Daily Current Affairs  – 9 January 2023

In News The first-ever Y20 (Youth 20) Summit is to be held in India on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. It will focus on themes of the future of work; climate change and disaster risk reduction; peacebuilding and reconciliation; and youth in democracy. About Y20 (Youth 20) Summit  Youth 20 (Y20) is the official […]

In News India and Japan will hold their first bilateral air exercise from January 12 to 26, in reflection of the growing defence ties amid increasing concerns over China’s military muscle-flexing in the Indo-Pacific region. About  The exercise ‘Veer Guardian-2023’ involving the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) will be […]

In News The Home Minister inaugurated  a 122-foot-tall statue of a polo player astride a Manipur Pony in Imphal. About Modern-day polo originated within the small northeast Indian state of Manipur in 3100 BC, where it was played as sagol kangjei (sagol means pony and kangjei is a game of sticks).  The Manipur Pony is […]

In News For the first-time, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue Sovereign Green Bonds (SgrBs) worth Rs 16,000 crore in two tranches of Rs 8,000 crore each in the current financial year. About RBI will issue 5-year and 10-year green bonds of Rs 4,000 crore each on January 25 and February 9. The […]

In News Jammu and Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha recently said Village Defence Guards would be set up in the UT. The scheme to set up VDGs in vulnerable areas of J&K was approved by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. What is a JK Village Defence Committee? The VDCs were first formed in the erstwhile […]

In News Project Sambandh helping families of Army personnel who die in non-battle scenarios. About Project Sambandh It is an initiative of Retired army officer and Shaurya Chakra awardee Colonel Vembu Shankar. It is a one-man philanthropic initiative to connect the Next of Kin (NoK) of ‘physical casualties’ in the Army – was made in […]

In News Recently, a research group has discovered a clear picture of superconductivity in Mercury. Key Points Discovery:  In 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity in mercury.  At a very low temperature, called the threshold temperature, solid mercury offers no resistance to the flow of electric current. The BCS theory: Mercury was later […]

In News Recently, the Government has started exploring storage options as the share of renewables increases in the grid. Key Points Current Scenario:  To operationally sustain a huge monthly addition of an average 1,000 megawatt from non-fossil fuels or renewables to the electricity grid, India needs to urgently work on developing viable energy storage options. […]

In News There are rising applications and ethical concerns in Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). What is Generative AI? It is a cutting-edge technological advancement type of artificial intelligence that involves creating new, original content or data using machine learning algorithms.  It can be used to generate text, images, music, or other types of media.  Generative […]

In News The recent easing of global prices has boosted fertilizer availability and cut the subsidy bill. More about the news The easing of global fertiliser prices has enabled the following: Improvement of overall availability significantly:  No major shortage of any fertilizer has been reported during the ongoing rabi cropping season. Augmented fertiliser availability, coupled […]