Agreement on Agriculture at WTO Subject – Economy Context – WTO agri agreement tilted against developing nations: Piyush Goyal Concept – The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) is a World Trade Organisation treaty that focuses on reducing the agricultural support and subsidies given to domestic producers by countries. It is one of the most […]
La Nina Subject – Geography Context – Korean Met agency, too, puts out La Nina watch Concept – To know more about El-nino and La-nina, please click here.
Climate crisis may destroy aquatic food systems Subject – Environment Context – Climate crisis may destroy aquatic food systems, according to a recent study published in Nature Food. Concept – Climate change can put much of Africa, South and Southeast Asia as well as the Indo-Pacific under ‘double jeopardy’ by destroying their marine […]
Holograms Subject – Science and Tech Context – The TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation introduced millions of people to the idea of a holodeck: an immersive, realistic 3D holographic projection of a complete environment that you could interact with and even touch. Concept – In the 21st century, holograms are already […]
45th GST Council Meeting Subject – Economy Context – GST Council tweaked rates for drugs, shifted tax liability to food delivers firms Concept – Rate cuts for a number of cancer and Covid-related medicines and a shift in tax payment liability to restaurant delivery aggregators such as Swiggy, Zomato instead of restaurants, were […]
World Bank discontinues Doing Business rankings Subject – Economy Context – WB clears India, blamesChina for pressuring Concept – AWorld Bankinternal audit report did not find any irregularities in the data used by India in the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ index, but found that China used its clout to pressure the top management […]
General Sherman Subject – Environment Context – General Sherman: world’s largest tree threatened by California wildfires Concept – Two wildfires in California – one called the Colony fire and the other called Paradise – are burning through the Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada that is home to some of the largest […]
Black Tigers Subject – Environment Context – A team of scientists has resolved the genetic mystery of Simlipal’s so-called black tigers Concept – The study found that a single genetic mutation in these tigers caused black stripes to broaden or spread into the tawny background. Tigers have a distinctive dark stripe pattern on […]
Saraswati River Subject – Geography Context – New study challenges argument on existence of Saraswati river Concept – A study conducted by the Centre of Excellence for Research on the Saraswati River (CERSR) at Kurukshetra University has concluded that all major archaeological sites in Haryana – Siswal, Rakhigarhi, Banawali, Bhirrana, Kunal, Balu, Thana […]
Daily Practice Sheet 17 September 2021 Daily Prelims Topic Chola Dynasty port city in Tamil Nadu Shankhalipi Script India now world’s No 6 stock market by M-cap Nuclear-powered Submarine Small Finance Bank United Nations children’s agency UNICEF Char Dham Yatra Essential Defence Services Act, 2021 Mura-Drava-Danube (MDD) KVIC launches series of schemes to […]