Subject : Environment Context : India has added two more Ramsar sites. They are Lonar lake in Maharashtra which is the only crater lake of the country while the other is Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham lake in Agra of Uttar Pradesh. Concept : The Ramsar Convention signed on 2nd February, 1971, is one […]
Subject : Environment Context : As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting gets underway this week, NGOs are calling for the body to rethink its draft heavy fuel oil ban, saying it doesn’t do enough to protect the Arctic. Concept : An agreement on the draft text of a ban on […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : As part of NASA’s first commercial human spacecraft system in history, a crew of four astronauts is now en route to the International Space Station (ISS) on a 27-hour flight, onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft called Resilience. Concept : Crew-1 is the first operational flight of the SpaceX […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : After Pfizer, US biotech company Moderna said on Monday that its candidate for Covid-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing the viral disease. Concept : As per the company current projections, it will produce 20 million of Covid-19 vaccines doses by the end of this year. Moderna […]
Subject : Environment Context : Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change launched a Vulture Action Plan 2020-25 for the conservation of vultures in the country. Concept : While the ministry has been carrying out a conservation project for vultures since 2006, the plan is to now extend the project to 2025 to not […]
Subject : Economy Context : The government has received multiple expressions of interest (EoIs) for the strategic sale of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), the Finance Ministry said. Concept : Disinvestment means sale or liquidation of assets by the government, usually Central and state public sector enterprises, projects, or other fixed assets. The government undertakes […]
Cyberspace and Cybersecurity Cyberspace: According to Defence White Paper 2009, Cyberspace is a virtual domain, different, to the physical domains of air, sea, land and space. Cyberspace refers to the virtual computer world, and more specifically, an electronic medium that is used to facilitate online communication. Cyberspace typically involves a large computer network […]
Daily Prelims Topic Sex ratio RCEP KIIF Forest rights Opinion polls UN peacekeeping mission Gene editing in agriculture Tristan da Cunha Sero survey Daily Facts Sex Ratio: According to “Vital statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System” published by the Registrar-General of India sex ratio of following states is: Arunachal Pradesh […]