Daily Prelims Notes 15 March 2023 Table Of Contents IPCC meets in Switzerland Madia Gond tribes forced to leave ancestral land Old homes of Kashmir’s cold valley Schemes and Programmes to attract youth in agriculture MPLADS (Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) funds RBI has allowed banks of 18 other nations to […]
Perumal Murugan’s Pyre in Booker longlist Subject :International Relations Section: International Prizes Tamil writer Perumal Murugan has been selected for the International Booker prize longlist for 2023, the Booker Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday. Murugan makes it to the prestigious list with his 2016 book Pyre, translated from Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan
Google discourages sideloading of apps through multiple warnings, CCI tells NCLAT Subject :Science and Technology Section: Awareness in IT Context : Google discourages sideloading of apps through multiple warnings, CCI tells NCLAT What is sideloading? Sideloading offers mobile devices users a way to access more applications than are available through commercial app stores […]
Promises of Monoclonal antibody technology Subject : Science and technology Section: Biotechnology Concept : WHO has said that the technologies like Monoclonal antibody promises better disease prevention and control in Africa. They are used to address different kinds of diseases, not just infections. Monoclonal Antibody They are Lab-made copies of B cells that […]
One Week One Lab’ programme at CSIR-NIIST Subject: Science and technology Section: Msc Concept: CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), in Thiruvananthapuram signed three agreements on Monday for transfer of technology, including manufacture of leather from agro-residues as an alternative to animal and synthetic leather. These three tech transfers inked as […]
OBC Panel does not have caste census data , says govt Subject : Polity Section: Msc Concept : Union government on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the Justice Rohini Commission, which is looking into the subcategorisation, has been working without the data from the previous Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) conducted in […]
Emigration Act Subject: Schemes Concept: In 2022, emigration clearances were issued to 3,73,434 Indians, of which 10,654 were from Punjab, the Lok Sabha was informed. The Emigration Act, 1983, regulates emigration of skilled, semiskilled and unskilled workers as well as certain professionals such as nurses, for employment in 18 specified countries. Emigration Act […]
House panel apprehensive about PM-PVTG allocation Subject : Schemes Concept : Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment expressed disappointment that such a massive budgetary allocation ( 15,000 crores ) had been planned when even the Ministry of Tribal Affairs does not have data on PVTG populations in several States and Union Territories. […]
Australia to buy US nuclear submarine under AUKUS Subject : International Relations Section: Groupings Concept : Australia has unveiled plans to buy up to five U.S. nuclear-powered submarines, then build a new model with U.S. and British technology under an ambitious plan to bulk up Western muscle across the Asia-Pacific in the face […]