DPN Topics
Bandipur Tiger Reserve Subject – Environment Context – Tiger, injured in fight with porcupine, dies of wounds caused by snare in Bandipur reserve Concept – To know about Bandipur Tiger Reserve, please click here.
Headline And Core Inflation Subject – Economics Context – Fuel prices quicken WPI inflation to 11.39% in August Concept – To know about Headline and Core Inflation, please click here.
Asymmetric Federalism Subject: Polity Context: Manipur special status The term asymmetrical federalism refers to “differences in the status of legislative or executive powers assigned by the constitution to different regional units”. It is a flexible type of union of states which allows the government to cut different deals with different states in special […]
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) 2010 Subject – Governance Context – Govt. curbs funding for 10 climate change, child labour NGOs Concept – To know about FCRA, please click here.
Black Tigers Subject – Environment Context – NCBS study of ‘black tigers’ has shed light on genetic mystery. Concept – Black tigers — the tigers whose stripes are almost fused together in patches threatening to obliterate parts of their burnished orange coats. An estimated 37% of Panthera tigris in the Similipal Tiger Reserve (in eastern India) are pseudomelanistic, characterised by […]
Groundwater Contamination Subject – Environment Context – Not just groundwater, flouride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal. Concept – West Bengal has been grappling with groundwater contamination for decades. About 12 per cent of the population in eight of the state’s 23 districts is impacted by water contaminated by fluoride. Groundwater in […]
Suryamitra Skill Development Programme Subject – Government Schemes and Programs Context – Vice President urges States to promote PV cells, solar module making Concept – The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), an autonomous institution of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), is the apex National R&D institution in the field of […]
Basmati Rice Subject – Agriculture Context – India may get exclusive rights to sell Basmati in EU Concept – It is one of the best known varieties of rice all across the globe. It is long grain rice which has its origin from India and some parts of Pakistan. Basmati rice has a unique […]
Inflation Subject – Economy Context – At 5.3%, retail inflation softens further in Aug on cheaper food Concept – To know about retail inflation, please click here. To know about retail vs WPI inflation, please click here.
Input Tax Credit and Inverted Tax Structure in GST Subject – Economy Context – Inverted duty refund only for inputs, not input services: SC Concept – The Supreme Court held that inverted duty refund is admissible only with respect to inputs and not for input services. A fundamental feature of GST is the […]