DPN Topics
Credit Outreach Programme Subject – Economy Context – Loan outreach: PSBs sanction ‘11,168 cr to 1.93 lakh accounts’ Concept – Banks have sanctioned loans worth Rs 11,168 crore to about 1.93 lakh accounts under the credit outreach programme, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. Banks are holding special camps across the country to sanction […]
Appointment of Chief Economic Advisor Subject – Economy Context – Centre invites applications for CEA post Concept – The Centre has invited applications for the post of Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to replace incumbent Krishnamurthy Subramanian, who is to complete his three-year term in December. The Department of Economic Affairs in the Finance […]
Climate Change Jargon Subject – Environment Context – U.N. climate conference gets underway on Oct. 31, 2021 in Glasgow Concept – Terms Meaning Mitigation IPCC definition: Mitigation (of climate change): a human intervention to reduce emissions or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases. Translation: Stopping climate change from getting worse. Adaptation IPCC definition: […]
Rohingya Crisis Subject – IR Context – The Karnataka Government has no plans to deport Rohingyas. Concept – The Rohingya people are stateless, Indo-Aryan ethnic group who reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The Rohingya are primarily Muslims who live in Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s Rakhine state. There were an estimated 1 million Rohingya living in […]
WMO Report on CO2 Emissions Subject – Environment Context – ‘CO2 emissions in 2020 above decadal average’ Concept – A report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said the increase in CO2 from 2019 to 2020 was slightly lower than that observed from 2018 to 2019 but higher than the average annual growth rate over the past decade. […]
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Subject – IR Context – FAA starts fiveday audit of DGCA Concept – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic management, certification of […]
Palk Strait Mapping Subject – Geography Context – A festering crisis in the Palk Strait Concept – The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Jaffna District of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the […]
Pir Panjal Range Subject – Geography Context – The Poonch encounter, which has continued for 15 days, is one of the longest such operations in the dense forests south of the Pir Panjal range in more than a decade. Concept – The PirPanjal Range is a group of mountains in the Lesser Himalayan […]
Mullaperiyar Dam Subject – Geography Context – SC tells panel to fix maximum water level at Mullaperiyar dam Concept – Mullaperiyar Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located 881 m (2,890 ft) above mean sea level, on the Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki District of Kerala, […]
Princely States Subject – History Context – Book release “FALSEALLIES: India’s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma” Concept – Before the independence of India, there were many princely states in India, referred to by the Britisher’s as Native States. These states varied from very large to very small in area and population […]