QUESTION HOUR & ZERO HOUR Subject: Polity Context: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said both Houses will have five-hour sessions each with Question Hour and Zero Hour. Rajya Sabha will sit from 9 am to 2 pm, and Lok Sabha from 4 pm to 9 pm. Concept: Question Hour The first hour of […]
CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER Subject: Polity Context: Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the government on a petition challenging a 2020 Central Information Commission (CIC) order in which the statutory body had observed that sufficient information regarding the app was already in public domain. Concept: The Chief Information Commissioner(CIC) and Information Commissioners(CI) […]
Daily Prelims Notes 19 January 2021 By Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified 4 CSE Mains qualified If I can do it, you can too Table Of Contents AEFI NCBC NBA GEO ENGINEERING LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP INDIAN STAR TORTOISES MONSOON FORECAST MODEL CO WIN NCLAT 1. AEFI Subject: Science & tech Context: […]
CO WIN Subject : Science & tech Context : To carry out the Covid-19 vaccination drive as smoothly as possible, the government is relying on Co-WIN, a digital intelligence platform. Concept : It is built on an indigenously developed electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) which has been in use since 2015. Each person […]
NCLAT Subject : Polity Context : The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has ruled that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) cannot accept a revised offer from a bidder who enters the fray late even if the offer is higher than that of other bidders that have adhered to the bidding timeline. […]
MONSOON FORECAST MODEL Subject : Environment Context : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) may introduce new monsoon models this year to better forecast changes in rainfall. Concept : Dynamical Model: It is also called the Monsoon Mission Coupled Forecast System. It relies on the supercomputers, mathematically simulating the physics of the ocean and […]
INDIAN STAR TORTOISES Subject : Environment Context : Forest Department personnel on Monday seized as many as 414 live endangered Indian star tortoises. Concept : Indian star tortoise is found across the Indian sub-continent, more specifically, in the Central and Southern parts of India, in West Pakistan and in Sri Lanka. Star Tortoises […]
LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP Subject : Economics Context :Decriminalising various offences and permitting LLPs to issue non-convertible debentures are among the changes being proposed under the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Act. Concept : LLP is an alternative corporate business form that gives the benefits of limited liability of a company and the flexibility of […]
GEO ENGINEERING Subject : Environment Concept : Geoengineering is an umbrella term for human interventions that change the earth’s climate system . There are currently two main approaches under the geoengineering umbrella: carbon-dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM). CDR tackles the root cause of global warming by removing greenhouse gases from […]