements in drone and hypersonic technology and their effects on India.
Issues affected India’s performance at the Paris Olympics
Source: The post issues affected India’s performance at the Paris Olympics has been created, based on the article “Single digits: India needs to broaden its sport base for success in Olympics” published in “The Hindu” on 14th August 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Context: The article discusses India’s underwhelming performance at the Paris… Continue reading Issues affected India’s performance at the Paris Olympics
What lessons should India learn from shocks in its neighborhood?
Source: The post what lessons should India learn from shocks in its neighborhood has been created, based on the article “The shock-effects of South Asian tumult” published in “The Hindu” on 14th August 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2-international relations-India and its neighbourhood- relations. Context: The article discusses how India’s foreign policy in South… Continue reading What lessons should India learn from shocks in its neighborhood?
How India’s government is shifting science research towards market-driven goals
Source: The post how India’s government is shifting science research towards market-driven goals has been created, based on the article “Hints of the corporatisation of science research in India” published in “The Hindu” on 14th August 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper3- Science and Technology Context: The article discusses how India’s government is shifting science… Continue reading How India’s government is shifting science research towards market-driven goals
The Supreme Court Ruling on Reservation and Its Implications
Source-This post on The Supreme Court Ruling on Reservation and Its Implications has been created based on the article “The post-Mandal moment is here — and it calls for a new politics” published in “The Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-2- Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections of the population by the Centre… Continue reading The Supreme Court Ruling on Reservation and Its Implications
Modern Poultry Farming
Source-This post on Modern Poultry Farming has been created based on the article “How broiler chicken industry has become India’s most organised and vertically integrated agri-business” published in “The Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-3- Agriculture- Economics of Animal-Rearing. Context– The article examines the Contract Farming Model in India’s poultry industry, where… Continue reading Modern Poultry Farming
Bangladesh and the ‘foreign hand’ bogey
Source-This post on Bangladesh and the ‘foreign hand’ bogey has been created based on the article “C Raja Mohan writes: Bangladesh and the ‘foreign hand’ bogey” published in “The Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-2- India and its Neighborhood- Relations. Context– Indian media suggests that Muhammad Yunus, an economist, caused the fall… Continue reading Bangladesh and the ‘foreign hand’ bogey
Environmental Controversy in the Great Nicobar Island
Source-This post on Environmental Controversy in the Great Nicobar Island has been created based on the article “How a wildlife sanctuary in the Great Nicobar Island was made to vanish” published in “The Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-3- Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Context-The article highlights how the… Continue reading Environmental Controversy in the Great Nicobar Island
Ballast water Management in India- Significance and Challenges- Explained Pointwise
The ballast water management is in news recently after the case of Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department (WRD) demanding ₹160 crore from the Kamarajar Port in Ennore, Tamil Nadu, for inefficient ballast water management. Tamil Nadu WRD contends that ineffienct ballast water management has led to the growth and proliferation of Mytella strigata, or charru… Continue reading Ballast water Management in India- Significance and Challenges- Explained Pointwise
Indian Ocean Structures Named After Indian Figures
Source- This post on Indian Ocean Structures Named After Indian Figures has been created based on the article “Three Indian Ocean structures named Ashoka, Chandragupt and Kalpataru” published in “Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. Why in News? India has successfully proposed names for three underwater geographical structures located in the Indian Ocean, which have… Continue reading Indian Ocean Structures Named After Indian Figures
