Daily Prelims Notes 29 December 2020 Table Of Contents Maintaining 4% Inflation Appropriate For India: RBI Paper Pneumosil: India’s first indigenously created vaccine Donald Trump signs into law Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative PM Modi flags off 100th run of Kisan Rail in Maharashtra Uttarakhand in talks to bring in white tigers from Madhya […]
PORTULACA LALJII Subject : Environment Context : Botanists have discovered a new species of wild sun rose from the Eastern Ghats in India. Concept : The new species, named Portulaca laljii, discovered from Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh has unique features such as a tuberous root, no hair in its leaf axils, a […]
Sethusamudram ship channel project set to be beached Subject : Economy Context : Sethusamudram Corporation Ltd (SCL) is set to be wound up, bringing to end an ambitious maritime project that turned controversial over religious sentiments. Concept : The project was conceived in 1860 by Alfred Dundas Taylor In 2005, the Government of […]
BANK INVESTMENT COMPANY Subject : Economics Context : The government is likely to set in motion the process of establishing a Bank Investment Company (BIC) to hold its stake in public sector banks (PSBs). Concept : BIC was mooted in RBI’s PJ Nayak Committee report in 2014. Recommendations of the Nayak Committee regarding […]
Tendulkar wants ICC to relook DRS Subject : Technology Context : A series of dodgy decisions in the ongoing Boxing Day Test in Melbourne has left umpires under the scanner. Concept : Decision Review System DRS is technology-based system used in sport of cricket for the sole purpose of reviewing controversial decisions made […]
Uttarakhand in talks to bring in white tigers from Madhya Pradesh Subject : Environment Context : Uttarakhand is in talks with the Madhya Pradesh government to bring white tigers to Nainital’s Sitabani Wildlife Reserve for a forthcoming tiger safari project. Concept : According to officials, if a few white tiger cubs from Madhya […]
PM Modi flags off 100th run of Kisan Rail in Maharashtra Subject : Current Events Context: The 100th run of the Kisan Rail was flagged off from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal virtually. Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal were also present at the event. Concept : Kisan […]
Donald Trump signs into law Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Subject : International Relations Context : American Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis recently introduced a Bill in the US House of Representatives that aims to promote the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Junior. Concept : The House Bill (HR […]