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In News The 46th World Heritage Committee Meeting will be hosted by India for the first time at Bharath Mandapam from July 21-31, 2024. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located. The World Heritage Convention addresses climate change, rapid urbanization, mass tourism,

Artificial Intelligence Nobel Prize for Physics 2024 awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with Artificial Neural Networks. Recurrent Neural Network Developed by Hopfield, the Recurrent Neural Network allows information flow in both directions, where neurons constantly interact with each other. The neurons learn and

Micro RNA News Nobel Prize in Medicine 2024 awarded for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. Micro RNA MicroRNAs, or miRNAs, are small, non-coding molecules of RNA. They are typically around 19-24 nucleotides long and play an important role in determining how much messenger

Space Debris Management News As per ISRO, the upper stage of the PSLV C-37 mission has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. The PSLV-C37 mission launched in 2017, with Cartosat-2D as the main payload along with another 103 satellites. It was the first mission to launch 104 satellites with a single vehicle. After injecting the satellites and passivation,

Classical Languages News The Government has extended the classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali. Languages already enjoying this status include Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Odia. The formation of such languages was established in October 2004, with Tamil becoming the first language. Criteria High antiquity and rich literary tradition recorded

BharatGen Overview The world’s first government-funded multimodal large language model initiative was launched by the Ministry of Science and Technology. It was created by IIIT IIT Bombay under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Objectives Creation of generative AI systems that can generate high-quality text

India and Maldives News Maldives is facing a debt default as its forex reserves have decreased to $400 million, which is enough only for one and a half months of imports. The two monetary authorities have entered into a currency swap agreement amounting to USD 400 million under the US Dollar/Euro Swap Window and INR

Global Digital Compact News: UN organized the Summit of the Future and adopted the Global Digital Compact (GDC). Need for multilateral as well as regional negotiations Emphasize jurisdictional, regional, and local needs Address the complexity of digital governance, as no single entity can fully capture it Way Forward Need for multilateral as well as regional

Shanghai Cooperation Organization The SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organization established on 2001 in Shanghai by Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyztan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its predecessor was the mechanism of the Shanghai Five. Currently, the SCO countries includes 9 Member States — India, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyztan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan; 3 Observers and 14