Sujalam Campaign Subject – Governance Concept – SUJALAM Campaign is a 100 days campaign launched as a part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. This campaign seeks to create more ODF Plus villages by undertaking waste water management across villages in India. During the campaign, ten lakh Soak-pits will be created. The Jal […]
Section 321 CrPC Subject – Polity Context –SCBench was hearing plea about hundreds of criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs, both sitting and former. Concept – The power to withdraw criminal cases is vested with the public prosecutor or assistant public prosecutor under Section 321 of the CrPC. According to the statute, […]
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Subject – Polity Context– The Supreme Court on Wednesday said probe agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) suffered from the dearth of manpower and infrastructure that the judiciary too faced. Both were overburdened. Concept – CBI is the premier investigating police agency in India. It […]
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Subject – Polity Context – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, headed by veteran Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has decided to examine the Rafale deal. Concept – Public Accounts Committee was introduced in 1921 after its first mention in the Government of India Act, 1919 also called […]
Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) Subject – Science and Tech Context – Gujarat is the latest victim of the emerging viral disease outbreak in cattle, Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), which has already been reported in at least 12 other States in the country. Concept – Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) has been infecting India’s bovines. The […]
Deficit Rainfall Subject – Geography Context – Monsoon 2021: A month before season’s end, over one-third of districts deficit in rainfall. Concept – When rainfall is 20-59 per cent below the normal average, it is termed ‘deficit’, according to the IMD. When it is 60 per cent below normal, it is termed as […]
Dr Gail Omvedt Context – ONE of India’s foremost caste scholars, as well as noted author and activist, Dr Gail Omvedt passed away Wednesday after a brief illness at her residence in Kasegaon in Maharashtra’s Sangli. Concept – The 81-year-old who was born in Minnesota in the US but made India her home […]
China’s Missile Silos Subject – IR Context – Satellite images have revealed that China is building at least three missile silo fields in Yumen in Gansu province, near Hami in Xinjiang province, and at Hanggin Banner, Ordos City, in Inner Mongolia. Concept – On completion of the ongoing work, China could have 250-270 […]
Gorakhnath Subject – Art and Culture Context – The government of Haryana has moved to prohibit the use of the expression “Gorakh Dhandha”, often used by politicians in speeches to refer to “unethical practices”. Concept – Gorakhnath (also known as Goraksanath, c. early 11th century) was a Hindu yogi, saint who was the influential founder of the Nath Hindu monastic movement […]