Subject : Environment Context : The Rajaji Tiger Reserve is set to welcome the first big cat from Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve on Thursday, in the first such relocation in Uttarakhand aimed at tiger population management. Concept : Rajaji National Park It is nestled between the Shivalik ranges and the Indo-Gangetic plains. Broadleaved deciduous forests, […]
Subject : Government Schemes Context : According to the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), better bet is the Price Deficiency Payment Scheme, as it is easy to execute and can cover all crops and farmers. Concept : To correct the policy bias in MSP operations, the Centre introduced PM-AASHA (Pradhan Mantri-AnnadataAaySanrakshanAbhiyan) in […]
Subject : Governance Context : India’s digital infrastructure has been a global case study for modernisation and has amazed large tech corporations in private sectors across the globe. Making them more unified, relevant to each region and taking the services to the last mile is UMANG which has been in operation for the last three […]
Subject: Science & tech Context : Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said in November that India was set to receive investments of Rs 2 lakh crore in 5,000 CBG plants. Concept : Bio-gas is produced naturally through a process of anaerobic decomposition from waste / bio-mass sources like agriculture residue, cattle dung, sugarcane press mud, […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: Indian contingent in Antarctica is not worried about the virus spreading. The two Indian permanent stations, Maitri and Bharati, are at least 5,000 km away from the Chilean base in which 36 people have been found infected with the novel coronavirus. Concept: India presently has two research stations at Antarctica […]
Subject: Defence Context: The Navy Chief’s views revived the discussion among the forces on whether India needs a third aircraft carrier – apart from INS Vikramaditya and the under-construction Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1 (IAC 1). Concept: INS Vikramaditya is the country’s most powerful aircraft carrier. It was built in 1987 and had served the Soviet […]
Subject: Culture Context: The five-day Tansen Music Festival will begin from December 26 and continue till December 30 in the city of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. The event would be kickstarted with recitations of ‘Harikatha’ and ‘Milad’. Concept: ‘TansenSamaroh’ is one of the most prestigious events of the country in the field of Indian classical […]
Subject : Culture Context : The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has made attempts to reach out to Bengali folk singer Basudeb Das Baul, days after he hosted Union Home Minister for lunch at his home in Bolpur. Concept : Baul Music is a form of folk music, unique to Bangladesh and West Bengal of India. The […]
Subject: International Organisations Context: Cairn Energy Plc won a major relief on Wednesday as the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague ruled that the Indian government’s retrospective tax demand against the global oil and gas major was “inconsistent” with the UK-India bilateral treaty. Concept: The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is an intergovernmental organization […]
Subject: Environment Context: The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative published a scientific paper on Tuesday on the health and economic impact of air pollution in Lancet Planetary Health, which documents the trends in health loss due to air pollution and its economic impact in every state of India. Concept: As many as 1.7 million deaths […]