DPN Topics
Indian Army to get new eye in the sky Subject: Science and Tech Section: Space Context: The Indian Army has received a great boost after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh gave his nod to the Acceptance of Necessity for the GSAT-7B satellite. What are the GSAT 7 series satellites? GSAT 7 satellites are advanced […]
Food insecurity Subject: Governance Section: Food security Context: Second round of the Hunger Watch survey (HW-II) Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) is experience-based measures of household or individual food security. The FIES Survey Module (FIES-SM) consists of eight questions regarding people’s access to adequate food, and can be easily integrated into various types […]
G20: President Joe Biden wants Russia to be expelled from G20 Subject: IR Section: International organisation Context: US President Joe Biden said that he wants Russia out of the G-20. He also added that it depends on other member countries. Concept : The G20 is an informal group of 19 countries and the […]
WMO to ensure global early warning systems coverage in 5 years Subject: Geography Section: Climate Context: On World Meteorological Day March 23, 2022, António Guterres, United Nations secretary-general said. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) will lead an effort to ensure every person on Earth is protected by early warning systems within five years […]
What are black boxes, and why are they important in a crash investigation? Subject: Science Section: Msc Context: China’s aviation authority announced on Wednesday (March 23) that a flight recorder, commonly known as “black box”, “from China Eastern MU5735 was found”, bringing the first hope of understanding what caused the country’s worst airline disaster in […]
Microsoft confirms hacking Subject: Science and Tech Section: IT and Computer related Context: Following the dumping of files that hacking group LAPSUS$ allegedly gathered by hacking Microsoft, Microsoft has now confirmed it was compromised through a single account Concept: Who are Lapsus$? South America-based Lapsus$ is known for publicly posting details about their […]
Protection of minorities Subject: Polity Section :Right Issues Context: A group of senior journalists from all over India issued a collective appeal to constitutional institutions on Wednesday to step in and discharge their mandate in the wake of “attacks” on India’s religious minorities, especially Muslims. Who is a minority? The term “Minority” is […]
New export destinations for GI Agri Products Subject: Economy Section: Agriculture Context: Of the over 100 niche GI tagged products, 49 have got new export markets. Concept: There are 417 registered GI products and around 150 of them are agricultural and food products. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is […]
Cryptocurrency Subject: Economy Section: Monetary policy Context: Cryptocurrency being taxes Concept: A cryptocurrency or crypto, is a virtual currency secured by cryptography. It is designed to work as a medium of exchange, where individual ownership records are stored in a computerised database using blockchain technology. The pioneer cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was traded at just […]
Green Bond Subject: Economy Section: Economic Growth Context: Recently, the Finance Minister in the Budget 2022 announced that the government proposes to issue sovereign green bonds to mobilise resources for green infrastructure. In 2007, green bonds were launched by few development banks such as the European Investment Bank and the World Bank. Subsequently, […]