Cryptocurrency vs CBDC Subject :Economy Section: Banking Context: Phased implementation of CBDC for wholesale, retail segments in the works, says RBI ED Choudhary Cryptocurrency vs CBDC: Basis Cryptocurrency Central Bank Digital Currency Meaning Digital token issued by a private institution or firm. Central bank digital currencies are digital tokens, similar to cryptocurrency but […]
Don’t apply ESG blindlyon developing countries Subject :Economy Section: Banking Context:Chief Economic Adviser V. AnanthaNageswaran has asked global investors not to apply standards related to sustainability and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) norms indiscriminately for developing countries, Concept : Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a criterion used by investors for screening companies. […]
Biomedical wastes Subject : Environment Section :Pollution Context: Biomedical waste is a universal problem Concept: To protect human health and the environment, the Ministry of Environment and Forests had notified the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) and later notified Bio-medical Waste Management […]
‘Rights of Nature’ Is a Faux Rights Revolution Entangled in Anthropocentrism Subject: Environment Section: Art and Culture Context: In three recent cases, the Madras and the Uttarakhand high courts invoked parens patriae to confer rights on natural elements like rivers and glaciers. What is Parenspatrie? Parens patriae conceives of nature as a perpetual […]
Western Europe bakes; United Kingdom, France, Italy and Iberian Peninsula on edge Subject :Geography Section: Climatology Context: Experts blame wind and atmospheric circulation and Arctic ice melt for the heatwave It is a part of the global warming process. The worst was the 2003 heatwave when 40,000 people died Heatwaves also happen due […]
HC asks state govt to make Bihar Vidyapeeth campus a museum Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Context: Bihar Vidyapeeth, the educational institution which was set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1921 Dr Rajendra Prasad was the principal of the Vidyapeeth. Gujarat Vidyapith is a deemed university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was […]
What is India’s law on abortion, and why has a pregnant unmarried petitioner gone to Supreme Court in appeal? Subject :Polity Section: Judiciary Context: A 25-year-old pregnant woman moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 19) seeking an abortion after the Delhi High Court declined her plea last week. The woman has also […]
Stay away from Congo’s ‘carbon bomb’ auction, Greenpeace urges Big Oil Subject : Environment Section :Pollution Context: Greenpeace has urged major oil and gas companies to not participate in a huge auction of oil blocks in Democratic Republic of Congo at the end of July. It has called it a carbon bomb. What are carbon […]
Daily Practice Sheet 21 July 2022 Daily Prelims Topics Stay away from Congo’s ‘carbon bomb’ auction, Greenpeace urges Big Oil Biomedical wastes Don’t apply ESG blindlyon developing countries Cryptocurrency vs CBDC Central bank’s currency-market intervention strategy Investments via P notes falling FRESH Delhi to get 1000 sandalwood trees What is India’s law […]