Supplementary Demands for Grants Subject – Polity Context – Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday sought Parliamentary clearance for an additional spending of Rs 3,73,761 crore, placing the second batch of supplementary demands for grants for the current fiscal. Concept – In addition to the budget that contains the ordinary estimates of income […]
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Subject – IR Context – Gita Gopinath to take No.2 role at IMF as First Deputy Managing Director Concept – The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, promotes international financial stability and monetary cooperation. It also facilitates international trade, promotes employment and sustainable economic growth, and helps to reduce global […]
Indo-Pak War of 1971 Subject – IR Context – 50 years ago, on the eve of December 3, 1971, Pakistan launched a series of air strikes against Indian air bases in the Western Sector, thus signalling the official beginning of the third Indo-Pak War. This war would lead to the creation of a […]
Churches and Convents of Goa Subject – Art and Culture Context – ongoing citizens’ movement against an allegedly illegal bungalow in a precinct that is home to several heritage monuments, including the popular Basilica of Bom Jesus. Concept – Churches and convents of Old Goa is the name given by UNESCO to a […]
Green Hydrogen Subject – Environment Context – Construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and leading renewable energy company ReNew Power (ReNew) on Thursday signed an agreement to tap the $60 billion emerging green hydrogen market in India. Concept – Green hydrogen is hydrogen produced by a process that does not emit any greenhouse […]
Nuclear Power and Net-Zero Subject – Environment Context – India cannot meet the net-zero emission target without nuclear power: Kakodkar Concept – India cannot meet its net-zero emission commitments without nuclear power, says eminent nuclear physicist and former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr Anil Kakodkar. Nuclear power alone could provide low-cost […]
Blockchain Technology Subject – Science and Tech Context – “Blockchain is a technology I believe in and it is different from crypto. I believe in real time and expect everything will settle in real time. Smart contracts will also become real,” Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said. Concept – Blockchains are a new […]
Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Authority Subject – IR Context – Win for farmers as India revokes PepsiCo’s patent on FL-2027 potato variety Concept – History – PepsiCo, a multi-million-dollar conglomerate, had sued Gujarati farmers asking them to pay ₹1.05 crore each for alleged violation of Intellectual Property Rights. The […]
How MPs’ questions are allowed and disallowed in parliament? Subject – Polity Context – On Tuesday, The Indian Express reported how a question by Congress MP K C Venugopal in Rajya Sabha, scheduled to be answered on December 2, was removed from the list of finally admitted questions. Concept – In both Houses, […]
Battle of Aberdeen Subject – History Context – Tribal communities, workers, peasants, students and the common people braved imprisonment or bullets and fought for the dream of a freedom that would ensure justice and equality. The Constitution was and remains the culmination of that struggle. Concept – It is a violent clash between […]