Table Of Contents Hybrid warfare Nerve agent Continental shelf Nano fertilizers Negative impact of high fiscal deficit Backwaters of Kottayam Business Advisory Committee 1. Hybrid warfare Subject: Science and tech Context: Early this month, the Chinese-only website of Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co, the company monitoring foreign targets, was pulled down Concept: It […]
Subject: Polity Context: The Congress and other opposition parties raised demands of discussion on issues of national security like the border situation with China, handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, economy and GST compensation to states in the first business advisory committee (BAC) meeting for Lok Sabha. Concept: The Business Advisory Committee of Lok Sabha consists […]
Subject: Geography Context: Tourism authorities filming pink blooms in backwater villages to ensure people around the world connected to the destinations. Concept: The backwaters in the Malabar Coast are called Backwaters are the shallow lagoons or inlets of the sea, lying parallel to the coastline. The backwaters have a unique ecosystem: freshwater from the rivers […]
Subject: Economy Context: Government deficit is possibly the most dominating issue in the global financial markets these days. Concept: A high government deficit leaves little for the private sector for investment and puts upward pressure on interest rates—also referred as crowding out. But in an open economy, the country can always import capital to naturalize […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: India will be self-reliant in fertiliser production by 2023 as new units are being set up with an investment of Rs 40,000 crore to reduce dependency on imports. Addressing a webinar organised by cooperative IFFCO for farmers of Karnataka, the minister said the government is promoting nano fertilisers . Concept: Nano […]
Subject: Geography Context: Turkey’s seismic research vessel Oruc Reis returned to waters near the southern province of Antalya NATO members Turkey and Greece have overlapping claims to continental shelves and rights to potential energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Tensions flared last month after Ankara sent Oruc Reis to map out possible oil and gas […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Tests performed on Russian politician Alexei Navalny at the German hospital showed the presence of Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. Concept: The name Novichok means “newcomer” in Russian, and applies to a group of advanced nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. They were known as fourth-generation […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Early this month, the Chinese-only website of Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co, the company monitoring foreign targets, was pulled down Concept: It targets individuals and institutions in politics, government, business, technology, media, and civil society. Claiming to work with Chinese intelligence, military and security agencies, Zhenhua monitors the subject’s digital footprint […]
Daily Prelims Topic Hybrid warfare Nerve agent Continental shelf Backwaters Fiscal Deficit and its adverse impact Business Advisory Committee Charter Act 1853 Indian Council Act 1862 Indian Council Act 1892 Indian Council Act 1909 Montagu Chelmsford ReformAct Daily Mapping Depsang, Gogra-Hotsprings, Galwan and Pangong Tso Greece, Cyprus and Turkey Backwaters Daily Facts Malnutrition: […]