DPN Topics
Save Silent Valley Campaign Subject – Environment Context – MK Prasad, who brought environmental consciousness in India, is no more Concept – Save Silent Valley was a social movement aimed at the protection of Silent Valley, an evergreen sub-tropical forest in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India. It was started in 1973 by […]
Tonga Volcanic Eruption and Global Climate Subject – Environment Context – underwater volcanic eruption occurred in Tonga in the southern Pacific Ocean January 15, 2022. Concept – Volcanic eruption occurred in Tonga in the southern Pacific Ocean January 15, 2022, affect global climate.The explosion spewed plumes of gases, steam and ash into the […]
Forest Definition Subject – Environment Context – Forest report’s conclusion of increase in cover should not lead to complacency. Loss of natural forests is worrying Concept – At present, in India, there is no clear nationally-accepted definition of ‘forest’. States are responsible for determining their definition of forests. The prerogative of the states […]
Parsi Last Rites Subject – Art and Culture Context – Centre cites Covid-19 risk, tells SC can’t let plea to allow Parsi last rites Concept – Parsi rituals prohibit the cremation or burial of dead bodies, and instead, they allow the corpses to decay naturally. A dakhma, also known as a Tower of […]
Guru Ravidas Subject – Personalities in News Context – EC reschedules Punjab poll to enable devotees participate in Guru RavidasJayanti at Varanasi Concept – Guru Ravidas was an Indian mystic poet-sant of the Bhakti movement and founder of Ravidassia religion during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a guru (teacher) in […]
Livestock Health and Disease Control (LH&DC) programme Subject – Government Schemes Context – With most of India’s livestock in rural and remote areas, a game changer now will be the use of mobile veterinary units Concept – For promotion of health of livestock and animals, the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying implements […]
Web3 Subject – Science and Tech Context – Web3: A vision for the future Concept – The concept of Web3, also called Web 3.0, used to describe a potential next phase of the internet, created quite a buzz in 2021. The model, a decentralised internet to be run on blockchain technology, would be […]
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Subject – IR Context – In Kohima, a cemetery with a tennis court. It is one of several Second World War graves maintained by Commonwealth War Graves Commission Concept – The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is […]
Gokak Agitation Subject – Governance Context – Organisations decry ‘step motherly treatment’ meted out to Kannada Concept – The Gokak agitation was a successful language rights agitation in the 1980s that fought for the first-language status of the Kannada language in the South Indian state of Karnataka. It was named after the committee […]
Sec 375 of IPC Subject – Polity Context – ‘Govt. talk on marital rape a delaying tactic’ Concept – To know about marital rape and Sec 375 of IPC, please refer September 2021 DPN.