SANCHI STUPA Subject : Art & Architecture Context : Built by emperor Ashoka, in the third century BC to accommodate the relics of Gautam Buddha, the Sanchi Stupa is taken into account one of the greatest surviving examples of Buddhist structure. Concept : Sanchi Stupa is a UNESCO world heritage site since 1989. […]
NATIONAL CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT Subject : Environment Context : National climate vulnerability assessment released. Concept : The report is titled ‘Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning in India Using a Common Framework’. It identifies the most vulnerable states and districts in India with respect to current climate risk and key drivers of […]
STARSHIP Subject : Science & tech Context :NASA picks SpaceX and Starship to send Artemis astronauts to the moon Concept : Starship is a spacecraft and super-heavy booster rocket. It acts as a reusable transportation system for crew and cargo to the Earth’s orbit, Moon and Mars. SpaceX has described Starship as “the […]
BORDER ROAD ORGANISATION Subject: Security Context: Delhi High Court directs Centre to pay the family of missing BRO engineer. Concept: About BRO: Functioning under the control of the Ministry of Defence since 2015, the BRO is engaged in road construction to provide connectivity to difficult and inaccessible regions in the border areas of […]
PM KISAN Subject: Government Schemes Context: Amid anger over middlemen, Bengal’s rice bowl keeps ear out for Delhi farmer protests. Concept: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi: It is implemented as a central sector scheme by the Government of India. This scheme was introduced to augment the source of income of many small and […]
Daily Practice Sheet 18 April 2021 Daily Prelims Topic PM-KISAN Border Road Organization (BRO) Starship Russia-Ukraine tensions CERT-In Sanchi Stupa The National climate vulnerability assessment report: Aditya L1 Class effect Covaxin Stardust Daily Mapping 1. Hot Spring Gogra and other India-China border conflict points in recent time 2. Mahanadi 3. Ukraine (Rising […]