Daily Prelims Notes 2 September 2022 Table Of Contents The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a loan of $2.9 billion to Sri Lanka. Financial Intelligence Unit – India (FIU-IND) The importance of September 2, Tibetan Democracy Day, for Tibetans in exile around the world UN report on Xinjiang Calling time on […]
Calling time on caretakers of J&K’s Sufi shrines Subject :Science and Technology Section : Biotechnology Context: Sufism The medieval period witnessed the rise and development of a large number of Muslim religious movements, mystic organizations, religious cults and attitudes. The Islamic mysticism was known as Sufism. It aims at establishing direct communion between […]
The landmark Mary Roy case in SC; which gave Syrian Christian women equal right to property Subject :Polity Section : Fundamental Rights Context: Educator and women’s rights activist Mary Roy, who passed away on Thursday (September 1), was best known for the “Mary Roy” case, the prolonged legal battle that ensured equal property […]
Cervavac- India’s first indigenously developed vaccine for cervical cancer Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday (September 1), announced the scientific completion of Cervavac, India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent human papillomavirus (qHPV) vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer. Despite being largely […]
Seven States cold to Centre’s crime portal Subject: Polity Section Context : At least seven States and one Union Territory have given a cold shoulder to the Centre’s online platform meant to share information and coordinate action among law enforcement agencies on serious criminal incidents, including human trafficking, data show The Crime Multi […]
UN report on Xinjiang Subject :IR Section: International organisation Context: UN Human Rights Office issues assessment of human rights concerns in Xinjiang, China Details: The UN Human Rights Office today issued an assessment of human rights concerns in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The assessment was initiated following serious allegations of human rights […]
The importance of September 2, Tibetan Democracy Day, for Tibetans in exile around the world Subject :History A little more than six decades ago, Tibetan Democracy Day was marked with the inauguration of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala on September 2. On Friday, under the photo of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, […]
Financial Intelligence Unit – India (FIU-IND) Subject: Economy Section: Fiscal Policy The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a key unit of the multi-agency probe into the Pandora Papers, has received responses from its counterparts in over three-fourths of the requests it sent to 33 foreign jurisdictions. Details: The information includes details of existing and […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a loan of $2.9 billion to Sri Lanka. Subject : Economy Section : External Policy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved a loan of $2.9 billion to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka IMF bailout–What happens next? The agreement between Sri Lanka and the IMF […]