Daily Prelims Notes 7 May 2022 Table Of Contents Front running The Cooling-off period for retired Bureaucrats Russia’s Victory Day Section 11 of the Electricity Act Gas flaring at oil and gas facilities and global warming NFHS 5 Legal Age for Marriage 1. Front running Subject: Economy Section: Capital Market Context: Axis […]
Legal Age for Marriage Subject: Governance Topic: Gender Context: About 25 per cent of women aged 18-29 and 15 per cent of men aged 21-29 got married before reaching the minimum legal age of marriage, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted between 2019-21. Concept: In India, the legal age […]
NFHS 5 Subject: Governance Topic: Health Context: The NFHS-5 national report lists progress from NFHS-4 (2015-16) to NFHS-5 (2019-21). The report also provides data by socio-economic and other background characteristics; useful for policy formulation and effective programme implementation. Concept: The Total Fertility Rate (TFR), an average number of children per woman, has further […]
Gas flaring at oil and gas facilities and global warming Subject: Environment Section: Capital Market Context: Gas flared at oil and gas facilities is greater than EU’s total import from Russia and a key source of methane emission What is gas flaring? Gas flaring is the burning of natural gas associated with oil […]
Section 11 of the Electricity Act Subject: Economy Section: Infrastructure Context: With the coal and power supply situation in the country becoming a cause of concern, the Power Ministry has read the riot act to the imported coal based (ICB) power plants directing them to start operations. Concept: Section 11 of the Electricity […]
Russia’s Victory Day Subject: International relation Section: Important events Context: It is believed that President Vladimir Putin will use his May 9 speech to draw parallels between the conflict in Ukraine and the heroism of Soviet soldiers during World War II. About Russia’s Victory Day On May 9, Russia commemorates the defeat of […]
The Cooling-off period for retired Bureaucrats Subject: Polity Section: Civil service Context: Archana Goyal Gulati, an 1989-batch official of the Indian Posts and Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service (Indian P&TAFS), has joined Google as Chief of Public Policy after taking voluntary retirement from the civil service. As she completed the one-year cooling period that is […]
Front running Subject: Economy Section: Capital Market Context: Axis Asset Management Company, which manages assets worth Rs 259,818 crore, suspended two fund managers on Friday for various irregularities, including front-running the AMC’s transactions on their personal accounts. Concept: Front running involves purchasing a stock based on advance non-public information regarding an expected large […]
Daily Practice Sheet 6 May 2022 Daily Prelims Topics Lending Rate Liquidity overhung Section 148 of the IT Act Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) Jog Development Projects ‘Diktat calling for storage of user data may face backlash’ What is Shigella, the bacteria that killed a girl after she ate shawarma in Kerala? WHO […]