LEGAL STATUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY Subject : Governance Context : Recently, the uncertainty over the legal status of cryptocurrencies is unnerving Indian investors who hold around $1.5 billion (Rs 10,000 crore) in digital currencies. Concept : Cryptocurrency Law proposed by RBI The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021 will prohibit all […]
SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO MONITOR J&K GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES Subject : Governance Context : The J&K government constituted a Special Task Force (STF) for identifying and scrutinising the government employees who are involved in any cases related to posing threat to the security or anti-national activities. Concept : The STF will have the ADGP, […]
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE Subject : International Relations Context : US President Joe Biden is preparing to formally acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire that occurred more than a century ago. Concept : While Turkey disagrees, the consensus among historians is that […]
KRI NANGGALA Subject : Defence Context : The Indian Navy dispatched its deep submergence rescue vessel (DSRV) from Visakhapatnam to support the Indonesian Navy in the search and rescue efforts for its submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing with 53 personnel aboard. Concept : KRI Nanggala (402) is a diesel-electric attack submarine of […]
Daily Practice Sheet 23 April 2021 Daily Prelims Topic NATIONAL HYDROGEN ENERGY MISSION State-Level Bankers’ Committee INDIA US CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE LEGAL STATUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO MONITOR J&K GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE KRI NANGGALA Daily Constitution Article 224 A Daily Facts Vaccination of all above 18 will cost 0.36 […]