Table Of Contents Cestrum aurantiacum and Lantana camara GST council India’s K missile family Global vaccine-assessment network Protect and conserve model Postal ballots NCPCR 1. Cestrum aurantiacum and Lantana camara Subject: Environment Context: Iconic flora native to the Nilgiris, including more than 30 species of Strobilanthes, could be under threat of being displaced with […]
Subject: Polity Context: NCPCR is recently in news Concept: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was set up in March 2007 under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is a statutory body under the administrative control of the Ministry of […]
Subject: Polity Context: The Election Commission has announced that it will allow those above the age of 65 as well as those under home or institutional quarantine to vote using postal ballots during the Bihar elections. Concept: A restricted set of voters can exercise postal voting. Through this facility, a voter can cast her vote remotely by […]
Subject: Environment Context: A total of 13,450 families from 26 protected areas (PA) across the country were displaced between 1999 and 2020 as a part of the Union government’s ‘protect and conserve model’, a new study has found. Concept: The model involves creation of inviolate areas for the conservation of biodiversity and wildlife in the […]
Subject: IR Context: Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has announced a central global network of laboratories Concept: It helps to assess and compare immunological responses generated by the Covid-19 vaccine candidates. To establish this global vaccine-assessment network, CEPI has announced partnerships with five clinical sample testing laboratories that included India’s Translational Health Sciences and […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: A successful trial of the nuclear capable Shaurya missile was conducted by India Concept: Shaurya is a land-based parallel of the submarine launched K-15 missile. These ballistic weapons belong to the K missile family — codenamed after late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam — which are launched from Arihant class of nuclear submarines. […]