Daily Practice Sheet 14 July 2021

  • July 14, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

14 July 2021

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  1. India to display relics of St. Ketevan
  2. Landslide destroys houses in Himachal
  3. J&K parties barred from paying tributes on Martyrs’ Day
  4. Funding gap may stump ‘Housing for All’ goal
  5. Kármán line
  6. Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary
  7. Cabinet Committee
  8. Booster Doses
  9. Water pollution caused by detergents
  10. Few electron bubbles (FEBs) in superfluid helium
  11. Antimicrobial resistance
  12. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL
  13. Input Tax Credit

Daily Facts

E-waste:

  • India is currently the world’s third largest producer of e-waste after the US and China.

NCD:

  • The share of non-communicable and injury-related neurological disorders in India’s total disease burden more than doubled in the past three decades, according to a new study.
  • In 2019, most of the cases of neurological disorders recorded were non-communicable (82.8 per cent) like stroke, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other diseases, according to the paper published in The Lancet Global Health.

Dairy Sector:

  • In India, dairying is dominated by small farmers and about 95 per cent of milk comes from the farmers having 3-5 animals. 

Contribution to greenhouse gas emission:

  • Dairy sector 3 per cent of emissions
  • Industrial (21 per cent)
  • Transportation (14 per cent)

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Society

  1. Socio-economic empowerment is more effective than coercive methods. Discuss. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 1: Geography

  1. Discuss the Malthusian and Neo Malthusian theory of population. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Polity

  1. What do you understand cabinet committees? [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. What do you understand by corporate governance? Discuss the role of independent director in it. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Discuss the epidemiological transition in India. Explain the reason behind this. [Reference: DownToEarth]
  2. What do you understand by bovine economy? Discuss its various issues in India. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Environment

  1. How big is the challenge of e- waste problem? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Security

  1. Critically examine the legal framework to counter terrorism and extremism in India. [Reference: Indian Express]
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