Current Affairs Today - Current Affairs - 2024
Tamil Nadu Conducts Nilgiri Tahr Survey with IUCN Observer
The Tamil Nadu government is conducting a three-day synchronised survey of the Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius), the State animal. The survey aims to estimate the population of the endangered species, which once roamed the Anamalai and Nilgiris landscape. The International ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2024
Category: Environment Current Affairs
RBI Releases Digital Lending – Transparency in Aggregation of Loan Products from Multiple Lenders
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued draft guidelines titled “Digital Lending – Transparency in Aggregation of Loan Products from Multiple Lenders” to promote transparency in the digital lending space. The guidelines propose that Lending Service Providers (LSPs) should ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2024
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2024
Ozone Depletion and Its Impact on Antarctic Biota
A recent study published in the journal Global Change Biology has raised concerns about the persistent ozone depletion over Antarctica and its potential consequences for the region’s plant and animal species. The study highlights that the ozone hole, which forms ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2024
Category: Environment Current Affairs
World’s First Personalised mRNA Vaccine for Melanoma Undergoing Trials
A groundbreaking personalised mRNA vaccine for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is currently undergoing Phase III clinical trials in the United Kingdom. The vaccine, developed by Moderna and Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD), is designed to help a ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2024
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Sunita Williams Set to Pilot Boeing Starliner Spacecraft
Sunita Williams, a veteran Indian American astronaut, is preparing for her third space mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). She will be piloting Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on its inaugural crewed flight, known as the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2024
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs