Paper- III | Current Hunt

AT-1 bond

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 27, 2023In: Paper- III, UPSCNo Comments

The Bombay High Court has set aside the decision to write-off Additional Tier-1 (AT1) bonds worth Rs 8,400 crore issued by Yes Bank Limited, giving relief to investors. It was placed under m... Read more

Non-natural light increases skyglow brightness by 9.2–10% per year with ecological, health and cultural impacts

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 27, 2023In: Paper- III, UPSCNo Comments

New study has found that non-natural light had increased the brightness of Skyglow, by 9.2-10% every year between 2011 and 2022 with significant ecological, health and cultural implications.... Read more

Norovirus

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 25, 2023In: Paper- III, UPSCNo Comments

Two cases of Norovirus in India have been found in the country’s southern state of Kerala. Kerala Health Department informed that two cases of Norovirus have been found in Ernakulam di... Read more

ChatGPT

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 24, 2023In: Paper- III, UPSCNo Comments

OpenAI (AI research and deployment company) opened its most recent and powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to users to test its capability.ChatGPT is a variant of GPT (Generative Pre-trained Trans... Read more

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz propose a “pan-transcriptome”

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 23, 2023In: Paper- III, UPSCNo Comments

Recently researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have proposed a “pan-transcriptome” that combines a transcriptome and a pan-genome. Mapping the transcriptome (t... Read more

Antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea outbreak seen in Kenya

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 19, 2023In: Paper- IIINo Comments

A strand of antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea outbreak has hit Kenya.Researchers have raised alarm, warning this infection is asymptomatic in some cases and can cause significant health chal... Read more

Shukrayaan-I

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 19, 2023In: Paper- III, UPSCNo Comments

Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Venus mission, called Shukrayaan-I, was expected to launch in December 2024, however, according to ISRO, it is yet to receive approval from... Read more

Zebrafish

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 14, 2023In: Paper- III, UPSCNo Comments

A protein found in the backbone of zebrafish that plays a positive role in disc maintenance and promotes regeneration in aged discs between vertebrae can have potential therapeutic implicati... Read more

Ozone layer

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 13, 2023In: Paper- III, UPSCNo Comments

U.N. report, earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years.While this is an achievement, the scie... Read more

Draft Rules of UGC-2023

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: January 12, 2023In: Paper- III, UPSCNo Comments

Higher education regulator University Grants Commission (UGC) released draft rules to allow foreign universities to set up their campuses in India. Key point Universities that are placed in... Read more