U.K. to join trans-Pacific partnership trade treaty #GS02 Context: The U.K. on Friday acceded to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak describing the outcome as an example of “post-Brexit freedoms”. The agreement will now need to be […]
Australia Seeks a Diversified Market for Lithium Export #GS01 Context: Australia would rather have a diversified market for its lithium exports — and this includes India — than they all be cornered by the U.S., Don Farrell, Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism said in […]
CERT-in may be exempted from giving information under RTI Act, says the Centre #GS02 Context: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) may soon be exempt from responding to queries under the Right to Information Act, the government informed Parliament on Friday. The Department of […]
Government vows swifter nod for exporters #GS03 Context: New foreign trade policy aims at tripling goods and services exports by 2030; apart from a one-time amnesty, no major schemes announced Points to ponder: The Government of India revealed a new Foreign Policy that shifts away […]
GPT-4 — a shift from ‘what it can do’ to ‘what it augurs’ Context: The advent of large language models raises the question about building models that leave out society’s concerns Introduction: OpenAI has developed a new AI language model called GPT-4, which is an […]
Vaikom, a satyagraha, and the fight for social justice #GS1 Context: The Vaikom temple street entry movement in Kerala, with a resonance in Tamil Nadu, is a struggle that set India on the path of equality and justice for all. Points to ponder: The Vaikom […]
ISRO releases images of Earth captured by its EOS-06 satellite #GS3 Points to Ponder: Images of Earth taken by the EOS-06 satellite have been published by the Indian Space Research Organisation. According to the space agency, the pictures are mosaics created by the ISRO’s National […]
Back to school: 22.7 lakh adults gained literacy and numeracy skills this year #GS1 Context: Ambitious plan: The New India Literacy Programme has targeted literacy for up to one crore adults in the year 2023-24 Points to ponder: 22.7 lakh adults from 10 Indian states […]
Drugs for rare diseases get customs duty relief #GS3 Context: The center issues a waiver to offer substantial cost savings for those in need of such treatments; pembrolizumab (Keytruda) used in the treatment of various cancers also gets the same concession. Points to ponder: The […]