Daily Prelims Notes 6 September 2023 Table Of Contents RBI to allow CBDC in call money market Delhi HC upholds Centre’s decision to include all medical devices as drugs To boost chip industry, China to launch new $40b State fund Problem posed by converging nominal and real GDP Govt tightens ‘beneficial owner’ rules […]
What is SF₆? Why should we be monitoring it? Subject: Environment Section: Climate change What is SF₆? SF₆ is a stable colourless, odourless, synthetic fluorinated gas that makes effective insulating material for medium and high-voltage electrical installations. Around 80% of the SF₆ used globally is in electricity transmission and distribution. Medium- and high-voltage […]
India’s creduce to set up digital registry to help small farmers earn carbon credits Subject: Environment Section: Climate change Context: Creduce, one of India’s leading services providers in the field of climate change and carbon asset management, plans to set up a digital registry to help small and marginal farmers claim carbon credits, […]
First ship to enter Ramayapatnam port by year end to test operational feasibility Subject: Environment Section: Environment legislation Context: The construction works of Machilipatnam port in Andhra Pradesh are progressing at ‘brisk’ pace according to a senior official of Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board (APMB). Ports in Andhra Pradesh: Ramayapatnam port in Prakasam district […]
Scanty rainfall, low-water levels to affect kuruvai paddy yields this year, warn Tamil Nadu farmers Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: Tamil Nadu farmers have warned of low paddy yields this year, claiming that kuruvai, or short-term paddy cultivation, on about 100,000 acres in delta districts has been hit due to a lack of […]
6 billion tonnes of sand taken annually from oceans, causing irreparable damage to benthic life Subject: Environment Section: Ecosystem Context: Some six billion tonnes of sand is being extracted annually from the floor of the world’s oceans, causing irreparable damage to benthic life, according to a new global data platform on sand and […]
Laws governing forests of Northeast India Subject: Environment Section: Environment legislation Context: On August 22, the Mizoram Assembly unanimously passed a resolution opposing the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023, “to protect the rights and interest of the people of Mizoram”. Why are the Northeast states opposing the amendment? The amendment allows the diversion […]
Criminalizing wilful environmental damage is harder than it sounds Subject: Environment Section: Environment legislation Maya Project of Mexico: Mexico’s ‘Maya train’ project, which aims to connect historic Maya sites with a route length of 1525 km, is being called a ‘Megaproject of death’ or ‘Pharaonic project’ because it imperils Yucatán peninsula of its […]
Aditya-L1 successfully undergoes the second earth-bound manoeuvre: ISRO Subject : Science and technology Section : Space technology Aditya-L1’s Second Earth-bound Manoeuvre Successful execution of the second Earth-bound manoeuver. Conducted from ISTRAC (ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network), Bengaluru. Tracking by ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, and Port Blair. Performed on September 5, resulting […]