Daily Current Affairs  – 13 December 2021

In News  Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, has been awarded the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. She is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize. About Ramanujan Prize Ramanujan Prize was […]

In Context  A black box is being built in Australia that will record the Earth’s warming weather patterns. About Earth’s Black Box It will be constructed in Tasmania, an Australian island state off the south coast.  Tasmania was chosen for its relative geopolitical and environmental safety. It is a 33-foot-long box made of 3-inch-thick steel […]

In News Successful tests of Pinaka Extended Range (ER) multi-barrel rocket launcher system, Area Denial Munitions (ADM) and indigenously developed fuzes have been carried out at various test ranges. About  Pinaka-ER  The Pinaka-ER Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System was successfully tested at the Pokharan range.  It is the upgraded version of the earlier Pinaka version […]

In Context The recent ambush and killings have once again brought the continuing insurgencies in the Northeast to the fore. Reasons for armed insurgency/conflicts Unique tribal & ethnic divisions: Ethno- communal conflicts, local vs migrants, dominant tribal groups (Nagas raising, NSCN (IM) & (K), ULFA etc).  Historical reasons for the conflict: Historical connections among tribes […]

In News The PM noted that the deposits worth Rs 76 lakh crore were insured under the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) Act providing full coverage to around 98 per cent of bank accounts. About Amendment to DICGC: The Centre had passed an amendment to the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act […]

Context The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be rocketed into orbit no earlier than December 22.  The Webb telescope is said to be the scientific successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble Space Telescope It is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency.  It was launched and deployed […]

In News As per the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and State Forest and Police Authorities between 2018 and 2020 about 2054 cases were registered for killing or illegal trafficking of wild animals in India.  About WCCB has conducted a number of species-specific enforcement operations with coordination of State Enforcement Agencies. WCCB is a statutory multi-disciplinary […]

In News  Recently, A controversy erupted in Kerala over the reappointment of Gopinath Ravindran as the Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University by the Governor of the state. The disputes are, quite naturally, more common in states run by political rivals of the party running the Union government, which appoints the Governors through the President of India. […]