DPN Topics
MANGROVES TOPIC: Environment Context- As per WWF, around 300-400 million people world-over depend on wetlands for their livelihoods or protection against floods and other storms. Yet, it is estimated that the world has lost 87% of its wetlands since 1900s because of development activities which have also pushed many species to the brink […]
CROWDING OUT OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT TOPIC: Economy Context- Public borrowing won’t crowd out private investment: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged industry to step up investments and expand capacities, asserting that worries about high public capital spending and borrowings crowding out private investments were misplaced. Concept- Crowding out effect: A situation when increased interest […]
BUY NOW PAY LATER TOPIC: Economy Context- The ease of access to credit has made BNPL the most preferred product among GenZ consumers, young millennials, new to credit borrowers, who were often underserved or overlooked by traditional banks. Concept- What is Buy Now, Pay Later Buy Now Pay Later or BNPL, as it […]
RENEWABLE ENERGY POOLING TOPIC: Economy Context- The Union power ministry is set to come out with rules to pool solar tariffs to accelerate the procurement of solar power by power distribution companies. Concept- Why is pooling required? A consistent fall in solar power tariffs due to the falling price of solar panels has […]
EPFO TOPIC: Economy Context- The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation will meet on March 4-5 in Guwahati to decide on the interest rate for its subscribers for the financial year 2021-22. Concept- Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO): It is a government organization that manages provident fund and pension accounts of member employees and implements […]
SNOWFALL IN THE SAHARA DESERT: AN UNUSUAL WEATHER PHENOMENON TOPIC: Geography Context- Snowfall in a hot desert may seem a contradiction but snow has been recorded several times in the Sahara Desert over the last decades, most recently in January 2022. Concept- In order for snow to form, two distinctive weather properties are […]
QUANTITATIVE EASING TOPIC: Economy Context- The government is prepared to deal with all kinds of risks that may arise out of global developments, US Federal Reserve’s decision to roll back monetary easing, said, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Concept- Monetary Easing: Also known as Quantitative easing (QE) is a form of monetary policy used […]
BIMSTEC SUMMIT TOPIC: IR Context- BIMSTEC summit to be held on March 30 in Sri Lanka. Concept- About BIMSTEC The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional multilateral organisation. Its members lie in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous […]
FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION TOPIC: Polity Context- The question whether the state can use ‘national security’ as a ground to limit judicial scrutiny has come up for scrutiny again in the Media One TV channel case after the Supreme Court, in its Pegasus case order, observed that the Centre cannot expect a […]
SPUTNIK LIGHT VACCINE TOPIC: Science & tech Context- The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given green signal to emergency use of single-dose Sputnik Light Covid vaccine in the country. Concept- Sputnik Light Vaccine: Sputnik Light has been made by Russia’s Gamaleya Center, built on a human adenovirus vector platform. It is […]