WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY Subject : International organisations Context : India on May 28 pushed for further studies into the origins of the COVID-19 virus, as the World Health Organisation’s decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, reviewed the findings of its special team. Concept : World Health Assembly (WHA): The World Health Assembly (WHA) […]
GOODS TRADE BAROMETER Subject: International Relations Context: WTO Goods Trade Barometer indicates strong growth in first two quarters of 2021. Growth in trade fuelled by big gains in export orders, air freight, electronic components. Concept: The WTO goods trade barometer is a composite of data, with indices on export orders and agricultural raw-material […]
ANTI DUMPING DUTY & INERT GASES Subject: Economy Context: Anti-dumping duty on inert gas R-134a imports from China extended by six months. Concept: An anti-dumping duty is a protectionist tariff that a domestic government imposes on foreign imports that it believes are priced below fair market value. Dumping is a process where a […]
India calls UNGA president comment on Kashmir unacceptable Subject: International organizations Context: India referred to the remarks of the President of United Nations General Assembly VolkanBozkir as “unwarranted” and “unacceptable”, expressing grave opposition to Bozkir’s comments on the Jammu and Kashmir region. Concept: The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative […]
TREE TRANSPLANTATION Subject: Environment Context: The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) wants to transplant over 1,800 trees which are inside what used to be the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) complex, as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project. Concept: A tree cannot be transplanted by simply uprooting it and […]
NAMIBIA GENOCIDE Subject: International Relations Context: Germany officially recognizes colonial-era Namibia genocide Concept: Germany for the first time has recognised that it committed genocide against the Herero and Nama people in present-day Namibia during its colonial rule over a century ago. It promised financial support of over a billion euros to the Southern […]
NEW SPIDER CRICKET Subject: Environment Context: Recently, a team of zoologists headed by DrRanjanaJaiswara of the Zoology Department of Punjab University, Chandigarh has discovered a new spider cricket from Chhattisgarh. Concept: It has been found in the Kurra caves of Chhattisgarh. The new subgenus was named Jayanti after Professor Jayant Biswas, one of […]
CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT Subject : Legislations Context : With the Centre yet to frame rules under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019, it issued a gazette notification Friday granting powers under existing rules to authorities in 13 districts of Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab to accept, verify and approve citizenship applications from […]
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE Subject : Economy Context : US-based realty firm wants to invest $500 bn in India’s National Infrastructure Pipeline. Concept : About NIP: NIP was announced in union budget in 2019-20 for an outlay of Rs 100 lakh Crore for infrastructure projects over the next 5 years. NIP is a first-of-its-kind […]
G7 foreign Ministers meet Subject: International Organizations Context: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday, in what was their second meeting after they met on May 3 on the sidelines of the G-7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in London. Concept: About G7 It is an intergovernmental organisation […]