Table Of Contents BODY MASS INDEX FAST RADIO BURST VERTICAL FARMING OPEN MARKET OPERATION A-WEB NPCI PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES ACT KRISHNA RIVER VULTURE CONSERVATION PLAN 1. BODY MASS INDEX Subject : Health Context : Body mass index of Indian 19-year-olds among lowest in 200 countries. Concept : The study provides new estimates […]
Subject : Environment Context : The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has cleared a plan for conserving vultures. Saliently, the drugs that are used to treat cattle and known to poison vultures will be banned by the Drugs Controller General of India. Concept : Diclofenac, a drug used to treat cattle, was linked to kidney […]
Subject : Geography Context : There has been a sharp decline in the flow of Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh through the Kandaleru Poondi canal for the past few days. Concept : The Krishna is the second largest east flowing river of the Peninsula. The Krishna Basin extends over Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka […]
Subject : Legislations Context : The Supreme Court has said that all insults or intimidations to persons belonging to Dalit or tribal communities will not be an offence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes( Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Concept : Background : Article 17 seeks to abolish ‘untouchability’. To enforce this , Untouchability (Offences) […]
Subject : National Organisation Context : WhatsApp has developed a payment feature using the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Concept : National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) It is an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. It is an initiative of Reserve Bank […]
Subject : Polity Context : India’s experience shows elections can be held as per schedule, CEC says to Association of World Election Bodies. Concept : Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) The Association of World Election Bodies(A-WEB) is the largest association of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) worldwide. It was established on October 14, 2013 in […]
Subject : Economics Context : The Reserve Bank of India has said that it will continue to conduct Open Market Operation purchase of 20,000 cr rupees as well as OMO’s in State Development Loans. Concept : Open Market Operations (OMOs) are market operations conducted by RBI by way of sale/purchase of government securities to/from the […]
Subject : Agriculture Concept : Vertical farming: Vertical Farming is the process of growing agricultural crops in vertical stacks in door, in a controlled environment. It uses the same amount of water as that of regular farming. However, the other raw materials consumed by vertical farming are less. According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : NASA has reported that on April 28, it observed a mix of X-ray and radio signals never observed before in the Milky Way. Significantly, the flare-up it observed included the first fast radio burst (FRB) seen within the galaxy. Concept : The X-ray portion of the simultaneous bursts […]
Subject : Health Context : Body mass index of Indian 19-year-olds among lowest in 200 countries. Concept : The study provides new estimates for height and BMI trends in 2019 across 200 countries after analysing data from 2,181 studies. World Health Organization guidelines define a normal BMI range as 18.5 to 24.9, overweight as 25 […]