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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.
News: The Russia-Ukraine crisis has impacted the Indian tea exports to the region into disarray with port disruptions and payment delays hitting shipments. About India’s Tea exports to Russia Russia is among the top two buyers of Indian tea (the other being Iran) accounting for about 18% of the total tea exports. However, Indian tea… Continue reading India’s tea industry is on tenterhooks as Russia wages war on Ukraine
News: IPCC (Intergovernmental panel on climate change) has released its 6th assessment report, titled ‘Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’. In its report, IPCC discusses the increasing extreme heat, rising oceans, melting glaciers, falling agricultural productivity, resultant food shortages and increase in diseases like dengue and Zika. What the IPCC’s 6th assessment report says about climate change? … Continue reading Our Politicians in denial of climate change
News: Ukraine crisis is threatening the US-Russia space cooperation. It will have implications for the space programs of US. The Russian-American space cooperation started with the first Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975. This area of cooperation withstood the Cold War and several other geopolitical differences between the two nations. International Space Station (ISS) is a shining… Continue reading US not ready for a solo space ride
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 – March 5th, 2022
News: India is home to more than 4 million waste pickers, who are the backbone of traditional waste management in most Indian cities. Yet, they are one of the most marginalised groups of Indian society and are at the very bottom of the socio-economic chain. The fact that they have feeble access to the government… Continue reading Waste Pickers need policy report
News: As the situation in Ukraine has worsened, some 20,000-odd students who had gone to Ukraine for medical education have returned back. However, one big question is how they’ll continue their interrupted education, especially if the Ukraine crisis doesn’t ease in the near term. What leads to students opting for foreign education esp. medical education? … Continue reading Bitter pill, again
News: Government has released Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022. Read – Salient features of Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022 The policy would govern, “all data and information created/generated/collected/archived by the Government of India”. State Governments will also be free to adopt the provisions of the policy. What are the… Continue reading Why draft data accessibility policy is dangerous
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Kavach?3 Features of Kavach4 What is the significance of Kavach? What is the News? Union Minister of Railways has inspected the trial of ‘Kavach’ working system in Secunderabad Division of South Central Railway. What is Kavach? KAVACH is an indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection(ATP) System for Indian Railways.… Continue reading Union Minister of Railways inspects the trial of Kavach System
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Modernisation Plan Scheme for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)?3 Significance of the Scheme: 4 What are the Central Armed Police Forces(CAPFs)? What is the News? The government has approved the scheme – Modernisation Plan-IV for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in continuation of the scheme “Modernisation Plan-III for… Continue reading Government has approved the scheme – Modernisation Plan-IV for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)
