GS Paper - III
The Union Cabinet approved India’s first mission to Venus which ISRO aims to launch in March 2028. This is the country’s second interplanetary mission after the Mars Orbiter Mission launched in 2013. The Venus mission is meant to study the planet from an orbit around it.
GS Paper - III
As cities across India report a surge in dengue cases, a record number of cases have been reported around the world this year with Brazil and other South American countries worst affected. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the number of dengue cases has been increasing year-on-year.
GS Paper - II
Travel may be the most effective weapon to slow down the process of ageing, a new study published in the Journal of Travel Research.
GS Paper - III
South America is witnessing its worst forest fire season in nearly two decades, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year. Satellite data analysed by Brazil’s space research agency INPE has spotted 346,112 fire hotspots so far this year in all 13 countries of South America, surpassing the previous record of 345,322 hotspots in 2007.
