More Opportunities for youth to become part of voters list Subject :Polity Section: Elections Context: 17+ year old youngsters can now apply in advance for having their names enrolled in Voter’s list and not necessarily have to await the pre-requisite criterion of attaining age of 18 years on 1st January of a year. […]
Centre to amend Warehousing Act Subject: Economy Section: Agriculture Context: The Union Food and Public Distribution Ministry has suggested major amendments to the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act of 2007. the amendment was to make registration of godowns compulsory and to raise the penalty for various offences and to do away with the […]
Supreme Court upholds powers of arrest- raid under PMLA Subject :Polity Section: Constitution Context: The SC upheld the core amendments made to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). What is Money Laundering? Whosoever directly or indirectly attempts to indulge or assist other person or actually involved in any activity connected with the […]
India’s role in UN Peacekeeping Missions over the years Subject :International Relations Section: International Organization Context: Two BSF personnel, who were part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), were among five people killed during a protest in an eastern town near the border with Uganda on Tuesday. What […]
Chess and chaturanga Subject: History Section: Art and Culture Context: Prime Minister will inaugurate the world’s biggest chess event at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. Concept: Chaturanga is an old Indian two-player board game that was invented at least 1,500 years ago and is believed to be the earliest predecessor of the game of chess. […]
Trend on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India Subject :Economy Section: External Sector Context:Singapore (27.01%) and USA (17.94%) have emerged as top 2 sourcing nations in FDI equity flows into India in FY2021-22. Concept: As per the UNCTAD World Investment Report (WIR) 2022, on the global trends in FDI inflows, India has improved […]
Daily Prelims Notes 27 July 2022 Table Of Contents Africa Protected Areas Congress Freebies- a violation of Constitutional provisions Approves advisory for management of Human-Wildlife Conflict across the country Hasdeo Aranya forests. Lumpy Skin Disease Gross domestic product (GDP) Consumer protection body issues notices to EV-makers on fire incidents No shortage of antiretroviral […]
The repechage format introduced by World Athletics for the 2024 Paris Olympics Subject :International Relations Section: International World Athletics on Monday announced that they were set to introduce a repechage round in individual track events from 200m to 1500m races for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. According to World Athletics, the events at […]
Eutelsat- One Web to merge Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space Eutelsat will combine its strong fleet of 36 Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites with OneWeb’s constellation of 648 Low Earth Orbit satellites, of which 428 are currently in orbit. With its uniquely superior GEO/LEO offerings, complementing high throughput with low latency, the combined […]
India adds five more Ramsar sites, ups tally to 54 Subject :Polity Section: National body Context: These are the Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest and Pichavaram Mangrove in Tamil Nadu, the Sakhya Sagar in Madhya Pradesh and Pala Wetland in Mizoram. India’s Ramsar wetlands are spread over 11,000 sq km — […]