Balwant Moreshwar Purandare Subject: History Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid rich tributes to Baba Saheb Purandare ji on entering the 100th year of his life. Concept: Balwant Moreshwar Purandare(born 29 July 1922), popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare is a writer and theatre personality from Maharashtra, India Baba Saheb Purandare’s contributions from the […]
Intranasal Vaccines Subject – Science and tech Context – Intranasal vaccine gets nod for phase 2/3 trials Concept – Nasal Covid Vaccine has been developed by Bharat Biotech called BBV154. Vaccine has successfully completed Phase 1 clinical trial in age groups of 18 to 60 years. According to the officials, doses of this […]
Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana Subject – Governance Context – AB-PMJAY gave Rs.2794cr for COVID treatment Concept – Ayushman Bharat is a flagship initiative that attempts to move away from the sectoral and segmented approach of service delivery to a comprehensive need-based health care service. It has been launched by […]
International Financial Service Centre (IFSC) Subject – Economy Context – The IFSC should turn its attention towards increasing the pool of investors in GIFT city. Concept – An IFSC caters to customers outside the jurisdiction of the domestic economy. Such centres deal with flows of finance, financial products and services across borders. An expert panel headed by […]
Arunachal Pradesh ST list Subject – Polity Context – Parliament has passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill 2021. It seeks to amend the nomenclature of certain tribes from Arunachal Pradesh. Constitutional Provision – Article 342(A) provides, as in the case of SCs, that there will be a Presidential list issued first […]
Karez System of Irrigation Subject – Agriculture Context – The Taliban are set to overtake Kabul; but an expert believes they will spare the age-old Karez system of underground aqueducts in the country given its importance Concept – This is a system of underground vertical shafts in a gently sloping tunnel that is […]
National Commission for Protection of Child Right (NCPCR) Subject – Polity Context – First Twitter, now Insta: NCPCR wants FB to act on Rahul profile Concept – Set up in March 2007 under the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005. It works under the administrative control of the Ministry of Women & Child […]
New Ramsar sites Subject – Environment Context: Four more wetlands from India get recognition from the Ramsar Secretariat as Ramsar sites. These sites are Thol and Wadhwana from Gujarat and Sultanpur and Bhindawas from Haryana. Informing this in a tweet message, Union Environment Minister Concept: The Ramsar Convention signed on 2nd February, 1971, […]
Warming of Oceans Subject – Environment Context – The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has warned that ocean warming will continue over the 21st century and is likely to continue until at least the year 2300 even if we minimise carbon emissions. Concept – The amount of ocean warming observed […]
Vehicle Scrappage Policy Launched Subject – Infrastructure Context – Prime Minister while addressing the Investor Summit in Gujarat via video conferencing launched the Vehicle Scrapping Policy/National Automobile Scrappage Policy. Concept – The policy is estimated to cover 51 lakh Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) that are above 20 years of age and another 34 lakh LMVs above 15 years of […]