BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER Subject: Geography Context: A draft of China’s new Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), which is set to be formally approved, has given the green light for the first dams to be built on the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangboriver, as the Brahmaputra is known in Tibet before it flows into India. Concept: Brahmaputra […]
SAVITRIBHAI PHULE Subject: History Concept: Savitri Bai Phule was the social reformer of the 19th century who worked in the field of women education. At the age of 9, she was married to 13-year-old JyotiraoPhule. JyotiraoPhule, better known as Jyotiba, was also a social reformer who worked in the field of women education. […]
I4C Subject: Governance Context : This year, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), launched the Cyber Crime Volunteers Program with the aim to allow citizens to register themselves as “Cyber Crime Volunteers’’ in the role of “Unlawful Content Flaggers”. Concept: The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination […]
JANAUSHADHI SCHEME Subject: Government Schemes Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated the 7500th Janaushadhi Kendra at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) in Shillong via video conferencing. Concept: ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya JanaushadhiPariyojana’ is a campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Govt. Of India, to […]
COMMON WEALTH Subject: International Organisations Context: Queen Elizabeth calls for unity ahead of Meghan Markle, Prince Harry interview in Commonwealth Day speech. Concept: Composition: Intergovernmental organization of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire. It operates by intergovernmental consensus of the member states. Established in 1949 by the […]
Daily Prelims Notes 7 March 2021 By Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified 4 CSE Mains qualified If I can do it, you can too Table Of Contents Temporary/Interim injunction Hybrid hearing APEDA THE GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD WiFi 6 Wine country shift Vaccination and Immunity MALWARES Spectrum auction 1. Temporary/Interim injunction Context: […]
Spectrum auction Context: The auction saw the end of India’s first auction of telecommunications spectrum in five years, with the government generating a revenue of ₹77,815 crore from the exercise. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio accounted for close to 60% of the spectrum bought, followed by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. In the auction […]
MALWARES Context: On March 3, Maharashtra Power Minister Nitin Raut announced that a State Cyber Cell probe had found 14 Trojan horses in the servers of the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company. The announcement came in the wake of a report from Recorded Future, a U.S.-based cyber security firm, stating that a group […]
Vaccination and Immunity Context: As the vaccination drive gains momentum, questions have emerged about appropriate behavior after being vaccinated. Concept: To understand how COVID-19 vaccines work, it helps to first look at how our bodies fight illness. When germs, such as the virus that causes COVID-19, invade our bodies, they attack and multiply. […]
Wine country shift Context: With climate change affecting produce at the finest vineyards, new wine-producing regions such as Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar could soon replace the world’s best vineyards. Concept: Mediterranean climate: The warm temperate western margin climate or the Mediterranean climate is found between 30 degree and 45 degree North and South […]