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India Employment Report 2024 | UPSC

India Employment Report 2024 The India Employment Report 2024 was recently released by the Institute for Human Development and International Labour Organisation (ILO). There have been “paradoxical improvements” in labour market indicators such as the labour force participation rate, workforce participation rate, and unemployment rate in India in recent years after long-term deterioration from 2000-2019.

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Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD): Meaning, Phases, Impacts | UPSC

Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD): Meaning, Phases, Impacts | UPSC Context: The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in its Global Seasonal Climate Update for March-April-May 2024 has reported that the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) index is predicted to stay positive but is anticipated to return to near normal. Analysis The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) refers to the

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The Anthropocene Epoch: Definition, Significance, and Controversies | UPSC

Anthropocene Epoch: Meaning and Debates Context: Scientists recently proposed to formalise an ‘Anthropocene Epoch’ on the geologic time scale, triggering several debates. Analysis Background The Geologic Time Scale is the “calendar” for events in Earth history. All 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history are split into—in descending order of duration—Eons, Eras, Periods, Epochs and Ages

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Virtual Reality Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality | UPSC

Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality vs. Mixed Reality Context: When Apple unveiled its Vision Pro in June 2023, it called the device a “revolutionary spatial computer”. It also told the developers to call their apps ‘spatial computing apps’ — not augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), or mixed reality (MR) apps. But most tech enthusiasts

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