Daily Prelims Notes 23 November 2021 Table Of Contents Panchayat (Extension of the Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change Bauxite Relative Strength Index (RSI) Inflation in Developed World El Salvador’s “Bitcoin City” Economic and Operational cost of FCI Unfair Trade Practices Gallantry awards Global State of Democracy Report 2021 […]
Kerala adoption row: DNA test Context: A lady complained against her parents, saying the newborn was forcibly taken and given for adoption and with the connivance of some officials. The baby was brought back from his foster parents in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday as directed by the Child Welfare Committee. It also ordered […]
CEPI and Disease X Context: The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has today launched a call for proposals to invite funding applications for innovative platform technologies that can be used to develop vaccines and other immunoprophylactics to rapidly respond to future outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and unknown pathogens, known as “Disease […]
Domestic Workers’ Survey Subject – Economy Context – Domestic workers’ survey kicks of Concept – The first All- India Survey on Domestic Workers was flagged off by Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav. The survey, being carried out by the Labour Bureau, was aimed at estimating the number of domestic workers at the national and State […]
Global State of Democracy Report 2021 Subject – Governance Context – Authoritarianism is on the rise, says report Concept – Released by: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Key findings of the report – The number of countries moving towards authoritarianism in 2020 was higher than that of countries going towards democracy. Democratically elected Governments are increasingly […]
Gallantry awards Subject – Defence and Security Context – President gives away Gallantry awards Concept – Gallantry Awards have been instituted by the Government of India to honour the acts of bravery and sacrifice of the officers/personnel of the Armed Forces, other lawfully constituted Forces and civilians. These gallantry awards are announced twice […]
Unfair Trade Practices Subject – Economy Context – Now selling counterfeit cookers, helmets, or gas cylinders offence Concept – The Centre announced launch of a nation-wide campaign to prevent sale of spurious and counterfeit goods that violate Quality Control Orders as its violation is a cognisable offence under relevant sections of the BIS […]
Economic and Operational cost of FCI Subject – Agriculture Context – In a move probably aimed at reducing handling costs at the initial stage of the rice procurement process, the Centre has asked Punjab to explore the possibility of auctioning paddy in some districts where there is a surplus. Concept – Food Corporation […]
El Salvador’s ‘Bitcoin City’ Subject – IR Context – El Salvador, the only country to recognise Bitcoin as a legal tender, is planning to build an entire city based on the largest crypto currency Bitcoin, President Nayib Bukele announced to a gathering of Bitcoin enthusiasts on Saturday at Bitcoin Week in El Salvador. […]