Daily Prelims Notes 21 August 2022 Table Of Contents The principle of lis alibi pendens and Forum non conveniens Grameen Udyami Parliamentary ST Cluster Development Project What is India’s policy on the Rohingya? Improving rice yield with an additional gene Rs 6250-cr IPO was approved: PharmEasy’s parent company withdraws DRHP Himachal Pradesh prone […]
Tamils & the many wars of Independence: pre-1857 Subject : History Section: Modern History Context: In his Independence Day speech, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin chronicled the lives of a dozen Tamil freedom fighters, each of whom took on the British in their own Dravidian territories before 1857 — the year […]
Himachal Pradesh prone to natural disasters, says study Subject :Geography Section: Physical Geography Context: Context: As Himachal Pradesh experiences the fury of nature in the form of landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, snow avalanches and droughts year after year, natural hazards have become a matter of immediate concern, the hilly region’s latest State […]
Rs 6250-cr IPO was approved: PharmEasy’s parent company withdraws DRHP Subject :Economy Section: Money Market Context: Fearing volatility in stock markets, API Holdings, the parent company of healthtech unicorn PharmEasy, has withdrawn its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) that it had filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the company […]
Improving rice yield with an additional gene Subject :Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: The Green Revolution of the 1960s brought about a marked improvement in the yield of agricultural crops such as rice and wheat. OsDREB1C gene New Research report points out that giving a Chinese rice variety a second copy of […]
What is India’s policy on the Rohingya? Subject : Polity Section: Citizenship Context: Officially, about 1,200 Rohingya have been identified as among the first batch to have arrived in Delhi in 2012. After they protested outside the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) office in Delhi, they were provided with refugee cards. The Foreigners Regional […]
Parliamentary ST Cluster Development Project Subject: Polity Section: Tribal Concept: The conference of Honorable MPs was held in Mumbai to discuss the upliftment of tribal communities in January 2020 Concept: Scheduled Tribe organizations called for a ‘Parliamentary ST Cluster Development Project’ which has been initiated in The conference of Honorable MPs was held […]
Grameen Udyami Subject: Polity Section: Tribal Context: Grameen Udyami Project launched in Ranchi to promote skill development and Entrepreneurship amongst the tribal youth, gives boost to Skill India Mission Concept: Grameen Udyami is a unique multiskilling project, funded by NSDC that aims to train 450 tribal students in Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. The […]