Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana (READY) Subject – Government Schemes Context – Dairy Science College in Bengaluru promotes earn-while-you-learn concept Concept – READY programme is a new initiative of Indian Council of Agricultural Research to reorient graduates of Agriculture and allied subjects for ensuring and assuring employability and develop entrepreneurs for emerging knowledge-intensive agriculture. Under this programme […]
China inventing names for places in Arunachal Pradesh Subject – IR Context – China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on Wednesday (December 29) that it had “standardised” the names of 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh Concept – China claims some 90,000 sq km of Arunachal Pradesh as its territory. It calls the area […]
Cropland Expansion Subject – Environment Context – Half of global cropland expansion replaced natural vegetation and tree cover: Study Concept – Cropland area across the world increased 9 per cent and cropland net primary production (NPP) by 25 per cent from 2003-2019, according to a new study. The growth was primarily due to […]
Goa Liberation Day Subject – Polity Context – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Goa on Sunday as the state celebrates its 60th liberation day. Concept – An important port for trade and military operations, Goa was ruled by the Portuguese for more than 450 years. The Portuguese colonized several parts of […]
Pope Francis’s visit to India Subject – IR Context – Pope visit likely next year Concept – Pope Francis’s visit to India is being made for 2022-end, or towards the beginning of 2023. Cardinal – Cardinal is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks immediately below the Pope. He is a […]
Sahitya Akademi Award Subject – Governance Context – NamitaGokhale, Tamil writer Ambai win SahityaAkademi Award Concept – SahityaAkademi award established in 1954, is a literary honour that is conferred annually by SahityaAkademi, India’s National Academy of letters. Akademi gives 24 awards annually to literary works in the languages it has recognized and an […]
Subprime Borrower Subject – Economy Context – Credit growth led by households as corporate demand slides: RBI Concept – A subprime borrower is a person considered to be a relatively high credit risk for a lender. Subprime borrowers have lower credit scores and are likely to have multiple negative factors in their credit […]
Consumer Protection (Jurisdiction of the District Commission, the State Commission and the National Commission) Rules 2021 Subject – Governance Context – Centre notifies new rules for consumer commissions Concept – The Centre has notified the Consumer Protection (Jurisdiction of the District Commission, the State Commission and the National Commission) Rules, 2021, revising the […]
Clinical Trial Terminology Subject – Science and Tech Context – Covaxin trials on children show robust safety, says Bharat Biotech Concept – While preclinical research that is done in a lab can provide foundation information about how a drug may work and its safety, it is not a substitute for studies that show […]
Delta vs Omicron Subject – Science and Tech Context – Omicron to replace Delta as dominant variant: Experts Concept – Parameter Omicron Delta Origin The Omicron variant was first detected in Botswana (on November 11) and three days later in South Africa. Delta variant was first identified in India in December 2020 as […]