Daily Prelims Notes 26 April 2021 Table Of Contents REMDESIVIR NON REFOULEMENT CYBERCRIME VOLUNTEER LIQUID OXYGEN DEEP TIME STUDY OXYGEN EXPRESS PM CARES FUND RAJAN MISHRA 1. REMDESIVIR Subject: Science & tech Context: Gilead to send Remdesivir vials to India, US stands by India to help fight COVID-19 2nd wave. Concept: Drug […]
RAJAN MISHRA Subject: Culture Context : Classical singer Rajan Mishra has died due to Covid-19 related complications. Concept: Belonging to the Benarasgharana, PanditRajan Mishra, along with brother Sajan Mishra have performed for both Indian and global audiences for decades now. Renowned vocalists in the khayal style of Indian classical singing, the brothers have […]
PM CARES FUND Subject: Governance Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered setting up of 551 oxygen plants inside government hospitals across the country. PM CARES Fund will provide financial aid in setting up these plants. Concept: Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund, or the PM CARES Fund, was […]
OXYGEN EXPRESS Subject : Governance Context : In the middle of the second wave of Covid-19, hospitals in India are facing a massive shortage of medical oxygen. Concept : In a bid to meet the high demand of the critical gas meant for the treatment of coronavirus patients, the Indian Railways has started […]
DEEP TIME STUDY Subject : Science & tech Context : A group of French volunteers have emerged from a cave after a 40-day study exploring the limits of human adaptability to isolation. The so-called Deep Time experiment came to an end, allowing the eight men and seven women, aged 27 to 50, who […]
LIQUID OXYGEN Subject : Science & tech Context :Invoking the Disaster Management Act, the Centre ordered States that all liquid oxygen, including the existing stock with private plants, should be made available to the government and will be used for medical purposes only. Concept : Liquid oxygen—abbreviated LOx, LOX or Lox in the […]
CYBERCRIME VOLUNTEER Subject : Science & tech Context : The Union Home Ministry has said it does not maintain a centralised list of volunteers enrolled under the cybercrime volunteer programme since the police is a “State subject” under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. Concept : The Ministry, through its cybercrime grievance portal, […]
NON REFOULEMENT Subject : International Relations Context : Supreme Court must rethink its order on deportation of Rohingya refugees. Concept : Non-refoulement is a fundamental principle of international law that forbids a country receiving asylum seekers from returning them to a country in which they would be in likely danger of persecution based […]
REMDESIVIR Subject: Science & tech Context: Gilead to send Remdesivir vials to India, US stands by India to help fight COVID-19 2nd wave. Concept: Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) will have to issue an import license to bring the Gilead’s Remdesivir stocks to India. The volume of this is still not known, […]