Subject: Geography Context: Geophysicist Roger Bilham has said Himalayas the only place in the world where a large quake can occur on land Concept: In both C-C convergence and C-O convergence, there is the formation of fold mountains and frequent occurrence of earthquakes. This is because of the sudden release of friction between the subducting plate […]
Subject: Economy Context: India’s foreign exchange reserves jumped by a record $11.9 billion in the week ending July 31 to hit a fresh high of $534.5 billion, making it the fifth largest holder of reserves in the world. Concept: The Forex Reserves (‘foreign exchange reserves’) of an economy is its ‘foreign currency assets’ added with its gold reserves, SDRs […]
Subject: Government organisation Context: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are now a familiar sight at most of the natural calamities or man-made disasters in India. Concept: The Disaster Management Act has statutory provisions for constitution of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for the purpose of specialized response to natural and man-made disasters. The practice of […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Investigators have found the “black boxes” of the ill-fated Boeing 737-800 aircraft which get crashed at Kozhikode Concept: The black boxes are two orange metallic boxes containing the recorders which date back to the early 1950s, when, following plane crashes, investigators were unable to arrive a conclusive cause for the […]
On this Day In 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a “quit India” motion and campaign by the All-India Congress In 1945, US drops second atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Nagasaki, Japan, destroying part of the city Daily Prelims Topic Black boxes National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Foreign exchange reserves Himalayan earth […]