DPN Topics
Environment-Related Offences Subject – Environment Context – As told to Parliament (December 6, 2021): Cases of environment-related offences almost doubled in 2020 Concept – The number of cases registered for environment-related offences increased to 61,767 in 2020 from 34,676 in 2019, according to Crime in India report 2020. India supported a ‘non-binding’ Zero […]
Millets Subject – Agriculture Context – To address multi-pronged health issues such as obesity and under-nutrition, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution sponsored by India and supported by more than 70 countries, declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets. Concept – To address multi-pronged health issues such as obesity and […]
La Nina and North-East monsoon Subject – Geography Context – Loss from northeast monsoon pegged at ₹11,916.3 crore Concept – What is La Nina? La Niña (‘little girl’ in Spanish) and El Niño (‘little boy’) refer to the see-sawing of surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean, which represents more than 50 per cent […]
Plant-Based Chewing Gum that ‘Traps’ Coronavirus Subject – Science and Tech Context – Researchers have developed a chewing gum that they say can potentially reduce transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Concept – Researchers have developed a chewing gum that they say can potentially reduce transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The chewing gum is […]
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and Surrogacy Subject – Science and Tech Context – Lok Sabha passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill, 2020, which makes provisions for the safe and ethical practice of assisted reproductive technology (ART) services in the country. Concept – The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill relates to surrogacy, an infertility treatment, […]
Sedition Subject – Polity Context – Editor of Assam portal charged with sedition Concept – Sedition, which falls under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, is defined as any action that brings or attempts to bring hatred or contempt towards the government of India and has been illegal in India since 1870. […]
Chaitya Bhoomi Subject – Art and culture Context – In the wake of COVID¬19 pandemic and the Omicron variant, the Maharashtra Government has issued guidelines appealing to people not to crowd at Chaitya Bhoomi to pay respects to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on his death anniversary. Concept – It is a Buddhist chaitya and […]
Delhi Police Model Subject – Defence and Security Context – States told to adopt Delhi Police model Concept – The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has urged the State Governments to follow the crime analytics model of Delhi Police in preventing street crimes against women through crime mapping and identification of hotspots […]
Dhawan-1 Subject – Science and Tech Context – Hyderabad’s rocket men aim for the stars. Their start-up test-fired India’s first privately built fully cryogenic engine last month Concept – Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace successfully test-fired Dhawan-1 last month, it became the country’s first privately developed, fully cryogenic rocket engine running on two high-performance rocket […]
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) Subject – Defence and Security Context –The campaign to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has also gathered steam after Nagaland violence. Concept – It was enacted by the Parliament and approved by the President in 1958. It confers certain special powers on members of […]