Daily Prelims Notes 28 March 2021 Table Of Contents INDO – BANGLADESH RELATIONS RIVER TEESTA EARTH HOUR UNIFORM CIVIL CODE PREVENTION OF ATROCITIES ACT PLI SCHEME TRIPS AGREEMENT BATTLE OF FEROZESHAH UNPKF CHINA IRAN PACT PERMANENT COMMISSION FOR WOMEN INTRANASAL VACCINES ENCELADUS KUMBH MELA 1. INDO – BANGLADESH RELATIONS Subject : […]
KUMBH MELA Subject : Culture Context : COVID-19 casts a shadow over HaridwarKumbhMela. Concept : KumbhMela comes under UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. KumbhMela is the largest peaceful congregation of pilgrims on earth, during which participants bathe or take a dip in a sacred river. It takes place on […]
ENCELADUS Subject : Science & tech Context : A novel theory proposed by planetary scientists from Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory challenges the current thinking that the saltwater global ocean of Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn, is homogenous. Concept : Enceladus is a small, icy moon which has an abundance […]
INTRANASAL VACCINES Subject : Science & tech Context : While all COVID-19 vaccines administered through the intramuscular route have been found to reduce the chances of symptomatic disease and death, attempts are being made to develop vaccines that can potentially prevent or at least greatly reduce the chances of being infected and also […]
PERMANENT COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Subject : Defence Context : The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the pleas of several women short service commission (SSC) officers seeking grant of permanent commission in the Army, while holding that the Annual Confidential Report (ACR) evaluation process was flawed and discriminatory in nature. Concept : Background Under […]
CHINA IRAN PACT Subject : International Relations Context : China and Iran signed what was described as a 25-year “strategic cooperation pact”. Concept : While details of the new 25-year pact were not immediately available, it includes “political, strategic and economic” components. This document can be very effective in deepening relations and would […]
UNPKF Subject : International Organisations Context : India delivered on its promise of 2,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force (UNPKF) worldwide, sending a shipment bound for Copenhagen. Concept : UN Peacekeeping: UN peacekeepers provide security and the political and peacebuilding support to help countries make the difficult, early […]
BATTLE OF FEROZESHAH Subject : History Concept : The Battle of Ferozeshah was fought on 21 December and 22 December 1845 between the British East India Company and the Sikh Empire, at the village of Ferozeshah in Punjab. It was the second battle in first anglosikh war. The British were led by Sir […]
TRIPS AGREEMENT Subject: International Agreements Context : US considering supporting India , South Africa at WTO. Concept : TRIPS is an international agreement administered by the World Trade Organization (WTO), which sets down minimum standards for many forms of intellectual property (IP) regulations as applied to the nationals of other WTO Members. It […]