Daily Practice Sheet 20 March 2021
- March 20, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPS
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Daily Practice Sheet
20 March 2021
Daily Prelims Topic
- MMDR Amendment Bill
- National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA)
- Regent honeyeater (Anthochaeraphrygia)
- World Happiness Report
- Moscow summit on Afghanistan
- Vaccine Wastage
- Diatom test
- Milan 2T
- Constitutional order passed on loksabha
- State resolution on central law
- Global hunger index
- Tanzania first woman president – SamiaSuluhu Hassan
- MMRD amendment bill
- Diatom test
- Aluminium air battery
- SAMAAR CAMPAIGN
- TRISHNA MISSION
Daily Mapping
- Dushanbe (Tajikistan capital)
- Ranthambhore national park
Daily Data
Crimes against SC/ST
- More than 35,000 cases of crimes against SC/STs were registered in 2019
- 9 per cent of prisoners are from SC/ST and OBC communities.
Emission from Steel industry
- The global steel industry contributes 6-7% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, thanks to the use of carbon as the main reducing agent as also as a fuel for steel production.
- GHG emissions of the Indian steel industry are 2.0-2.8 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of crude steel, against global average of 1.8 tonne of CO2.
Daily Mains Mantra
GS3: Polity
- Identity politics has been major driver of Indian politics. Comment. Do you think politics based on identity is a threat to democracy? [Reference: Indian Express]
GS2: Governance
- “From schooling to learning: For India to make this shift, it must reform the Right to Education Act”. Comment: [Reference: India Times]
GS3: Environment