Subject: Science and tech Context: An old drug formulation — RLF-100 — is being probed to treat Covid-19 patients after initial studies have shown that the drug is able to halt SARS-CoV-2 virus replication in lungs. Concept: RLF-100, also called Aviptadil, is a formulation of synthetic human Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP). VIP is released throughout the […]
Subject: Environment Context: Earth Overshoot Day 2020 falls on August 22, more than three weeks later than in 2019, according to Global Footprint Network Concept: Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. Earth Overshoot Day is […]
Subject: Environment Context: The UN environmental programme has released a report warning that fishing trawlers, seaweed farming, and tourism off the coast of Kenya is threatening the survival of seagrasses Concept: Seagrasses are flowering marine plants that have adapted to survive in marine conditions. They are mostly found in shallow sandy bottom habitats and can form dense […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Union Tribal Affairs Minister has e-launched “Swasthya” portal Concept: ‘Swasthya’ is the first of its kind comprehensive platform for health and nutrition related information of the tribal population of India. It has a dashboard, knowledge repository, partner segment, Sickle Cell Diseases (SCD) support corner. The dashboard presents data curated from multiple sources […]
Subject: History Context: Dadabhai Naoroji presented the first estimates of poverty in his 1877 paper ‘Poverty in India’, subsequently published in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India in 1899. These estimates were closely linked to the idea of freedom not just from the British rule but also from a life of poverty. Concept: […]
Subject: Polity Context: Supreme Court has held advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for his tweets against Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Supreme Court. Concept: Contempt of court, as a concept that seeks to protect judicial institutions from motivated attacks and unwarranted criticism, and as a legal mechanism to punish those […]
Subject: Environment Context: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has proposed a draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020, that seeks to replace the notification which goes back to 2006. Concept: Environment Impact Assessment or EIA can be defined as the study to predict the effect of a proposed activity/project on the environment. A decision […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Sports Minister has virtually launched the Fit India Freedom Run, a country-wide event that promises to become a fitness phenomenon (between August 15 and October 2) Concept: The Fit India Movement is a movement to take the nation on a path of fitness and wellness. It provides a unique and exciting opportunity to work […]
Subject: Economy Context: India’s wholesale prices contracted for the fourth straight month in July, official data showed. Concept: Inflation can be described as the general rise in the price of goods and services in an economy over time. It’s calculated by tracking the increase in prices of essentials. The primary index that tracks the change […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: ISRO recently released some images of the Moon captured by Chandrayaan-2 and one of the craters has been named after Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space programme Concept: Sarabhai crater is about 250 to 300 kilometres east of the crater where the Apollo 17 and Luna 21 Missions […]