Daily Prelims Notes 18 July 2022 Table Of Contents Rice Crisis Irdai in favour of insurers in SLBC, proposes steep hike in premium target 5 things learned from the Webb Telescope’s first images Pre-packed labelled pulses and flour to attract 5% GST from tomorrow- clarifies govt Copper in India Lightning toll down 60% […]
Why Telangana’s floating solar plant is greener than ground-mounted ones? Subject : Economy Section: Energy India’s largest floating solar plant is now fully operational at Ramagundam in Telangana’s Peddapalli district. The 100-megawatt (MW) floating solar power photovoltaic project was commissioned by the National Thermal Power Corporation, the country’s foremost public-sector power generator. What […]
The Finance Ministry has declared zero coupons zero principal instruments (ZCZP) as securities Subject :Economy Section: Fiscal Policy The new notification is a follow up to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement in the FY20 Budget to initiate steps towards creating an electronic fund raising platform — a social stock exchange — under the […]
A treasure trove of artefacts from Kolkata’s past Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Photographs, sketches, pieces of gold, silver recovered from a warehouse Company Painting Company style or Company painting (kampani kalam) is a term for a hybrid Indo-European style of paintings made in India by Indian artists, many of whom worked […]
Remittances from advanced nations beat flows from Gulf region in FY21 Subject: Economy Section: External Sector Maharashtra displaces Kerala as the top recipient State In what is seen as a shift of workers to the West, Advanced Economies (AEs) — particularly the US, the UK and Singapore — emerged as key source countries […]
Lightning toll down 60% in 3 most vulnerable States: Report Subject: Geography Section: Climatology Lightning Resilient India Campaign has created a Lightning Atlas that details strikes across States/UTs with impacts. Lightning, even today, is not notified as a national disaster. It has been declared a state-specific disaster by 16 states as per Ministry […]
Copper in India Subject: Geography Section: Economic Geography In India, refined copper production has been gradually From a high of 799,000 tonnes in 2016-17, output has gradually fallen to 364,000 tonnes in 2020-21, as per government data. Worse, from being the net exporter (333,000 tonnes) in 2017-18, we have slipped to become a […]
Pre-packed labelled pulses and flour to attract 5% GST from tomorrow- clarifies govt Subject :Economy Section: Fiscal Policy Context: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs said single packages of food items like cereals, pulses and flour weighing up to 25 kg will be considered as ‘prepackaged and labelled’, and liable to […]
5 things learned from the Webb Telescope’s first images Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space Context: NASA released five images from the early work of the James Webb Space Telescope. The pictures highlighted the great potential of the telescope to plumb the secrets of deep space What Webb Telescope’s find? Astronomers hailed the […]