Daily Prelims Notes 22 October 2021 Table Of Contents Prisoners on Parole Genetically Modified Rice Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Pig Kidney to a Human Right to privacy Yadadri temple in Telangana Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) PM Gati Shakti plan Omega-3 Fatty Acids SAKSHAM Centres (Centre for Financial Literacy & Service Delivery) […]
India crosses 100 crore vaccination Subject – Science Context: Decades worth of experience of Universal Immunisation Programme helped Health Ministry proceed with COVID-19 vaccination rapidly: ICMR DG Concept: Evolution of the programme: 1978: Expanded Programme of immunization (EPI). – Limited reach – mostly urban 1985: Universal Immunization Programme (UIP). Ø For reduction of […]
Kaziranga National Park Subject – Environment Context – SC panel tells Assam to act on illegal construction Concept – Location State of Assam Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot. Feature Single largest undisturbed and representative area in the Brahmaputra Valley floodplain. Legal Status Declared as a National Park in 1974. Declared a tiger reserve since 2007. […]
Strategic Oil Reserves Subject – Economy Context – India to sell half of Mangaluru strategic oil reserves by December Concept – India has started selling crude oil from its strategic reserves to state refiners with a view to soften the blow from surging global crude prices, while also creating space for leasing out […]
Pre-IPO Placement Subject – Economy Context – Paytm weighs scrapping pre-IPO sale plan on valuation differences Concept – A pre-initial public offering (IPO) placement is a private sale of large blocks of shares before a stock is listed on a public exchange. The buyers are typically private equity firms, hedge funds, and other […]