DPN Topics
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency(IREDA) Subject – Economy Context – Govt to infuse ₹1,500 cr in IREDA to step up RE funding Concept – Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) is a Mini Ratna (Category – I) Government of India Enterprise under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy […]
Top Producers and Consumers of Oil Subject – Economy Context – Crude oil hits 7-year high Concept – The largest oil producers and share of total world oil production in 2020 Country Share of World Total United States 20% Saudi Arabia 12% Russia 11% The largest oil consumers and share of total world […]
Seed Money Subject – Economy Context – IIT-M incubated Aerostrovilos raises ₹3.5 cr seed fund from TI Concept – Seed money, sometimes known as seed funding or seed capital, is a form of securities offering in which an investor invests capital in a startup company in exchange for an equity stake or convertible […]
Najafgarh Lake Subject – Environment Context – Delhi: Fewer bird numbers, species at Najafgarh lake this year, census finds Concept – The Najafgarh jheel, a transboundary wetland lying in Delhi and Haryana, has recorded fewer species of water birds this year as compared to the last, the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) conducted at […]
New Capital of Indonesia Subject – IR Context – Rising sea levels prompt Indonesia to relocate capital Concept – Indonesia passed a bill replacing its capital Jakarta with East Kalimantan, situated to the east of Borneo Island. The new capital city of the country will be called Nusantara. Nusantara is an old Javanese term that means ‘archipelago’. Jakarta has […]
National Commission for Women (NCW) Subject – Polity Context – Marital rape, gender neutral laws come up at NCW meet Concept – It was set up as a statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. Its mission is to strive towards enabling women to achieve equality and […]
Reform Linked Borrowing Subject – Economy Context – ‘20 states express interest to avail extra borrowing’ Concept – The Ministry of Finance had launched a programme in June last year to allow additional borrowing space of Rs 80,000 crore to states, which is conditional on them undertaking and sustaining specific reforms in the […]
Illegally Intercepted Messages Violate Fundamental Rights Subject – Polity Context – Allowing illegally intercepted messages as evidence violate fundamental rights: Delhi HC Concept – Delhi High Court has said that if illegally intercepted messages or audio conversations are permitted as evidence, it would lead to “manifest arbitrariness” and promote “scant regard” to the […]
IAS (Cadre) Rules 1954 Subject – Governance Context – Proposed Amendment of IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954: Changes against cooperative federalism, Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Concept – As per the current guidelines, the Centre every year asks states for an “offer list” of officers from the All India Services (IAS, IPS and Indian […]
Holy See Subject – IR Context – On October 30 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis at the Vatican Concept – The Pope is not a “head of state” in the conventional sense nor does the UN recognise him as one. Under the Lateran Treaty, a purely bilateral one entered […]