Daily Prelims Notes 17 January 2022 Table Of Contents Jizya Fiscal Discipline Rare Earth Elements National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Oxfam Report 2021 Tsunamis Measles Mumps Rubella Vaccine Narayana Guru Predatory Pricing Sec 375 of IPC Gokak Agitation Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web3 1. Jizya Subject – History Context – need […]
Web3 Subject – Science and Tech Context – Web3: A vision for the future Concept – The concept of Web3, also called Web 3.0, used to describe a potential next phase of the internet, created quite a buzz in 2021. The model, a decentralised internet to be run on blockchain technology, would be […]
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Subject – IR Context – In Kohima, a cemetery with a tennis court. It is one of several Second World War graves maintained by Commonwealth War Graves Commission Concept – The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is […]
Gokak Agitation Subject – Governance Context – Organisations decry ‘step motherly treatment’ meted out to Kannada Concept – The Gokak agitation was a successful language rights agitation in the 1980s that fought for the first-language status of the Kannada language in the South Indian state of Karnataka. It was named after the committee […]
Sec 375 of IPC Subject – Polity Context – ‘Govt. talk on marital rape a delaying tactic’ Concept – To know about marital rape and Sec 375 of IPC, please refer September 2021 DPN.
Predatory Pricing Subject – Economy Context – Predatory pricing is prising Indian livelihoods apart Concept – Predatory pricing is the illegal act of setting prices low to attempt to eliminate the competition. Predatory pricing violates antitrust laws, as it makes markets more vulnerable to a monopoly. Consumers may benefit from lower prices in […]