Daily Prelims Notes 14 December 2022 Table Of Contents Ex ante and ex post concept Cartel in India Write-off Real interest Vs Nominal Interest Equitable benefit sharing of digitised genetic information to span across discussions at COP15 India likely to be first to hold satellite spectrum auction: TRAI Chairman Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine […]
India is pitching for a 30X30 vision at the Montreal biodiversity COP Subject : Environment Context- Governments will aim to adopt the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), often referred to as the ‘Paris Agreement for nature’, to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030 at the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties […]
Double financing for natural ecosystems by 2025 to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report Subject: Environment Context- Financing for nature-based solutions (NbS) needs to be doubled to deal with multiple global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, according to a new United Nations (UN) report. What are Nature-based Solutions […]
Can Montreal help communities: Here’s a look at access and benefit-sharing around the world Subject: Environment Context- Access and benefit sharing is one of the three objectives of the United Nations Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD). But on the ground, there is very little evidence that benefits arising from the use of biodiversity […]
The fusion energy breakthrough Subject: Science and Technology Context- Scientists in the U.S. have for the first time achieved a net gain in energy from a nuclear fusion reaction, seen as a big step forward in the decades-old endeavour to master a technology that is considered the most dependable source of energy in […]