Daily Prelims Notes 13 December 2021 Table Of Contents Subramaniya Bharathi Delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir Long COVID Differences between Webb and Hubble telescopes Co-lending Governor’s role in state and central universities Ban on Single-Use Plastic Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) High-Temperature Reactors for Green Hydrogen Pandemic Waves Gujarat’s Little Rann […]
Subramaniya Bharathi Subject – History Context – Call to give national-level award to poet SubramaniaBharathi Concept – He was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. Popularly known as “MahakaviBharathi” (“Great Poet Bharathi”), he was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry and is considered one of the greatest […]
Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program Subject – IR Context – US will no longer issue astronaut wings for commercial space travellers Concept – The astronaut wings it is referring to are pins that are given to individuals who fly to space in private spacecraft. The program comes under the Commercial Space Launch Act […]
Gujarat’s Little Rann of Kutch Subject – Geography Mapping Context – Great change in Little Rann: salt workers on the brink in Gujarat brought about a solar revolution Concept – The Little Rann of Kutch is a salt marsh which is part of the Rann of Kutch in Kutch district, Gujarat, India. The […]
Pandemic Waves Subject – Science and Tech Context – Past episodes teach us that pandemic always ebbs and flows in waves, warning us against any premature celebration of its defeat Concept – The three pandemics between 1817 and 1920 show they stay for a while and come in waves before dying down. Chronicles […]
High-Temperature Reactors for Green Hydrogen Subject – Environment Context – Concept – High temperature nuclear reactors (HTRs) represent a novel way to produce hydrogen at large scale with high efficiency and less carbon footprint. High Temperature Reactor (HTR) technology has been developed from the late 1940s in US and Germany. The present Very […]