January 2023

ISRO’s Venus Mission SHUKRAYAAN-1 could be postponed to 2031
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
An advisor to the space science programme recently said that the Indian Space Research Organisation is yet to receive approval from the Indian government for

First evidence of Solitary Wave near Mars found by Indian Scientists
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
A research team from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has recently identified and

What is Duty drawback scheme (DDS)?
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
Recently the GST authorities found that exporters are misusing the government’s duty drawback scheme (DDS) by claiming it along with refunds of integrated goods and

Snow Leopard
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
Recently 4 snow leopards were spotted in a rare sighting in Himachal Pradesh. About Snow Leopard It is found in the mountainous regions of central and southern

What is a Black Box/Flight Recorder?
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
Both black boxes from the crashed Yeti Airlines flight in Nepal have been discovered, Kathmandu airport officials said recently. Why in News Search teams retrieved

Mayan Civilization
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
Recently, researchers have discovered the ruins of a large Mayan town buried beneath the rainforest while surveying northern Guatemala from the air. Why in News?

Yakutsk city
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
Temperatures plunged to minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) recently in Russia’s Yakutsk during an abnormally long cold snap in the Siberian city known as

Default bail
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
What is a Default bail ? Recent, the Supreme Court said that grant of default bail will not operate as an absolute bar to canceling

Advance Medical Directive/Living will
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
Recently, a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court (SC) questioned the utility of executing an advanced medical directive in India when a person is anyway

India’s concerns regarding China’s proposed Medog Hydropower Project in Tibet
- By edvanceupsc
- . January 21, 2023
Concerns over China’s proposed 60,000 MW hydropower in Medog, Tibet are influencing the design of a proposed hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district.