Daily Prelims Notes 13 November 2022 Table Of Contents Ninth Schedule Personalized cell ‘editing’ used to treat cancer patients: study Substantial per-symptomatic monkeypox spread found Recharging groundwater by water-harvesting measures Land; sea use changes are drivers of biodiversity loss Why are talks on 1.5°C at a cliff edge at COP27? Carbon Capture Utilisation […]
Afzal Khan (general) and Shivaji: Subject :History Context: THE Supreme Court on Friday sought reports from officials of Maharasthra’s Satara district on the demolition drive conducted around the tomb of Afzal Khan, the 17thcentury commander of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur. Concept: Afzal Khan (died 20 November 1659) was a general who […]
Rajasthans’s Jalliawalan Tragedy : Mangarh Massacre Subject: Modern India Context: On November 17, 1913, six years before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 13, 1919, a horrifying tragedy occurred in Mangarh (Banswada, Rajasthan). While 379 lives were lost in Jallianwala, British cannons and machine guns are known to have killed more than 1,500 […]
Tirupati’s megalithic burial sites in a state of neglect Subject: Art and Culture Context: Anthropomorphic sites are those marked by a representation of human form above the megalithic Tirupati district is dotted with anthropomorphic burial sites, said to be the largest as a collection in Andhra Pradesh. Among these, the most prominent one […]
Who was Nadaprabhu Kempegowda? Subject: History Context: Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, a 16th century chieftain of the Vijayanagara empire, is credited as the founder of Bengaluru. It is said that he conceived the idea of a new city while hunting with his minister, and later marked its territory by erecting towers in four corners of […]
2021 Census of India Subject :Polity The 2021 Census of India, also the 16th Indian Census, is intended to be carried out in 2023. In April 2019, a data user conference was held and it was announced that 330,000 enumerators would be enlisted and that they would be encouraged to use their own […]
Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Subject :Polity It will subsume the University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), is likely to have extensive penal powers, with the government considering to authorise it to impose fine of up to Rs 5 crore and also proceed against the heads […]
Governor and Chief Minister: The conflict Subject :Polity Issue : recently we have seen the difference of opinion regarding many things between chief minister and the governor leading to sometimes major constitutional crisis. Governor: Article 155. Appointment of Governor: The Governor of a State shall be appointed by the President by warrant under […]
Can vaccine distribution be made fairer? Subject : Science and tech Context- The Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity has put out recent data that justifies the vexatious core of the vaccine distribution programme: Only one in four people has been vaccinated with at least one dose in low and middle-income countries as of […]
Plugging the defence gap Subject :Polity Srijan Portal- Pursuant to Atmanirbhar Bharat’s announcement, the Department of Defence Production has developed an indigenization portal, srijandefence.gov.in, as ‘opportunities for Make in India’ in Defence, which will give information on items that can be taken up for indigenization by the private sector. On this portal, DPSUs/OFB/SHQs […]