Daily Prelims Notes 19 April 2021 Table Of Contents ELECTORAL BONDS INSURANCE PENETRATION & DENSITY EFFECTS OF CORONA VIRUS ON BRAIN UNIFORM CIVIL CODE FPI TYPES OF STARTUPS DISC FOOTED BAT IP APELLATE BOARD OXYGEN EXPRESS 1. ELECTORAL BONDS Subject: Polity Context: In a first, JMM discloses electoral bond details: Rs 1 […]
OXYGEN EXPRESS Subject : Current Events Context : Railways to run ‘Oxygen Express’ trains to meet demand; UP, Delhi, Gujarat register record spike in cases. Concept : The Railways will run ‘Oxygen Express’ trains over the next few days to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country, the national transporter […]
IP APELLATE BOARD Subject : Governance Context : On April 4, the President of India signed the Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, shutting down the IPAB and many other tribunals for good. Concept : Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) It was constituted on September 15, 2003 by the Indian […]
DISC FOOTED BAT Subject : Environment Context : Meghalaya has yielded India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky discs, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130. Concept : The disc-footed bat (Eudiscopusdenticulus) was recorded in the north-eastern State’s Lailadarea near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west […]
TYPES OF STARTUPS Subject : Economics Context :Investors infused a whopping $4.4 billion into Indian start-ups in the January-March quarter, according to data sourced from market research firm Venture Intelligence. This is a decent 26% increase over the same period last year. Concept : Soonicorns are startup companies that have a good possibility […]