GENERAL STUDIES 1 Emission of Greenhouse gases The global shipping industry accounts for nearly 3 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. GENERAL STUDIES 2 HC Vacancy The total sanctioned strength in the 25 High Courts is 1,080. However, the present working strength is 661 with 419 vacancies as on March 1 Per capita […]

    Daily Prelims Notes 22 November 2021 Table Of Contents Carbon Credits Cobalt National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) Chabahar port Inverted duty structure National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) Importer-Exporter Codes (IECs) Commissionerate System Minsk Accord Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace Disarmament and Development for 2021 Healthcare equity in urban India Tadoba­ Andhari […]

    Tadoba­Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) Subject – Environment Context – ₹15 lakh compensation for kin of forest guard killed by tigress in TATR. Concept – Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is located in Chandrapur district in Maharashtra. It is Maharashtra’s oldest and largest national park. It is one of India’s 50 “Project Tiger” – Tiger reserves. Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve was established as the second […]

    Healthcare equity in urban India Subject – Governance Context – Life expectancy lower for urban poor, says study Concept – Life expectancy among the poorest is lower by 9.1 years among men and 6.2 years among women from the corresponding figures for the richest in urban areas, noted a report released recently by Azim Premji University in collaboration with 17 […]

    Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace Disarmament and Development for 2021 Subject – Governance Context – Pratham gets Indira Gandhi Peace Prize Concept – Pratham, a civil society organisation dedicated to improving the quality of education among underprivileged children in India and across the world, has been selected for the Indira Gandhi Prize for […]