CAIRN ENERGY – AIR INDIA DISPUTE Subject: Economy Context: Recently, the British oil company Cairn Energy Plc is suing Air India in New York to seize its assets to enforce the $1.2 billion arbitration award it won against the Indian government in a retrospective tax dispute. Concept: Cairn Energy-Air India dispute In 2020, […]
FERTILIZER PRICING Subject: Economy Context: Govt considering subsidy to offset rise in global prices of P&K fertilisers’ raw material. Concept: Farmers buy fertilisers at MRPs (maximum retail price) below their normal supply-and-demand-based market rates or what it costs to produce/import them. The difference between the retail price and production cost/domestic price is given […]
PVTG’S Subject: Society Context: Concern for PVTGs in Odisha as test hesitancy poses hurdle.Thirteen of the 62 tribal groups in Odisha have been identified as PVTGs, which are given special protection because of their dwindling population. Their current population is 2.14 lakh, spread across 11 districts. Concept : Particularly vulnerable tribal group 75 […]
INS KOLKATTA Subject: Defence Context: Cyclone Tauktae: INS Kolkata rushes to rescue barge with 137 onboard. Concept: INS Kolkata is the lead ship of the Kolkata-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. Ship was constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), and was handed over to the navy on 10 July 2014 after […]
R VALUE Subject: Science & tech Context: At 0.98, India’s R value drops below 1 for the first time during second Covid wave. Concept: R0 or reproduction number tells you the average number of people who will contract a contagious disease from one person with that disease R-naught is a frequently used mathematical […]
Daily Practice Sheet 18 May 2021 Daily Prelims Topic Genome BiPAP machine Diplomatic immunity Malerkotla Climate change and cave paintings 2-DG, Anti-Covid 19 drug Retail inflation vs WPI FDI vs FPI Farzad B gas field Gold exchange Spanish flu Daily Mapping Malerkotla Sulawesi island of Indonesia Nordic countries Daily Data Inflation Wholesale price […]
Hint: The question is clear in bringing for the debate around the development role of NGO and security concern it creates at times. And, then you have to suggest measures to establish balance to by effective regulation to take care of two goals. Introduction (I): What are NGOs and role they play? Body […]