Daily Prelims Notes 4 April 2021 Table Of Contents IRANIAN PLATEAU CHENAB ARCH BRIDGE LOKAYUKTA GLASHOW RESONANCE NATIONAL POLICY ON RARE DISEASES H1 B VISA RULE DECISION REVIEW SYSTEM DIGITAL RMB DIPHTHERIA ROBOT SOPHIA ULFA 1. IRANIAN PLATEAU Subject : Geography Context : A hotter Iran means increased monsoon flow on Indian […]
ULFA Subject : Security Context: Khagaria man awaits release as Ulfa (I) frees Assam colleague. Concept : The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is a militant outfit operating in Assam. It seeks to establish an independent state of socialist Assam with an armed struggle. It was founded in 1979 by PareshBaruah. The […]
ROBOT SOPHIA Subject : Current Events Context : ‘Artist’ Sophia robot’s digital creations sold for $688,888, aims for a music career Concept : Sophia is the first robot citizen of the world after Saudi Arabia granted her citizenship in October 2017. She is a social humanoid robot, which using artificial intelligence (AI) programming, […]
DIPHTHERIA Subject : Science & tech Context : Researchers from India, the U.K. and Russia have analysed a large collection of 502 genomes sourced from over 16 countries and collected from over a period of 122 years of the bacterium that causes diphtheria – Corynebacteriumdiphtheriae. Concept : Diphtheria is primarily caused by the […]
DIGITAL RMB Subject : Science & tech Context : China in February 2021 launched the latest round of pilot trials of its new digital currency, with reported plans of a major roll-out by the end of the year and ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February 2022. Concept : Officially titled […]
DECISION REVIEW SYSTEM Subject : Science & tech / sports Context : The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) cricket committee has made changes to the way lbws will be decided under the Decision Review System (DRS). Concept : The “wicket zone”, the area of the stumps a ball must hit for an on-field not-out […]
H1 B VISA RULE Subject : International Relations Context : USA President Joe Biden has allowed a Trump-era H-1B visa rule to expire Concept : Last June, the administration of former President Donald Trump, a Republican, halted the issuance of non-immigrant work visas of several types, including the skilled worker visa, or H-1B. […]
NATIONAL POLICY ON RARE DISEASES Subject : Governance Context : Union Health Minister approved the “National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021” on 30th March 2021. Concept : The Rare Diseases Policy aims to lower the high cost of treatment for rare diseases with increased focus on indigenous research with the help of a […]
GLASHOW RESONANCE Subject : Science & tech Context : The neutrino observatory in Antarctica sees evidence of Glashow resonance. Concept : In 1959, the physicist Sheldon Lee Glashow predicted that the collision between electron-antineutrino (the antiparticle version of the electron-neutrino) and an electron at rest via the weak (nuclear) force can, at a […]
LOKAYUKTA Subject : Polity Context : Questioning the motives of Justice Ambadas Joshi, Congress on Saturday urged the former Bombay high court judge to study the Goa Lokayukta Act to see if he can do justice to the post before accepting the responsibility. Concept : The Lokayukta is an anti-corruption authority constituted at […]