WTO TRADE DISTORTING AND PEACE CLAUSE Subject: International Relations Context: India has invoked the peace clause of the World Trade Organization for exceeding the ceiling on support it can offer farmers for rice for the marketing year 2018-2019, marking the first time any country has taken recourse to this safeguard. Concept: India informed […]
LITORIA MIRA Subject: Environment Context: Recently, a team of Australian scientists has discovered a curious “chocolate frog” tree frog i.e. Litoria Mira in the lowland rainforests of New Guinea. Concept: About Litoria Mira It is a species of frog lives in the rainforests of New Guinea that appears to be made from chocolate. […]
FIRST NANO LIQUID UREA BY IFFCO Subject: Economy Context: In a statement, IFFCO said the “World’s 1st Nano Urea Liquid” was unveiled during its 50th annual general body meeting. Concept: FFCO Nano Urea Liquid is developed to replace conventional urea and it can curtail the requirement of the same by at least 50%. […]
MARATHAS UNDER EWS QUOTA Subject: Social Issue Context: After setback in SC ,Maharashtra government extends EWS Quota to Marathas. Concept: In a bid to extend relief to the Maratha community in the State, the tripartite MahaVikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra extended the benefits of reservation for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) to […]
DRUGS AND COSMETICS ACT Subject: National Legislations Context: Delhi High Court on Monday pulled up the Drug Controller Department of Delhi for not properly examining how BJP MP Gautam Gambhir procured a huge quantity of COVID-19 medicines. Concept: The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 is an act of the Parliament of India which […]
EARTHQUAKE ZONES OF INDIA Subject: Geography Context: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the construction of a new Parliament is important because the old building was constructed a hundred years ago by the British and was not constructed for “an independent country”. It is important because it is in Seismic Zone 2, and […]
WHO ASSIGNS NON-STIGMATISING LABELS TO COVID VARIANTS Subject: International Relations / Science & tech Context: WHO has assigned simple, easy to say and remember labels for key variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using letters of the Greek alphabet. Concept: These labels were chosen after wide consultation and a review of […]
INDIA’s GDP FALL Subject: Economics Context: India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 7.3% in 2020-21, as per provisional National Income estimates released by the National Statistical Office. GDP growth in 2019-20, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, was 4%. Concept: The Gross Value Added (GVA) in the economy shrank 6.2% in 2020-21, compared […]
CORE INDUSTRIES OUTPUT FALL Subject: Economics Context : The output of eight core industries grew 56.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in April 2021 on a low-base effect as industrial production was very low in the year-ago month because of a nationwide lockdown. Concept: However, the industrial output declined 15.1 per cent as compared […]