Subject: International Organization Context: India assumed the role of chair of International Labour Organisation body from October 2020. Concept: The ILO was created in 1919 by the Versailles Peace Treaty. After the demise of the League of Nations, it became the first specialized agency associated with the UN. Its secretariat is in Geneva, Switzerland. It […]
Subject: Economy Context: Central bank believes monetary policy needs to remain accommodative despite inflationary pressures, according to the minutes of the monetary policy committee. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left interest rates unchanged at that meeting, as expected. Concept: The MPC is a statutory and institutionalized framework under the RBI Act, 1934, for maintaining price […]
Subject: Polity Context: The conduct of local body elections will ensure good governance said Lt. Governor of puducherry. Concept: 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments were passed by Parliament in December, 1992. Through these amendments local self-governance was introduced in rural and urban India. Salient Features of the Constitution 73rd and 74th Amendments: These amendments added […]
Subject: Environment Context : Delhi woke up to high levels of air pollution on Friday as air quality index (AQI) slipped into ‘very poor’ category while some parts of the city saw AQI turn ‘severe’. Concept: Besides concentration of particulates (PM 2.5 ,PM 10), the CPCB also monitors gas concentrations, including of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), […]
Table Of Contents ALL INDIA KISAN SABHA KARACHI SESSION RAMLILA NUTRIE CEREALS CPI -IW INS KAVARATTI NAG MISSILES H1 B VISA 1. ALL INDIA KISAN SABHA Subject: Modern History Context: All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) welcomed the four farm legislations passed by the Punjab Assembly and urged all other States to follow […]
Subject :International Relation Context: The State Department has proposed not to issue temporary business visas for H-1B speciality occupations which allowed several companies to send their technology professionals for a short stay to complete jobs on site in the U.S. Concept: It is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ graduate level foreign […]
Subject: Defence Context: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out the final user trial of the Nag Missile at the Pokhran firing range. Concept : Nag is a third-generation, fire-and-forget, anti-tank guided missile developed by India’s state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to support both mechanised infantry and airborne forces of the […]
Subject: Defence Context: INS Kavaratti, the indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, was formally inducted into the Indian Navy . Concept: INS Kavaratti (P31) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the last of four Kamorta-class corvettes under […]
Subject: Economy Context: Base year of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers revised from 2001 to 2016. Concept: Consumer Price Index or CPI is the measure of changes in the price level of a basket of consumer goods and services bought by households. CPI is a numerical estimation calculated using the rates of a sample […]