Page-6 of Current Affairs - December, 2022

Power Ministry and DRDO Sign MoU for Early Warning System

The Union Ministry of Power and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up early warning systems for vulnerable hydro projects or power stations in the hilly regions. What is ..

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CEBR Forecast on Indian Economy

In its annual ‘World Economic League Table’, the London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) predicted that India will become the third economic superpower by 2037. About the World Economic League Table The “World Economic League Table” is an ..

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Bar-headed Goose

The bar-headed geese were spotted at Rushikulya in Odisha’s Ganjam. About bar-headed goose The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is considered to be one of the world’s highest-flying birds. Native to Central Asia, this species is capable of flying through the ..

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RBI’s Revised Bank Locker Rules

The Reserve Bank of India’s revised bank locker rules will come to effect from January 1, 2023. What are the revised bank locker rules? The revised bank locker rules were released by the RBI on August 2021. All the existing ..

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Study: Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins May Go Extinct by 2100

A new research has found that if necessary conservation efforts are not taken, the populations of up to 97 percent of land-based Antarctic species could decline by the end of this century. About Antarctica’s biodiversity Antarctica has a unique species ..

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Project Vaani

Project Vaani will be implemented jointly by the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), ARTPARK (AI and Robotics Technology Park), and Google to gather speech data from across India for the creation of an AI-based language model that can understand diverse ..

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