GENERAL STUDIES 1 Gender Violence The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data for India indicates that 29 per cent of the ever-married women reported experiencing spousal violence – a slight decrease from the 31 per cent reported in NFHS-4 GENERAL STUDIES 2 Nutrition: The National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 shows negligible gains […]

    GENERAL STUDIES 1 Deprived section One in every four people in India was multidimensional poor. Poverty Nearly 35 per cent of Africa’s population (465 million people) could be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2021 because of COVID-19 and extreme weather events. GENERAL STUDIES 2 Health Some 37.6 per cent Indian […]

    Daily Prelims Notes 15 December 2021 Table Of Contents PCA framework for NBFCs Norms for CPSE Divestment Tropical Savannah Ecosystems WPI Inflation Black Clam India’s Sugar Export Subsidies Logistics Performance Index Lake Chad Korean War Char Dham Highway Project S-gene Target Failure (SGTF) Test   1. PCA framework for NBFCs Subject – Economy […]

    S-gene Target Failure (SGTF) Test Subject – Science and Tech Context – Union health ministry said the Omicron variant will be identified only through genome sequencing and through S-gene target failure, Concept – The World Health Organization has said the S gene is not present in the Omicron variant. This is the result […]

    Char Dham Highway Project Subject – Economy Context – Supreme Court approves widening of three Char Dham highways Concept – It aims to connect four Hindu holy towns of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath in Uttarakhand and is a 900-KMS long project. It will widen almost 900 km of highways connecting the pilgrimage sites and the Tanakpur-Pithoragarh stretch of National […]

    Korean War Subject – IR Context – South Korea: End to Korean War agreed to in principle Concept – The Korean War lasted from 1950 to 1953. North and South Korea have technically been at war ever since – backed by China and the US respectively – and locked in a tense relationship. […]

    Lake Chad Subject – IR Context – Lake Chad not shrinking, but climate is fuelling terror groups: report Concept – Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Central Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. According to the Global Resource Information Database of the United Nations Environment Programme, […]

    Logistics Performance Index Subject – Economy Context – The laying of the foundation stone at the Jewar Airport which the Prime Minister described as the “logistics gateway to North India” is amuch-needed milestone in India’s push to augment and enhance its logistics infrastructure. Concept – The Logistics Performance Index (LPI), developed by the […]