Pangong lake in Ladakh Subject – Geography / IR Context – China constructing bridge on Pangong Lake in Ladakh Concept – China is constructing a bridge in eastern Ladakh connecting the north and south banks of Pangong Tso (lake), which will significantly bring down the time for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to move troops and equipment between the […]
IRDAI bats for ‘reasonable’ remuneration to insurance CEOs Subject – Economy Context – IRDAI bats for ‘reasonable’ remuneration to insurance CEOs, to limit variable pay Concept – The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has batted for ‘reasonable’ remuneration to insurance CEOs, to limit variable pay. This has been proposed in […]
Spectrum Subject – Science and Tech Context – To expedite 5G auction, DoT to meet MoD, ISRO, other officials Concept – Spectrum refers to the invisible radio frequencies that wireless signals travel over. The frequencies we use for wireless are only a portion of what is called the electromagnetic spectrum. Devices such as […]
India’s falling jobless rate Subject – Economy Context – Jobless rate touches ‘4-mth high’ Concept – India’s unemployment rate touched a four-month high of 7.9 per cent in December, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed. What are the risks to employment? Urban unemployment rate on a weekly level had […]
Apple hits $3 trillion market value Subject – Science and Tech Context – Apple becomes first company to hit $3 trillion market value Concept – Apple, the computer company that started in a California garage in 1976, is now worth $3 trillion. It became the first publicly traded company to ever reach the […]
MSMEs Subject – Economy Context – MSMEs: Engines of growth for new India Concept – Worldwide, MSMEs have been accepted as the engine of economic growth and for promoting equitable development. They constitute over 90% of total enterprises in most of the economies and are credited with generating the highest rates of employment […]
GitHub Subject – Defence and security Context – The open-source software repository service GitHub is in the news after it was used to create and share an offensively named app that sexually harassed Muslim women in India. Concept – GitHub is the world’s largest open-source developer community platform where users upload their projects […]
The shelf life of Covid-19 vaccines Subject – Science and Tech Context – More than 40 lakh teenagers in the 15-18 age group received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccines on Monday as India began its drive to vaccinate the younger population groups. Some concerns were raised about ‘expired’ Covaxin being administered to […]
Double Deflation Subject – Economy Context – growth rate of real GDP is contaminated by the “double deflation problem”. Concept – In the double deflation method, real value added is measured as the difference between real gross output and real intermediate inputs. Double deflation is the technique used to estimate real value added […]
Reports and Indices Subject – Governance Context – Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world Concept – Report Released by – World Inequality Report 2022 World Inequality Lab Human Capital Index (HCI) World Bank