Table Of Contents Basic structure Foreign Contribution Regulation Act Eco-sensitive zone, Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary Asteroids Stagflation, recession, CPI, WPI Malabar Rebellion GEAC AND Nod for BT brinjal Rashtriya Poshan Maah International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle UNICEF and COVAX A comprehensive set of draft guidelines on […]
Consumer Affairs Ministry has come out with draft guideline on advertisements to prevent misleading advertisements and protect consumer interests. For an advertisement to be considered valid, companies will need to ensure their ads are truthful, contain honest representation and make claims that can be substantiated. They will also need to ensure that advertisements targeted at […]
Subject: IR Context: Amidst the race amongst individual nations to get hold of a Covid-19 vaccine, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will undertake the responsibility of procuring and supplying an effective vaccine to about 92 low and middle-income countries of the world under the Covax Global Vaccines Facility. Concept: UNICEF UNICEF promotes the rights […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: India has for the second time successfully flight-tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV). Concept: HSTDV is an unmanned scramjet technology demonstrator that can cruise up to a speed of mach 6 (or six times the speed of sound) and rise up to an altitude of 32 kilometres in 20 seconds. […]
Subject: IR Context: Union Environment Minister is chairing a webinar on the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on, September 7, 2020. Concept: The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution to hold an International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on December 19, 2019, during its 74th session and invited the […]
Subject: Government initiative Context: The 3rd RashtriyaPoshanMaah is being celebrated during the month of September 2020. Ministry of Women and Child Development, being the nodal Ministry for POSHAN Abhiyaan, is celebrating the PoshanMaah in convergence with partner Ministries and departments, at National, States/UTs, Districts, and grass root level. Concept: POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) is India’s flagship programme, launched in […]
Subject: Environment Context: An approval given for confined field trials to two new Btbrinjal varieties for biosafety evaluation by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) in seven States has left many curious about the government’s stand on genetically modified (GM) crops. Concept: GEAC Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) is the appraisal body that allows for […]
Subject: History Context: A report submitted to the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) in 2016 had recommended the de-listing of Wagon Tragedy victims and Malabar Rebellion leaders from a book on martyrs of India’s freedom struggle. Concept: It was part of the Khilafat Movement, which demanded that the British preserve the Ottoman sultan as […]
Subject: Economy Context: Decoding GDP contraction Findings: Compared to the first quarter of last year, the income split showed growth in agriculture, minor declines in financial services, utilities (like electricity and water) and public administration, and major declines in retail, transportation, manufacturing, hotels, and construction. The expenditure split showed growth in government spending, private consumption […]
Subject: Geography Context: Asteroid 465824 2010 FR was expected to cross the Earth’s orbit on September 6. Concept: Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun, much smaller than planets. They are also called minor planets. According to NASA, 994,383 is the count for known asteroids, the remnants from the formation of the solar system […]