Subject : Environment Context : The global Marine plastic Pollution footprint is estimated to be 8-10 million tonnes annually—equivalent to dumping one truck of garbage into the ocean every minute. Concept : Plastic is a synthetic organic polymer made from petroleum with properties ideally suited for a wide variety of applications, including packaging, building and […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : Russias’s Sputnik V vaccine 92% effective. No adverse events reported in Phase 3 trials that involved 36,000 volunteers, says its Health Ministry. Concept : The vaccine has been called Sputnik V, named after the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik-I launched by the Soviet Union. It is the first […]
Subject : International Organisation Context : The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called for “fair allocation” of Covid-19 vaccine. Concept : World Health Assembly The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health […]
Subject : Economics Context : July-Sept GDP to contract 8.6%, estimates RBI. However, RBI said the economy will break out of contraction of the six months gone by and return to positive growth in the October-December quarter of 2020-21. Concept : Recession refers to a phase of the downturn in the economic cycle when there […]
Subject : Economy Context :The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved Continuation and Revamping of the Scheme for Financial Support to Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Infrastructure Viability Gap Funding (VGF) Scheme till 2024-25. Concept : Background: The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance introduced “the Scheme for Financial Support to PPPs in […]
Subject : Current events Context : In a gazette notification issued on Wednesday and signed by the President Ram Nath Kovind, online films, digital news and current affairs content now come under the purview of the I&B Ministry, headed by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar. Concept : Currently, there is no law or autonomous body governing […]
Subject : Environment Context : The India Customs intercepted an 18-tonne shipment of red sandalwood destined for the United Arab Emirates, during a month-long “Operation Thunder 2020”, coordinated by the Interpol and the World Customs Organisation. Concept : Pterocarpus santalinus or Red Sanders is an endemic tree of South India They are found in Tropical […]
Subject : Polity Context : The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has relaxed norms for farmer, student, religious and other groups who are not directly aligned to any political party to receive foreign funds if the groups are not involved in “active politics”. Concept : The Ministry notified new rules under the Foreign Contribution Regulation […]
Daily Prelims Topic Government to govern OTT platform Red sandalwood Sputnik v FCRA rules Viability gap finding Sarna Tribe World Health Assembly What is recession? Daily Mapping Senegal Daily Facts Digital Divide: More than 400 million people still have no access to the internet. Internet density in rural areas, where more than 60% […]