Inflation target breach Subject: Economy Why in the news? CPI-based inflation is expected to remain above the 6 per cent upper limit in the July-September quarter too. Details: The average retail inflation in January-March 2022 and April-June 2022, according to data released by the National Statistics Office, was 6.34 per cent and 7.28 […]
Tilapia Subject: Environment Concept: Tilapia’ has emerged to be one of the most productive and internationally traded food fish in the world. Tilapia are mainly freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers, and lakes, and less commonly found living in brackish water. Tilapia can become a problematic invasive […]
Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) Subject: Environment Context: Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) in Rajasthan’s Desert National Park (DNP) have laid around 20 eggs this breeding season, with four females laying two eggs each. Concept: The Great Indian Bustard is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world. Scientific Name: Ardeotisnigriceps Habitat: Dry grasslands […]
Daily Prelims Notes 18 August 2022 Table Of Contents Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) Merchant Discount Rate Developed country Credit Deposit Ratio The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar Did asteroids bring water to Earth? Findings of the Hayabusa-2 probe, explained What is causing Arctic warming? Should India be worried? Wheat […]
UN meet begins over treaty to govern use of high seas Subject :Environment Section: Biodiversity United Nations member states have gathered in New York to create a new, legally-binding global treaty to govern the use of the high seas. This could be the last round of negotiations for the conservation and sustainable use […]
SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar Subject: Scheme Section: Vulnerable Context: 500 cities across India have declared themselves as ‘SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar’. Concept: In a major achievement towards putting an end to manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks, 500 cities across India have declared themselves as ‘Safai Mitra Surakshit Shehar’ by achieving targets for safety […]
When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill they often have an accomplice — bacterial infections Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in the loss of over 3 per cent of the world’s population — at least 50 million people But it wasn’t the flu virus that caused the […]
Wheat production down but many crops set for record Subject: Geography Section: Economic geography Context: The production of wheat is estimated to come down to 106.84 million tonnes in 2021-22 from 109.59 million tonnes in 2020-21, according to the Fourth Advance Estimates of Production of Foodgrains for 2021-22 released by the Ministry of […]
What is causing Arctic warming? Should India be worried? Subject: Geography Section: Climate change Context: On August 11, Finnish Meteorological Institute researchers published their study in the Communications Earth & Environment journal, concluding that the Arctic is heating four times faster than the rest of the planet. What is Arctic amplification? What causes […]
Did asteroids bring water to Earth? Findings of the Hayabusa-2 probe, explained Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space Science Context: How did the Earth, believed to have been covered in bubbling oceans of magma billions of years ago, transform into the ‘blue planet’ and become covered in water? In an article published in […]