Page-4 of Current Affairs - April, 2024

Mapping Indian Ocean Floor for Climate and Weather Prediction

April 27, 2024

India is the country being surrounded by the Indian Ocean, plays a critical role in understanding ocean currents and their impact on weather and climate prediction. A recent study by scientists at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services ..

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Madras HC Directs Tamil Nadu Government to Implement Guidelines for Eliminating Corporal Punishment

April 27, 2024

The Madras High Court has instructed the Tamil Nadu government to implement the Guidelines for Elimination of Corporal Punishment in Schools (GECP) provided by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). Justice S M Subramaniam issued the directive ..

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Astronomers Detect Rare Giant Flare from Magnetar

April 27, 2024

Scientists have detected the most distant-known instance of a giant flare from a magnetar, a type of neutron star with immensely strong magnetic fields, residing in the Messier 82 (M82) galaxy, also known as the “Cigar Galaxy.” The flare, a ..

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China Launches Shenzhou-18 Mission

April 27, 2024

Recently, China launched the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft carrying a three-member crew to its orbiting Tiangong space station. The mission is part of China’s ambitious space program, which aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-18 spacecraft lifted off ..

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2024 Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC)

April 27, 2024

The 2024 Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) reveals that nearly 282 million people across 59 countries and territories experienced high levels of acute hunger in 2023. This study shows a global increase of 24 million from the previous year, ..

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RBI Curbs on Kotak Bank

April 27, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed Kotak Mahindra Bank to immediately stop onboarding new customers through online and mobile banking channels. The central bank also barred the private lender from issuing fresh credit cards, citing significant concerns observed during ..

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Article 244(A) and Autonomy Issue in Assam

April 27, 2024

In the tribal-majority Diphu Lok Sabha constituency of Assam, which went to polls on April 26, 2024, the implementation of Article 244(A) of the Indian Constitution has emerged as a key election promise by candidates across all political parties. This ..

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Microsoft Introduces Phi-3-mini

April 27, 2024

Microsoft has unveiled Phi-3-mini, the smallest model in its new Phi-3 family of open AI models. Phi-3-mini, with just 3.8 billion parameters, is claimed to be the most capable and cost-effective small language model (SLM) available. Despite its small size, ..

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