Table Of Contents Changpa Community Coronal heating of sun Electronics incentive schemes Kohala hydroelectric power project MGNREGA Arsenicum Album 30 Sixth mass extinction 1. Changpa Community Subject: Geography Context: The ongoing Chinese army intrusion in Chumur and Demchok has left Changpa community cut off from large parts of summer pastures. Concept: The Changpa are a […]
Subject: Economy Context: International rating agency Moody’s downgraded India’s sovereign rating by a notch to Baa3 from Baa2 with a negative outlook over a weak reform push contributing to a prolonged period of slow growth that it expects to continue beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. Concept: There are four main reasons why Moody’s has taken the […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Union Government launched PM SVANIDHI – Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmanirbharNidhi Concept: It is a special micro-credit facility scheme for providing affordable loan to street vendors. The scheme is aimed at enabling the street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been adversely affected due to COVID-19 lockdown. Under the scheme, each […]
Subject: Geography Context: Cyclone Nisarga is expected to make landfall on June 3 which is headed towards the coastline of north Maharashtra and south Gujarat. Concept: IMD’s Cyclone E-Atlas, which has been tracking cyclones and weather depressions over the north Indian Ocean, said no weather system has turned into a cyclone and made landfall near Mumbai along […]
Subject: IR Context: The concept of ‘air bridges’ and ‘bubbles’ is gaining prominence as countries are looking for restarting international flights. Concept: “Air bubbles” or “air bridges” are joining jurisdictions that have largely eliminated the cornovirus, and trust in each other’s testing and case numbers. Australia and New Zealand could lead the way with a […]
Subject: Geography Context: Monsoon has arrived in Kerala and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced that the normal onset of monsoon has begun with most of Kerala being now covered under monsoon as of 1 June 2020 Concept: The normal date of onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala i.e. the first place of entry in the […]
Subject: Science and Tech/ Economy Context: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has issued a statement that there has been no compromise of data on the BHIM app, after Israeli cybersecurity firm vpnMentor’s claims that it had discovered a breach of personal records of around 7 million Indians used to onboard them to the […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The World Health Organization on Monday confirmed a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, just as an initial outbreak appeared to be ending. Concept: Causative agent Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a deadly disease with occasional outbreaks that occur primarily on the African […]
Subject: Economy Context: A SEBI-constituted panel on social stock exchange has suggested that non-profit organisations can directly list on such a bourse through issuance of bonds. Concept: The panel was set up by SEBI in September 2019 under the Chairmanship of Ishaat Hussain to suggest possible structures and regulations for creating SSE to facilitate listing […]
Subject:Arts and culture/ Environment Context: Ministry of Tourism has organized DekhoApnaDesh webinar titled ‘The Tenacity of Survival -Inspirational story of Kutch’ Concept: Kutch is a land of salt desert, grasslands and mangroves. Interestingly, the mangroves here are known for an amazing phenomenon of being world’s only Inland Mangrove. The Rann of Kutch alone produces three-fourth […]