Seahorse Subject: Environment Section: species in news Context: Extensive fishing off the Coromandel coast could be forcing the great seahorse to migrate laboriously toward Odisha. More on the News: Fishing is less intense in the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coastline. But the shallow coastal ecosystem of the eastern Indian State may […]
Daily Prelims Notes 4 March 2023 Table Of Contents African dryland trees store less carbon than believed earlier Forest certification in India Frog endemic to the higher altitudes of Western Ghats ‘rediscovered’ BIMSTEC region can provide green, affordable energy access to all Samarth Scheme India scores 74.4 in World Bank index on working […]
Qualified Stock Brokers Subject : Economy Section: Capital market Concept : National Stock Exchange (NSE) Friday issued a list of 15 designated Qualified Stock Brokers (QSBs), including Zerodha Broking, 5paisa Capital, HDFC Securities, ICICI Securities, Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers, Angel One, IIFL Securities, Kotak Securities, and Motilal Oswal Financial Services. This […]
Great Pyramid of Giza Subject : History Section: World History Concept : At the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, researchers have discovered a secret passageway. According to BBC news, the initial finding was made by the ScanPyramids project in 2016 using a non-invasive method called cosmic-ray muon radiography. Since […]
Supreme Court eases norm for selection of consumer court presidents, members Subject : Polity Section: Msc Concept : The Supreme Court on March 3rd reduced the mandatory professional experience from 20 to 10 years to preside over consumer courts. The Supreme Court said lawyers and professionals with a Bachelor’s degree who has 10 […]
Satellite swarms are increasingly spoiling Hubble Telescope Images Subject: Science and technology Section: Space Technology Concept : Research published this week in Nature Astronomy suggests, showing that the Hubble Space Telescope is being impacted by these burgeoning satellite swarms. The steadily growing satellite population has been posing challenges for ground-based astronomy, but new […]
India scores 74.4 in World Bank index on working women Subject : International Relations Section : International reports Concept : Recently, the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law Report 2023 has been released, which covers 190 countries. Significantly the UAE scored 82.5 out of 100 possible points across 35 sub indicators divided […]
Samarth Scheme Subject : Schemes Concept : The Ministry of Textiles has called for applications for implementing partners for its Samarth scheme, which will be on till the end of March 2024. The ministry has opened a window for the implementing partners – industries and industrial associations – to register before March 14, […]
BIMSTEC region can provide green, affordable energy access to all Subject: International Relations Section: Groupings Context: India hosted the first meeting of Governing Board of BIMSTEC Energy Centre in Bengaluru February 27, 2023. More on the News: Access to energy has increased in most BIMSTEC countries except Myanmar, the overall generation mix is […]