Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 Subject: Government Schemes Context: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the continuation of 1,023 Fast Track Special Court (FTSCs), including 389 exclusive POCSO Courts, as a Centrally-Sponsored Scheme (CSS) from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023. Concept: It […]
mRNA Vaccines Subject: Science and Technology Context: Companies like Moderna and Pfizer are working on mRNA vaccines that allow people to build immunity to viruses like SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. These vaccines contain specifically designed mRNA that instructs cells how to make viral proteins. Hungarian-born scientist Katalin Karikó attempted to harness […]
Floods in West Bengal Subject: Geography Context: Describing the flood as a “manmade one”, CM Mamta Banerjee held “unprecedented release of water from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) dam” responsible for the flood situation. Due to the flood, crops worth several crores have been damaged and people have been displaced in Howrah, Hooghly, […]
Lok Sabha passes Air Quality Commission Bill for NRC Adjoining Areas Subject: Environment Context: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Bill to formalize the Commission for Air Quality Management for National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas. About the Bill: Commission for Air Quality Management for National Capital Region would be a ‘permanent’ […]
Extreme weather events will become more frequent and more intense- IMD Subject: Environment Context: Rising frequency and intensity of extreme weather events Trends in extreme weather events: Globally, temperatures have risen by about 1.2 degrees Celsius compared to 100 years ago. Over India, the rise has been about 0.6 degrees Celsius. The rise […]
IAC-1 Subject: Defence Context: The Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) 1, which will be called INS Vikrant once it enters service with the Indian Navy about a year from now, started sea trials — one of the last phases of trials on Wednesday Concept: The INS Vikramaditya, currently the Navy’s only aircraft carrier that was commissioned […]
The Samagra Shiksha scheme Subject: Government Schemes Context: The Centre plans to pay students their Right to Education (RTE) entitlements in the form of cash transfers as part of a revamp and extension of its flagship school education scheme that was approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday. Concept: The Samagra Shiksha scheme, which […]
Rare Diseases crowd-funding Subject: Science Context: After being pulled up by the Delhi High Court, the Centre on Wednesday said that it has operationalised a digital platform for crowd-funding for expensive treatment for rare diseases among children. Concept: The portal, http://rarediseases.aardeesoft.com has operationalised by the center government a digital platform for crowd-funding for […]
Right to strike Subject: Polity Context: Recently, the Minister of Defence introduced the Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021, in the Lok Sabha to provide for the maintenance of essential defence services so as “to secure the security of nation and the life and property of the public at large” and prevent staff of […]
50% of funds allotted for ongoing MPLADS projects lapses Subject: Polity Context: Virtually half of the belated ₹2,200 crore allotted for completing the ongoing MPLADS projects in 2020-21 simply lapsed, as the Finance Ministry granted “barely a week” to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) to release the funds — inviting […]