Electoral Bonds Subject – Polity Context – ADR report: Over 55% donations to regional parties from ‘unknown’ sources, most via electoral bonds Concept – Over 55% of the donations received by regional parties in FY 2019-20 came from “unknown” sources, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said in a report. The report noted […]

    Delhi’s smog Subject – Environment Context – the city is blanketed in smog Concept – Smog The word smog is derived from smoke and fog. This is the most common example of air pollution that occurs in many cities throughout the world. There are two types of smog: (a) Classical smog occurs in […]

    Carbon Border Tax Subject – Environment Context – ‘Carbon border tax discriminatory’ Concept – At the COP26 global climate conference currently underway here, four developing countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China (the BASIC Group) – have jointly opposed the proposed carbon border tax, calling it “discriminatory”. The carbon border tax is […]

    Devasahayam Subject – History Context – Devasahayam – the first Indian layman to be conferred sainthood Concept – A Hindu man from Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, who converted to Christianity in the 18th century, is set to become the first Indian layman to be declared a saint by the Vatican on May […]

    Earth’s first landmass emerged in Singhbhum Subject – Geography Context – Earth’s first landmass emerged in Singhbhum: study Concept – A new study has challenged the widely accepted view that the continents rose from the oceans about 2.5 billion years ago. It suggests this happened 700 million years earlier — about 3.2 billion […]

    Daily Practice Sheet 12 November 2021   Daily Prelims Topic Kashi Vishwanath Temple Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Current Account Deficit (CAD) PMGKAY Belarus-Poland Border Mapping Commission for Air Quality Management Devasahayam Delhi Smog Electoral bonds Poll commission plans to map migrant population for remote voting Interpol notices Record high US inflation Cess […]