DPN Topics
A portable non-invasive way to detect oral cancer Subject – Science and Tech Context – Scientists from IIT Kharagpur have developed a portable, user-friendly, and non-invasive device for detecting oral cancer in resource-constrained clinical settings. Concept – Scientists from IIT Kharagpur have developed a portable, user-friendly, and non-invasive device for detecting oral cancer […]
Burkina Faso Subject – IR Context – Coup in Burkina Faso Concept – Country Location Capital Burkina Faso A landlocked country in West Africa. Ouagadougou Bordering Nations Features Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, Ivory Coast to the southwest. The largest […]
Chakma-Hajong Subject – IR Context – NHRC has done the right thing in directing the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Arunachal Pradesh government to submit an action taken report against the racial profiling and relocation of the Chakma and Hajong communities in the north-eastern State Concept – To know about Chakma-Hajong, please […]
Padma Awards Subject – Governance Context – General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff who died in an air crash recently, and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, who headed the State during Babri Masjid demolition, were selected for Padma Vibushan posthumously on the eve of Republic Day Concept – […]
Rights and Duties Context: PM speech on rights and duties Concepts: Relationship between rights and duties Rights and duties are the two sides of the same coin. For every right, there is a corresponding duty. Rights flow only from duties well performed. Duty is an inalienable part of right. What is duty for […]
Why Republic Day is celebrated? Subject – Polity Context – 26th January is celebrated as Republic Day Concept – The Preamble to the Constitution declares that India is a ‘Republic’. The primary collective intent behind a republic is anti-monarchical. The Greeks defined monarchy as the ‘rule of one (mono)’, a form of government […]
‘National Priority’ status Subject – Governance Context – Healthcare sector seeks priority status Concept – As the budget approaches, the healthcare sector is hoping for further increase in outlay for infrastructure, reduction in duties and GST to benefit the industry and the common people. Experts want the government to strengthen the digital ecosystem […]
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Subject – IR Context – Ukraine crisis: West braces for Russian aggression; NATO sends jets, warships Concept – It is an intergovernmental military alliance. Established by Washington treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. Headquarters — Brussels, Belgium. Headquarters of Allied Command Operations — Mons, Belgium. Significance: […]
National Policy on Electronics 2019 Subject – Economy Context – India is likely to achieve electronics production of $300 billion by 2026, lower than the target of $400 billion by 2025 set as per the National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2019, according to a vision document Concept – The National Policy on Electronics […]
Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Subject – Governance Context – Revamped CGHS website, app launched Concept – For the last six decades Central Government Health Scheme is providing comprehensive medical care to the Central Government employees and pensioners enrolled under the scheme. In fact CGHS caters to the healthcare needs of eligible beneficiaries […]