Category: Prelims C A

Lab-grown Human Embryo
Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb.

Outer Space Treaty
Chandrayaan-3’s landing is motivating Indians to buy land on the Moon

Prelims Facts Corner – 08 September 2023
Fujianvenator, Horizon Europe, Gatekeepers, Purana Qila, Bharat-Vadya-Darshanam
Fugitive Economic Offenders Act and PMLA
Assets worth more than $12 billion had been attached since 2014 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and assets worth over $1.8 billion had been recovered under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA).

African Union
African Union (AU) is set to join the G-20 as negotiators agreed on clearing its membership.

ATMs in India
Hitachi Payment Services has unveiled India’s first ever’ United Payments Interface (UPI) –ATM which is set-up as a White Label ATM (WLA) in association with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

Multilateral Development Bank
As leaders gather for G-20 Summit in New Delhi, experts said securing consensus on multilateral development bank (MDB) reforms and adopting rigorous language regarding the phasing down of unabated fossil fuels could enhance India’s leadership role.

Prelims Facts Corner – 07 September 2023
Justice Amitava Roy Committee, Malaviya Mission, Zero Draft
Heat Index
Index article on the Hindu – What is heat index and why is it important to measure?
Plasma and States of Matter
Japan launches rocket with lunar lander and X-ray telescope to explore origins of the universe.
The mission is significant for delivering insight into the properties of hot plasma, the superheated matter that makes up much of the universe.

Pines’ demon
An elusive particle proposed in 1956 by theoretical physicist David Pines has just been discovered
Hathigumpha Inscription
Central government’s move to change the reference from ‘President of India’ to ‘President of Bharat’ on official G20 summit invitations.