Daily Prelims Notes 2 March 2021 By Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified 4 CSE Mains qualified If I can do it, you can too   Table Of Contents National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Reservation of seats in Local government CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) […]

    Taper tantrum Subject: Economy Context: With the yield on the 10-year US Treasury momentarily surging past 1.6 per cent the reaction of market across the world revived the memory of “taper tantrum” of 2013 (when the term originated). Concept: Taper tantrum refers to the 2013 collective reactionary panic that triggered a spike in […]

    PM KUSUM Subject: Welfare schemes Context: The Centre modified the scheme and will now provide 30 per cent of the cost of building a small solar plant (70% cost borne by state DISCOMS) to supply electricity to the agricultural feeder, which essentially supplies electricity to all the pumps in a village. Concept: Three […]

    Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Subject: Environment Context: Need for move away from fossil driven energy economy to the cleaner renewable source along with India’s continuing dependence on coal for energy needs necessitate focus on “Clean Coal Technology”. Coal Bed Methane, or CBM is seen as one of the alternatives. Concept: CBM is an […]

    WTO gets new Director General Subject: International Organizations Context: New DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iwewala, a Nigerian-American economist, took over the charge of WTO. Concept: She is the first woman chief of the WTO. She is also the first African to hold the office of WTO as its director-general. About WTO The World Trade Organization […]

    Uighur Subject: International relations Context: China has launched an unprecedented and aggressive campaign to push back, including explicit attacks on women who have made claims of abuse for its handling of Uighurs. Concept: The Uighurs are Muslim ethnic community which speak a language close to Turkish, and are culturally and ethnically closer to […]

    Gap between Vaccine doses Subject: Science and Technology Context: In India’s vaccination programme, the prescribed interval between the two doses of Covishield is 28 days. Whereas various international findings have put this gap to be of up to 3 months. Concept: The second dose of Covid vaccine in India started on February 13 […]