Daily Prelims Notes 10 August 2021 Table Of Contents IPCC’s SIXTH ASSESSMENT REPORT Neera & coconut sap chiller Rising cost in tea industry UN Security Council adopts first-ever outcome document on maritime security under India’s presidency National Edible Oil Mission – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) 1. IPCC’s SIXTH ASSESSMENT REPORT Subject: Environment About […]
National Edible Oil Mission – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) Subject: Geography Context: Terming the government’s decision to launch a ₹11,000 crore National Edible Oil Mission – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) as a long-delayed one, the representatives from the edible oil sector have urged the Centre to speed up the process of its implementation to bring […]
UN Security Council adopts first-ever outcome document on maritime security under India’s presidency Subject: International Relations Context The UNSC adopted a ‘Presidential (India’s) Statement’ which reaffirmed that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) establishes the legal framework for maritime activities Concept: UNCLOS The United Nations Convention on the Law of […]
Rising cost in tea industry Subject: Geography Context : A majority of the bulk tea producing companies which operate estates in North India (Assam and West Bengal), are likely to witness a contraction in margins during the current fiscal on the back of an increased cost of production due to wage hike and drop […]
Neera & coconut sap chiller Subject: Geography Context: An invention by the Kasaragod-based Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) is helping farmers to get quality sap. ‘Coconut sap chiller’, CPCRI’s invention of collecting neera from coconut spadix under cool condition using ice box, has been granted a patent by Intellectual Property of India. Concept: […]
IPCC’s SIXTH ASSESSMENT REPORT Subject: Environment About the Report: The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report is titled, “Climate Change 2021:The Physical Science Basis”. This has been published after the 5th report of 2014. According to the authors of AR6 report, warming of Indian Ocean will result in a rise in sea levels causing more […]
Daily Prelims Notes 9 August 2021 Table Of Contents The Constitutional 127th Amendment Bill Indian Monsoon Battery Cell Technologies IPCC Sixth Assessment Report The world’s climate change progress Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) 8888 Uprising Immunogenicity Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee Human rights The employment & unemployment status of India Variants of Covid 19 […]
National Policy on Biofuels Subject: Environment Context: The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the National Policy on Bio-fuels, 2018 envisages creation of a National Biomass Repository by conducting appraisal of biomass across the Country. […]
Variants of Covid 19 Subject: Science and Technology Context: The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants – a naming system used by the World Health Organization to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19. Concept: DELTA The Delta variant first detected in India remains the […]