Subject: Polity Context: The information technology (IT) parliamentary committee is divided on summoning Facebook executives to clarify reports of bias towards the BJP in censoring hate speech. Concept: Committees are formed to see that Parliament functions effectively, discuss Bills referred to them by the presiding officers. These MPs assemble during and between sessions, invite officials […]
Subject: Reports Context: National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020 has been released by the Indian Council of Medical Research Concept: It estimates there will be 13.9 lakh cases of cancer in India in 2020, and that this number is likely to rise to 15.7 lakh by 2025. According to the data, tobacco-related cancers will account for […]
Subject: IR Context: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, who was next in line to become the chief election commissioner in 2021 resigned from his post to join the Asian Development Bank. Concept: ADB was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one […]
Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India has unveiled the framework for setting up of pan-India Umbrella Entity for Retail Payments Concept: The entity will be tasked with setting up, managing, and operating new payment systems in the retail space. It may operate as a ‘for-profit’ organisation, the RBI said. The entity formed shall be […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Supreme Court of India dismissed a petition filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) demanding the transfer of funds from PM CARES Fund to the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF). Concept: NDRF The National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), constituted under Section 46 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, supplements SDRF of a […]
Subject: Environment Context: Madras High Court rejected a plea by Vedanta-owned Sterlite Copper seeking permission to reopen its massive copper smelter in the southern port city of Thoothukudi. Concept : The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has developed the criteria of categorization of industrial sectors based on the Pollution Index. Pollution Index […]
Subject: Science and tech Context : Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is all set to direct telecom companies to undertake an “information security audit” of their networks and submit the report by October end Concept : An information security audit is a step-by-step assessment of the complete network infrastructure which checks for the equipment installed and […]
Daily Prelims Topic NDRF vs PMCARES Entity for retail payments systems. Asian development bank National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020 Job Quota Information Audit Parliamentary Committee Red category industry Asian Development Bank Daily Facts Urbanization: Home to 461 million people, and generating 63 per cent of the country’s GDP, India’s cities are at […]