DPN Topics
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Subject – IR Context – UN panel says it cannot rule on Greta Thunberg’s climate case Concept – The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a body of experts that monitor and report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on […]
Indian Ports Bill 2021 Subject – Economy Context – Ports Bill is raising States’ hackles Concept – The Indian Ports Bill 2021 seeks to replace more than a century old Indian Ports Act 1908. The new Bill incorporates a number of international regulatory developments in the national legislation namely the “International Ship and […]
Net Zero Emissions Subject – Environment Context – India needs 5,630 GW solar capacity by 2070 for net zero emissions: study Concept – India’s total installed solar power capacity will need to increase to 5630 gigawatt (GW) by 2070 in order to achieve net zero emissions, according to a new report by independent […]
Neobank Subject – Economy Context – Neo-banking platform Open raises $100 m from Temasek, Google, SBI Investment Concept – Open, a Bengaluru-based SME-focussed neo-banking platform, has raised $100 million in Series C round from Temasek, along with the participation of Google and SBI Investment. Founded in 2017, Open offers a neo-banking platform that […]
Saraswati River Revival Subject – Geography Context – Saraswati river revival: Rs 215-crore dam proposed Concept – The Haryana government proposes to spend Rs 215 crore on the construction of a dam meant for the revival of the Saraswati river. According to the proposal by the state government, the dam, with a capacity […]
Tiananmen Square Massacre Statue Subject – IR Context – Hong Kong University ordered removal of Tiananmen Square massacre statue Concept – What is the Pillar of Shame statue? The Pillar of Shame statue was made in remembrance of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, which is referred to as the June 4 […]
Grey Hydrogen Subject – Environment Context – IOC plans to use grey hydrogen to make aviation fuel Concept – Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will put up a ‘demo plant’ within the next two years to convert ethanol into a biogas that would be used to run aircraft. The ‘alcohol-to-jet’ fuel (ATJ) plant will […]
Carbon Footprint Tracker And Satellite Imagery Suite Subject – Environment Context – Carbon footprint tracker and satellite imagery suite unveiled by Google Cloud Concept – Alphabet Inc’s Google will tell its cloud customers the carbon emissions of their cloud usage and open satellite imagery to them for the first time for environmental analysis, […]
Bioethanol blending in aviation fuel Subject – Environment Context – ‘Bioethanol can be reliable aviation fuel’ Concept – Bioethanol can be a sustainable fuel for the aviation sector. It can provide 80% savings on greenhouse gas emissions and be blended up to 50% with conventional jet fuels without any modification. It has already […]
Sea Rise Subject – Environment Context – ‘Seas will rise for centuries to come’ Concept – Even if humanity beats the odds and caps global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, seas will rise for centuries to come and swamp cities currently home to half-a-billion people, researchers warned. In a world […]