Unites Nations Subject – IR Context – India is the mother of all democracies, PM says at UNGA Concept – The term United Nations was first coined by the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was first used as a collective pledge of representatives of 26 nations on the 1st January, 1942, as a commitment […]
Daily Prelims Notes 25 September 2021 Table Of Contents China’s Chang’e-5 Lunar Mission Artificial Intelligence’s religious biases China’s Cryptocurrency ban ‘Fraud loans’ to ARCs Tax buoyancy DICGC to announce new date to submit claims Blue foods have potential to become more sustainable Symphony Sericulture National Informatics Centre (NIC) Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) […]
Anti-Dumping Duty Subject – Economy Context – Antidumping duty likely on pharma API from China Concept – To know about Anti-Dumping Duty, please click here. To know about Tariff / Non Tariff Barriers, please click here.
Medical Devices Park Scheme Subject – Governance Context – Centre notifies medical device parks’ scheme Concept – The Union government notified a scheme to promote medical device parks at a financial outlay of ₹400 crore till financial year 2024-2025. The scheme aims to ensure easy access to testing and infrastructure facilities. It is expected that this will […]
States bordering Myanmar Subject – Geography Context – Mizoram fears fresh influx from Myanmar Concept – Four Northeast Indian states share the border with Myanmar: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Manipur.
Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) Subject – Governance Context – Mukherjee is ABC chief Concept – The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) of India is a non-profit circulation-auditing organisation. It certifies and audits the circulations of major publications, including newspapers and magazines in India. ABC is a voluntary organisation initiated in 1948 that […]
National Informatics Centre (NIC) Subject – Governance Context – NIC drops Modi image from SC emails Concept – The NIC provides email services to the Supreme Court. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an attached office under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in the Indian government. It was established in 1976 and is located in New […]
Sericulture Subject – Agriculture Context – ‘Cocoon production in Karnataka down by 50%’ Concept – Sericulture is the cultivation of silk rearing of silkworms. It is an agro-based industry. It involves the raising of food plants for silkworm, rearing of silkworm for production of cocoons, reeling and spinning of cocoon for production of […]
Symphony Subject – Art and Culture Context – A team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony Concept – A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, written by composers, most often for orchestra. Written for an orchestra, symphonies often contain four movements: the first is performed […]
Blue foods have potential to become more sustainable Subject – Environment Context – Aquatic or blue foods can be made more environmentally sustainable than they are now, according to a recently released paper. Concept – The report, titled Environmental performance of blue foods, was one of five initial scientific papers published as part […]