Centre scraps import duty on crude edible oils Subject – Economy Context – Centre scraps import duty on crude edible oils, lowers agri cess Concept – The Centre cut the import duty on crude edible oils to zero and reduced the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) on all oils — crude and […]
Strategic Disinvestment Subject – Economy Context – EoI for strategic sale of IDBI by Dec: DIPAM Secretary Concept – Government of India (GoI) and LIC together own more than 94 per cent of equity of IDBI Bank (GoI 45.48 per cent, LIC 49.24 per cent). LIC is currently the promoter of IDBI Bank […]
EC to derecognise 5 agencies certifying organic exports from India Subject – Agriculture Context – As many as five certifying agencies are set to be blacklisted from certifying organic product exports from India by the European Commission. Concept – As many as five certifying agencies are set to be blacklisted from certifying organic […]
Series A, B, C Funding Subject – Economy Context – Resha Mandi raises $30 m through Series A funding Concept – To know more about Series A, B, C Funding, please click here.
World Meteorological Congress Subject – Environment Context – World Meteorological Congress calls for international cooperation in meteorology, climatology, operational hydrology Concept – Weather, climate and the water cycle are oblivious to national borders and so global cooperation in the domains of meteorology, climatology and operational hydrology is crucial. In 2021, both the developed […]
Daily Prelims Notes 13 October 2021 Table Of Contents Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) UN Security Council Resolution 2593 Silicosis Fertiliser Subsidy Veer Savarkar Plastic Waste Recycling Targets Anticipatory bail Biodiversity Fund Sea Rise Bioethanol blending in aviation fuel Carbon Footprint Tracker and Satellite Imagery Suite Grey Hydrogen Tiananmen Square Massacre Statue […]
Hornbills Subject – Environment Context – Save hornbills, for they are the gardeners of tropical forests: Study Concept – Scientists from two organisations studied how fruiting plants and hornbills influenced each other’s distribution in the Namdapha Tiger Reserve. The reserve, located in Arunachal Pradesh, is one of India’s most biodiverse protected areas. It […]
Antarctic Larsen C ice shelf break in 2017 Subject – Environment Context – NASA has an answer for Antarctic Larsen C ice shelf break in 2017 Concept – When an iceberg, more than nine times the size of Mumbai in India, split off from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf July 10-12, 2017, the […]
Govt Proposes To Redefine Forests Subject – Environment Context – Last week, the Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) published proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, easing diversion of forests and exempting certain categories of development from the need to take clearance from the Ministry. Concept – Last week, […]
Gene-Edited Plants Subject – Environment Context – ‘Approve norms for gene-edited plants without delay’ Concept – With an “inordinate delay” in pronouncing safety norms for gene-edited plants delaying research, a group of pro-biotechnology intellectuals and scientists have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over the undue delay. Seeking his attention to […]