DPN Topics
PM’s climate promises Subject – Environment Context – At the UN climate conference in Glasgow last Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised India’s existing climate targets, and also announced a few new targets. Concept – Target Achievement Reduce its ‘emissions intensity’, or emissions per unit of GDP, by 45% from 2005 levels by […]
Fuel and Food Prices Subject – Economy Context – Last week, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation released data showing its world Food Price Index (FPI) averaging 133.2 points in October, the highest since July 2011. Concept – One reason why petroleum and agri-commodity prices move in tandem is the bio-fuels link. When […]
A brief history of India’s poverty levels Subject – Economy Context – Gandhi, former president of the Indian National Congress, tweeted the screen-grab of a story published on the website of Jansatta, which stated that poverty in India had increased between 2012 and 2020. Concept – What is poverty? In 2009, the report […]
Gross National Happiness Index Subject – Economy Context – Bhutan, a small, landlocked mountainous least developed country (LDC) in South Asia is next in line to graduate from the LDC category in 2023. It is best known for its philosophy of promoting Gross National Happiness over Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Concept – Gross […]
Constitution (105th Amendment) Act Subject – Polity Context – Madras High Court invalidated the separate reservation of 10.5% for the Vanniyar community Concept – The Constitutional 105th Amendment will amend clauses 1 and 2 of Article 342A and also introduce a new clause 3. The bill will also amend the Articles 366 (26c) […]
Aurorae in high-latitude countries Subject – Science and Tech Context – The Sun lights up aurorae in high-latitude countries Concept – A solar flare that occurred on the Sun triggered a magnetic storm which scientistshad predicted will arrive at the Earth in the early hours of November 4, and they said that the […]
Chumbi Valley Subject – Geography Context – ‘China strengthening connectivity in Chumbi’ Concept – Chumbi Valley is also called Dromo, Tromo or Chomo. It is a valley in the Himalayas that projects southwards from the Tibetan plateau, intervening between Sikkim and Bhutan. It is coextensive with the administrative unit Yadong County in the […]
National Security Adviser Subject – Polity Context – Delhi holding an NSA meet on Afghanistan Concept – The National Security Advisoris the senior official on the National Security Council of India, and the chief adviser to the Prime Minister of India on national security policy and international affairs. Ajit Doval is the current […]
Gigafactory Subject – Economy Context – Tesla to open Canada battery gear factory in Markham, Ontario -mayor Concept – Giga factory is a term that we can first trace back to it being used by Elon Musk’s Tesla, for the then-upcoming lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Nevada. ‘Giga’ which represents a ‘billion’. However, […]
Cooperative banks Subject – Economy Context – I-T freezes assets over `53 cr of Maharashtra-based co-op bank Concept – Co-operative banks are financial entities established on a co-operative basis and belonging to their members. This means that the customers of a co-operative bank are also its owners. These banks provide a wide range of […]