UPSC Prelims News

UPSC Prelims News 16 January 2023

UPSC Prelims News of 16 January 2023 Local Bubble About The Local Bubble is a 1,000-light-year-wide cavity or a superbubble in an interstellar medium. Local bubble also exists in the Milky Way. The Local Bubble is not spherical, but seems...

UPSC Prelims News 5 January 2023

  UPSC Prelims News of 5 January 2023 Rise in Silent Valley Bird Species Context: Survey of birds in Silent Valley National Park has identified 141 species, of which 17 were new. With this, a total of 175 species of...

UPSC Prelims News 4 January 2023

  UPSC Prelims News of 4 January 2023 Rani Velu Nachiyar Tags: GS Paper 1: History: Zamindari system Context: The Prime Minister paid tributes to Rani Velu Nachiyar on her birth anniversary. Rani Velu Nachiyar was a queen of the Sivaganga...

UPSC Prelims News 3 January 2023

UPSC Prelims News of 3 January 2023 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) Context: India and Saudi Arabia are in discussion to sign a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to obtain formal assistance from each other in investigations related to criminal...

UPSC Prelims News 29 December 2022

  UPSC Prelims News of 29 December 2022 Dhanu Yatra Context: The ‘Dhanu Yatra’ festival, the largest open-air theatre festival began at Bargarh in Odisha. About Dhanu Yatra: Dhanu Yatra is an eleven day long annual open-air theatre festival stretching...

UPSC Prelims News 24 December 2022

UPSC Prelims News of 24 December 2022 KAVACH Protection System Context: ‘Kavach’ (Train Collision Avoidance System) is being implemented in Indian Railways in a phased manner. About: Development: The Kavach protection system has been under development since 2012 under the...

UPSC Prelims News 23 December 2022

UPSC Prelims News of 23 December 2022 TVS-2M Nuclear Fuel Context: Russian State-owned nuclear energy corporation (Rosatom) has offered a more advanced TVS-2M type fuel to the Kudankulam Nuclear power plant. More on the News: The first batch of TVS-2M...

UPSC Prelims News 19 December 2022

UPSC Prelims News of 19 December 2022 EAGLE Act Context: The House of Representatives in US will soon vote on the (Equal Access to Green Card for Legal Employment) EAGLE Act of 2022. About EAGLE Act: Objective: The act aims...

UPSC Prelims News 17 December 2022

UPSC Prelims News of 17 December 2022 Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary Context: The Delhi Forest Department is planning to procure electric cycles and golf carts to enable visits to the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. About Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary: Location:...

UPSC Prelims News 15 December 2022

UPSC Prelims News of 15 December 2022 Forabot Context: Researchers have developed and demonstrated a robot, named forabot, capable of sorting, manipulating and identifying microscopic marine fossils. Background: Foraminifera, also called forams, are simple protists (neither plant nor animal) that...