RBI Retail Direct Scheme Subject – Economy Context – PM to launch RBI’s retail direct, integrated ombudsman schemes Concept – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch two innovative, customer-centric initiatives of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the retail direct scheme and the integrated ombudsman scheme, via video-conferencing. The RBI Retail Direct Scheme […]
Tuvalu Map Subject – Environment / Geography Context – Tuvalu’s foreign minister gave COP26 speech knee-deep in the ocean Concept – The foreign minister of Tuvalu, a tiny Pacific island nation located halfway between Hawaii and Australia, delivered a powerful message at the United Nations COP26 climate summit. The island nation of Tuvalu, […]
Onake Obavva Subject – History Context – Karnataka’s celebration of her bravery Concept – From this year, the Karnataka government has decided to celebrate ‘Onake Obavva Jayanti’ on November 11 throughout the state She was a woman warrior who fought the forces of Hyder Ali single-handedly with a pestle (‘onake’ in Kannada) in […]
General consent for CBI Subject – Polity Context – The Supreme Court this week expressed concern over a submission by the CBI that since 2018, around 150 requests for sanction to investigate have been pending with eight state governments that have withdrawn general consent to the agency. Concept – The National Investigation Agency […]
Global emissions of CO2 from transport Subject – Environment Context – Six large automobile makers and 31 countries on Wednesday pledged to work towards ending the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, and five years sooner in the world’s “leading markets” for their vehicles. Concept – Six large automobile makers […]
NASA’s DART mission Subject – Science and Tech Context – On November 24, at around 11.50 am (IST), NASA will launch the agency’s first planetary defence test mission named the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Concept – The main aim of the mission is to test the newly developed technology that would allow […]
Daily Practice Sheet 10 November 2021 Daily Prelims Topic Counter MEASURE project Issi saaneq Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) Corbett National Park Frothing in Delhi’s Yamuna The power of 5G 4.2 variant Vaccine Pacts Diamond-Water Paradox Theory of Marginalism Goa Maritime Conclave The Indian Ocean Region National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation […]