DPN Topics
S-gene Target Failure (SGTF) Test Subject – Science and Tech Context – Union health ministry said the Omicron variant will be identified only through genome sequencing and through S-gene target failure, Concept – The World Health Organization has said the S gene is not present in the Omicron variant. This is the result […]
Char Dham Highway Project Subject – Economy Context – Supreme Court approves widening of three Char Dham highways Concept – It aims to connect four Hindu holy towns of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath in Uttarakhand and is a 900-KMS long project. It will widen almost 900 km of highways connecting the pilgrimage sites and the Tanakpur-Pithoragarh stretch of National […]
Korean War Subject – IR Context – South Korea: End to Korean War agreed to in principle Concept – The Korean War lasted from 1950 to 1953. North and South Korea have technically been at war ever since – backed by China and the US respectively – and locked in a tense relationship. […]
Lake Chad Subject – IR Context – Lake Chad not shrinking, but climate is fuelling terror groups: report Concept – Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Central Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. According to the Global Resource Information Database of the United Nations Environment Programme, […]
Logistics Performance Index Subject – Economy Context – The laying of the foundation stone at the Jewar Airport which the Prime Minister described as the “logistics gateway to North India” is amuch-needed milestone in India’s push to augment and enhance its logistics infrastructure. Concept – The Logistics Performance Index (LPI), developed by the […]
India’s Sugar Export Subsidies Subject – Economy Context – WTO dispute panel rules against India’s sugar export subsidies Concept – A World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel has ruled against India’s sugar export subsidy and domestic support to sugarcane growers in a dispute filed by Australia, Brazil and Guatemala. India has said that it […]
Black Clam Subject – Environment Context – CMFRI’s efforts to increase clam catch in Kerala’s Vembanad lake yield results Concept – Villoritacyprinoides, the black clam, is found in the backwaters of Kerala, mainly in Vembanad backwaters. It does not show sex reversal or hermaphroditism. It spawns twice a year. A change in salinity […]
WPI Inflation Subject – Economy Context – WPI inflation surges to 14.23% in Nov Concept – It is the most widely used inflation indicator in India. Published by the Office of Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. All transactions at the first point of bulk sale in the domestic market are included. Major criticism for […]
Tropical Savannah Ecosystems Subject – Environment Context – Climate mitigation should not come at cost of biodiversity conservation, warns tropical savanna ecologist Concept – A grassland ecosystem is a dry area of land dominated by grasses. Huge trees and shrubs are very rarely found in these regions, which is mainly because of the […]
Norms for CPSE Divestment Subject – Economy Context – The Finance Ministry has released guidelines for the implementation of the new central public sector enterprise (CPSE) policy, aimed at the privatisation, merger, closure or subsidiarisation of non-strategic CPSEs. Concept – The Finance Ministry has released guidelines for the implementation of the new central […]