DPN Topics
Capital Expenditures Subject – Economy Context – Spends lagging, FinMin asks ministries to step up capex Concept – To know about Capital expenditures, please click here.
Airspace map of India Subject – Security Context – The Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched an airspace map of India for drone operations. Concept – The Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched an airspace map of India for drone operations — allowing civilian drone operators to check the demarcated no-fly zones or […]
India gets first herbicide-tolerant & non-GM rice varieties Subject – Agriculture Context – The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has developed the country’s first-ever non-GM (genetically modified) herbicide-tolerant rice varieties that can be directly seeded and significantly save water and labour compared to conventional transplanting. Concept – The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) […]
Mumbai civic body’s 3D mapping initiative Subject – Governance Context – The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed the first 3D (three-dimensional) mapping of an administrative ward in Mumbai which largely covers Worli area. Concept – The 3D or three-dimensional mapping is the process of preparing a map of the city’s natural areas […]
3D-printed Vaccine Patch Subject – Science and Tech Context – New 3D-printed vaccine patch offers more protection than jabs Concept – Scientists have developed a 3Dprinted vaccine patch that provides greater protection than a typical immunisation shot. The resulting immune response from the patch was 10 times greater than vaccine delivered into an […]
IPRs in India Subject – Science and Tech Context – Expand the study of IPRs – Report Concept – The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has done a commendable job in its 161th report, the Review of the Intellectual Property Rights Regime in India, presented to the Rajya Sabha on July […]
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Subject – Agriculture Context – The central government, amid the pandemic has launched this fund. Concept – AIF is aimed at strengthening and expanding the scope of Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) —where agricultural produce is traded and a congregation of commission agents, merchants or artiyas, and large buyers […]
Landsat 9 Subject – Science and Tech Context – NASA’s ‘new eye in the sky’ that will help study climate change Concept – The earth monitoring satellite, Landsat 9, is a joint mission of NASA and the US Geological Survey (USGS). The first Landsat satellite was launched in 1972 and since then, Landsat […]
Akash missile Subject – Defence and Security Context – DRDO tests Akash Prime missile Concept – The development of the Akash surface to air missile (SAM) was started by the DRDO in the late 1980s as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. Named after the original Sanskrit term for sky or […]
Soda Ash Subject – Science and Tech Context – ‘Focus on renewable energy to drive soda ash demand’ Concept – Soda ash, also known as sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), is an alkali chemical refined from the mineral trona or naturally occurring sodium carbonate-bearing brines (both referred to as natural soda ash), the mineral nahcolite […]