Daily Prelims Notes 18 April 2021 Table Of Contents PM KISAN BORDER ROAD ORGANISATION STARSHIP NATIONAL CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT SANCHI STUPA CERT-IN BLACK SEA ADITYA-L1 SUPPORT CENTRE (ASC) CHOLISTAN DESERT REWACONODON INDICUS STAR DUST CLASS EFFECT COVAXIN 1. PM KISAN Subject: Government Schemes Context: Amid anger over middlemen, Bengal’s rice bowl […]
COVAXIN Subject : Science & tech Context : In a meeting held on March 24, the Subject Expert Committee of the India drug regulator permitted Bharat Biotech to carry out a phase-2 trial of Covaxin wherein a booster dose is to be administered six months after the second dose to further improve vaccine […]
CLASS EFFECT Subject : Science & tech Context :J&J scientists refute ‘class effect’ to blame for clots in those who got its vaccine Concept : Class effect is usually taken to mean similar therapeutic effects and similar adverse effects, both in nature and extent. Criteria for drugs to be grouped together as a […]
STAR DUST Subject : Science & tech Context : In six expeditions led over the last two decades, researchers led by those from CNRS in Paris have made an estimate of the amount of extraterrestrial dust falling on the Earth every year. Concept : Stardust is formed by the material ejected from stars […]
REWACONODON INDICUS Subject : Environment Context : The Tiki Formation in Madhya Pradesh, a treasure trove of vertebrate fossils, has now yielded a new species and two genera of cynodonts, small rat-like animals that lived about 220 million years ago. Concept : The researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, used scanning […]
CHOLISTAN DESERT Subject : Geography Context : The recent shooting of two Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) in Pakistan’s Cholistan desert has left wildlife activists in Rajasthan shocked and outraged. Concept : The Cholistan Desert, also locally known as Rohi, is a large desert in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms part […]
ADITYA-L1 SUPPORT CENTRE (ASC) Subject : Science & tech Context : The Indian programme to study the Sun and the region between the Sun and the Earth from space – Aditya-L1 – is due to be launched next year. Concept : It will carry seven payloads which have been developed by various institutions […]
BLACK SEA Subject : Geography Context : Russia beefs up warship presence in Black Sea as Ukraine tensions simmer. Concept : The Black Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. It is supplied by major […]
CERT-IN Subject : Science & tech Context : The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has warned WhatsApp users in India of multiple vulnerabilities it detected in the instant messaging platform, which could lead to breach of sensitive user data and personal information. Concept : Computer Emergency Response Team – India (CERT-IN) It […]