Table Of Contents Fiscal deficit and Controller General of Account Index of eight Core industries Extreme Climatic events GST Accelerate Vigyaan State of the World Population Report 2020 G4 Flu virus Globba Andersonii Plant Namami Ganga 1. Fiscal deficit and Controller General of Account Subject: Economy Context: Central government has reported that its […]
Context: The World Bank has approved a five year loan to the Namami Gange project worth ₹3,000 crore ($400 million) to develop and improve infrastructure projects to abate pollution in the river basin. Concept: Namami GangeProgramme is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in June 2014 with budget […]
Subject: Environment Context: Researchers have “rediscovered” a rare plant species called Globbaandersonii from the Sikkim Himalayas near the Teesta river valley region after a gap of nearly 136 years. Concept: It is “critically endangered” and “narrowly endemic”, the species is restricted mainly to Teesta River Valley region which includes the Sikkim Himalays and Darjeeling hill ranges. Plant […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Researchers in China have discovered a new strain of the influenza virus which they claim has the potential to turn into a pandemic. Concept: The scientists identified the virus through surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs that they carried out from 2011 to 2018 in ten provinces of China. They […]