Silicosis Subject – Social Issues Context – Do not breathe easy on the silicosis prevention policy Concept – Silicosis is a fatal respiratory illness caused by inhaling fine silica dust through prolonged exposure in sandstone mines and quarries. Silica (SiO2/silicon dioxide) is a crystal-like mineral found in abundance in sand, rock, and quartz. […]

    UN Security Council Resolution 2593 Subject – IR Context – Modi for ‘humanitarian help’ to Afghanistan Concept – To know about UNSC Resolution 2593, please click here.

    Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) Subject – Governance Context – Expert panel clears Covaxin for emergency use in 2­18 age group Concept – Covaxin is the country’s first indigenous, whole-virion, inactivated vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV). To know about CDSCO, please click here. CDSCO along […]

    Daily Prelims Notes 12 October 2021 Table Of Contents Super-critical FDI caps in different industry Nobel Prize for Economics 2021 Golden Crescent Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) Rubber Board Stubble Burning India-China standoff Public Accounts Committee(PAC) of Parliament National Green Tribunal (NGT) Right to Information (RTI) International Energy Agency (IEA) 1. Super-critical […]

    International Energy Agency (IEA) Subject – IR Context – ‘India invited to become full­time IEA member’ Concept – International Energy Agency (IEA) has invited India, the world’s third-largest energy consumer, to become its full-time member — a proposal, if accepted, will require New Delhi to raise strategic oil reserves to 90 days’ requirement. […]

    Right to Information (RTI) Subject – Governance Context – Over 2 lakh RTI pleas pending Concept – Sixteen years after the RTI Act came into force on October 12, 2005, it is a tool for citizens to demand accountability in governance, with an estimated 40 lakh to 60 lakh RTI requests being filed […]

    National Green Tribunal (NGT) Subject – Environment Context – NGT need not ‘wait for Godot’ to save environment, says SC Concept – The Supreme Court has declared the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) position as a “unique” forum endowed with suomotu powers to take up environmental issues across the country. The court said the NGT need not wait for the “metaphorical Godot” to […]

    Public Accounts Committee(PAC) of Parliament Subject – Polity Context – Centennial celebration of the creation of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament Concept – The PAC is the oldest parliamentary committee in the Indian legislative affairs and has been crucial in upholding the principle of accountability as it exercises oversight of public […]

    India-China standoff Subject – IR Context – India, China commander talks end in impasse. Concept – Southeast of Galwan Valley,Hot Springs lies in the Chang Chenmo river valley, close to Kongka La, a pass that marks the Line of Actual Control. In 1962, China attacked Hot Springs even though it was not among the sectors that saw […]