CURRENT AFFAIRS

The proposed Upper Siang Multipurpose Mega Project is facing continuous opposition from environmental activists and local communities of Arunachal Pradesh.

It is a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit (at an altitude of between 370-460 km).

Tribunals are institutions established for discharging judicial or quasi-judicial duties.  

A report by a joint committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has noted high levels of chromium contamination in groundwater in areas around Sukinda Valley, posing a serious health hazard. 

The landmark Kesavananda Bharati judgement, 1973 which propounded the basic structure doctrine completed 51 years.

In the year 2023, both the houses of Parliament passed the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Bill.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Kolkata have developed an improved AI technique to forecast solar power generation.

Thazhakara Gram Panchayat of Kerala has published the second volume of People's Biodiversity Register (PBR). Thazhakara has become the first Gram Panchayat in Alappuzha to update and publish PBR with the participation of local communities. 

According to a research, the number of people affected by extreme levels of humid heat during monsoon in India has increased by at least 67 crores between the year 1951 and the year 2020. 

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has finalised a new model of Producer Price Index (PPI) to efficiently measure input prices in the economy and shared it with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).