Subject: Science and tech Context: Scientists from the Institute of Nano Science & Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology have developed an oral nanomedicine for combating visceral leishmaniasis. Concept: Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by any species of Leishmania parasite. It is transmitted by the bite of an infected female sandfly. […]
Subject: Government initiative Context: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has developed a mobile App called ‘Harit Path’ Concept: It is mobile app to monitor the plantations through geo-tagging and web-basedGIS enabled monitoring tools. The app has been developed to monitor location, […]
General Studies-1 Aging population: According to a report by the Ministry of Statistics in 2018, the number of citizens over the age of 60 jumped 35.5 per cent, from 7.6 crore in 2001 to 10.3 crore in 2011. This is an all-time high since 1950, and is almost twice the rate at which […]
Daily Prelims Topic Harit path app Kala- Azar and Nanomedicine JCPOA Section 153 of the Representation of the People Act Classical dance Clean Plates Campaign S Mulgaonkar v Unknown (1978) case Lokayukta P notes Daily Mapping River Godavari & its tributaries such as Indravathi and Sabari River Krishna & its tributaries such as […]
Table Of Contents Swachh Survekshan 2020 Central Water Commission National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 India and Bangladesh Breach of privilege Science and Technology Indicators (STI), 2018 Prime Minister Employment Generation Program Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana 1. Swachh Survekshan 2020 Subject: Government scheme Context: […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana has been extended by one more year to June 30, 2021 and Centre announced that workers can directly claim 50 per cent of the average wage as against 25 per cent earlier, payable up to 90 days of joblessness Concept: The ESI Corporation has launched a scheme […]