Daily Mapping Kali River: India –Nepal boundary Gir Naku-La Dibru-Saikhowa National Park and Maguri-Motapung wetland. Daily Mains Mantra GS 2: Governance What do you understand by public health care? Discuss its significance. [Reference: The Hindu] GS 2: IR Critically examine the limitations of the G7. Why it needs to be expanded? [Reference: […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The Union Health Minister has said “social vaccines” are available solution to fight the pandemic (Covid-19). Concept: A social vaccine is a metaphor for a series of social and behavioural measures like social distancing, wearing masks that governments can use to raise public consciousness about unhealthy situations through social mobilization. Social mobilization […]
Subject: Economy Context: According to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Cayman Islands has emerged as the fifth largest investor in India, with foreign direct investment from the nation increasing over three-fold to USD 3.7 billion in 2019-20 Concept: India had received FDI worth USD one billion in 2018-19 and USD […]
Subject: Economy Context: Government is looking for second “generation reform” that is necessary to give a structural push to growth by consolidating and privatizing CPSEs. Concept: Finance Minister said a new coherent PSE policy will be announced, opening all sectors to private players with public sector enterprises (PSEs) playing an important role in defined areas. […]
Subject: Economy Context: India’s foreign exchange reserves hit an all-time high of $493.48 billion for the week ended May 29, according to the RBI data Concept: The Forex Reserves (‘foreign exchange reserves’) of an economy is its ‘foreign currency assets’ added with its gold reserves, SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) and Reserve Tranche in the IMF. The RBI Act, 1934 provides […]
Subject: Polity Context: Parliament is going to have hybrid monsoon session where some members being physically present in the House while others attending on a virtual platform Concept: After assessing the physical and digital infrastructure for the options to conduct Parliament sessions amid the pandemic, it was found that chambers face space constraint, given the physical […]