10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | December 08,2022

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We are posting the 10 PM current affairs quiz for today. Under our 10 PM current affairs quiz initiative, we are posting 10 MCQs sources from news articles, on a daily basis. MCQs in this initiative are sourced from PIB, The Hindu, Indian Express, etc.

9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – December 8th, 2022

Dear Friends, We have initiated some changes in the 9 PM Brief and other postings related to current affairs. What we sought to do: Ensure that all relevant facts, data, and arguments from today’s newspaper are readily available to you. We have widened the sources to provide you with content that is more than enough… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – December 8th, 2022

Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products(RoDTEP) Scheme gets extended to Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Articles of Iron & Steel

Source: The post is based on the article “Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products(RoDTEP) Scheme gets extended to Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Articles of Iron & Steel” published in PIB on 7th December 2022 What is the News? The Department of Commerce has decided to expand the scope of the Remission of Duties and… Continue reading Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products(RoDTEP) Scheme gets extended to Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Articles of Iron & Steel

A green tax would help augment government revenue

Source: The post is based on the article “A green tax would help augment government revenue” published in the Livemint on 8th November 2022. Syllabus: GS – 3 – changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Relevance: About levying a green tax. News: The government has been looking at different ways of augmenting its… Continue reading A green tax would help augment government revenue

Greening of the GST – The environmental dimension of taxes must rank high in any rate rationalisation exercise

Source: The post is based on the article “Greening of the GST – The environmental dimension of taxes must rank high in any rate rationalisation exercise” published in the Business Standard on 8th November 2022. Syllabus: GS – 3 – changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Relevance: About greening the GST. News: As the… Continue reading Greening of the GST – The environmental dimension of taxes must rank high in any rate rationalisation exercise

Af-Pak Again – Afghanistan is back to being a terror hub, Pakistan is in political chaos. Bad news for the world

Source: The post is based on the article “Af-Pak Again – Afghanistan is back to being a terror hub, Pakistan is in political chaos. Bad news for the world” published in The Times of India on 8th November 2022. Syllabus: GS – 2 – India and its neighbourhood- relations. Relevance: About the Afghanistan-Pakistan status and the growth of… Continue reading Af-Pak Again – Afghanistan is back to being a terror hub, Pakistan is in political chaos. Bad news for the world

What is OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, why it has become a viral sensation

Source: The post is based on the article “What is OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, why it has become a viral sensation” published in Indian Express on 7th December 2022 Contents1 What is the News?2 What is ChatGPT?3 How does ChatGPT work?4 How can it be useful?5 What are ChatGPT’s limitations? What is the News? Artificial Intelligence(AI)… Continue reading What is OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, why it has become a viral sensation

Union Minister says ISRO will develop “Spatial Data Infrastructure geoportal ‘Geo-Ladakh’ for UT-Ladakh”

Source: The post is based on the article “Union Minister says ISRO will develop “Spatial Data Infrastructure geoportal ‘Geo-Ladakh’ for UT-Ladakh”” published in PIB on 7th December 2022 What is the News? The Government of the Union Territory of Ladakh has approached the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing(IIRS) for developing “Spatial Data Infrastructure geoportal ‘Geo-Ladakh’… Continue reading Union Minister says ISRO will develop “Spatial Data Infrastructure geoportal ‘Geo-Ladakh’ for UT-Ladakh”

Plan to install 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 to cost ₹2.44 trillion

Source: The post is based on the article “Plan to install 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 to cost ₹2.44 trillion” published in The Hindu on 8th December 2022 Contents1 What is the News?2 About the Committee to install 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 20302.1 Key Features of the Plan3 About… Continue reading Plan to install 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 to cost ₹2.44 trillion

UGC forms panel to work on textbooks in Indian languages

Source: The post is based on the article “UGC forms panel to work on textbooks in Indian languages” published in The Hindu on 8th December 2022 What is the News? The University Grants Commission has held a meeting with international publishers to discuss bringing out textbooks for undergraduate courses in Indian languages. About the panel… Continue reading UGC forms panel to work on textbooks in Indian languages

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