ASEAN EMERGENCY SUMMIT Subject : International Relations Context : ASEAN leaders demand immediate end to ‘unacceptable’ killings in Myanmar, following emergency summit. Concept : At the meeting in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) also told Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing that they wanted a commitment […]
SPACE X CREW DRAGON CAPSULE Subject: Science & tech Context: SpaceX launches its third astronaut crew, the first on a used Crew Dragon capsule. Concept: SpaceX launched its third crew of astronauts to the International Space Station early Friday morning, reusing a Crew Dragon space capsule to fly humans for the first time. […]
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT Subject: Legislations Context: CBI registers FIR against former Maha home minister Anil Deshmukh under Prevention of Corruption Act. Concept: The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to combat corruption in government agencies and public sector businesses in India. The Central and […]
REPRODUCTIVE NUMBER Subject: Science & tech Context: On reproduction metric, Covid can be spreading faster in UP, Jharkhand and Bihar. Concept: The R-naught, or R0, is a virus’s basic reproductive number — an epidemiologic metric used to describe the contagiousness of infectious agents. At its simplest, the basic reproductive number can show us […]
OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS Subject: Science & tech Context: With oxygen cylinders in short supply across several states, the Oxygen concentrator is among the most sought after devices for oxygen therapy, especially among patients in home isolation and for hospitals running out of oxygen. Concept: An oxygen concentrator is a medical device that concentrates oxygen […]
UNICORN Subject: Science & tech Context: Scientists have discovered what may be the smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy and the closest to our solar system. Concept: Nicknamed ‘Unicorn’ the researchers said the black hole is roughly three times the mass of our Sun, testing the lower limits of size for […]
MOXIE Subject: Science & tech Context: Recently, NASA has announced that a device aboard the rover under Perseverance Mission was able to produce oxygen from the thin Martian atmosphere for the first time. Concept: Production of oxygen by Perseverance Mission The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) produced 5 grams of oxygen […]
RBI TO ISSUE CYBERSECURITY NORMS Subject: Economy Context : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon issue cybersecurity norms for payment service providers (PSPs), following a series of data breaches faced by operators including Mobikwik and payment aggregator JusPay. Concept: While the standards for fintech-driven payment services providers will be similar to […]
NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM Subject: Economy Context: Concept: Started as the New Pension Scheme for government employees in 2004 under a new regulator called the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), the National Pension System (NPS) has been open for individuals from all walks of life to participate. The law regulating the NPS […]