Page-3 of Current Affairs - May, 2024

What Is Wet Bulb Temperature? – Explained

May 30, 2024

India is currently dealing with a very hot spell that is hurting many states, such as Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Rajasthan. The combination of high temperatures and high humidity is having a big effect on daily life. Understanding Humidity ..

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Indian Peacekeeper Wins 2023 UN Military Gender Advocate Award

May 29, 2024

Major Radhika Sen, an Indian peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), won the prestigious UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year award in 2023. This award was given to her because of her outstanding service and active ..

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IIT Bombay, TCS Develop India’s First Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager

May 29, 2024

IIT Bombay and TCS, India’s biggest IT services company, are working together to make the country’s first quantum diamond computer imager. This technology was just announced and it looks like it will completely change how semiconductor chips are inspected. What ..

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Dubai Launches Gaming Visa for Global Industry Leadership

May 29, 2024

The Dubai Gaming Visa was just made available as part of the Dubai Program for Gaming 2033 (DPG 2033). The goal of this project is to make Dubai a major player in the world gaming market by 2033. The visa ..

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China Proposes ‘One Person, One File’ Surveillance Escalation

May 29, 2024

“One Person, One File” (OPOF) is a program suggested by the government of Shanghai that would make digital surveillance and censorship much stricter in China. According to experts, the plan includes installing more facial recognition cameras and making detailed personal ..

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New Zealand Visa Rule: Mandatory English Translations from 2024

May 29, 2024

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) will add a new requirement to all applications for guest visas. Now, supporting papers sent with applications must be in English or have certified translations with them if they were written in a language other than ..

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RBI Governor Unveils Key Financial Initiatives for 2023

May 29, 2024

To make financial services easier to get to and better at what they do, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das recently launched three big projects: the Pravaah site, the Retail Direct Mobile App, and a FinTech Repository. These plans came from what ..

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Government Cracks Down on SMS Scam Entities

May 29, 2024

As part of the Sanchar Saathi program, the Department of Telecom (DoT) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) have recently taken strong steps to stop SMS fraud. Over 10,000 fake texts sent in the last three months have been ..

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Urbanization Boosts Night-Time Warming in Indian Cities: Study

May 29, 2024

A new study from the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar shows that more people living in cities is making the nights much warmer in over 140 major Indian cities. The study that compared these urban areas to their non-urban peers ..

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Amazon Rainforest Facing Critical Recovery Challenges

May 29, 2024

New study has found a worrying trend in the Amazon rainforest, more than a third of this important ecosystem is having a hard time recovering from repeated droughts. Some research on this topic was released on May 20, 2024, in ..

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