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Port of Ningbo Subject: Geography Context: In what could potentially threaten global supply chains and impact maritime trade, China has partially shut down the world’s third-busiest container port after a worker there tested positive for Covid-19. The Meishan terminal at Ningbo-Zhoushan port, which is south of Shanghai, accounts for over a fourth of the […]
5G Subject: Technology Context: The launch of commercial 5G in India has the potential to increase the median download speed by up to 10 times compared to the download speeds offered currently by 4G- LTE (long term evolution) networks, global internet testing Ookla said in a report Concept: As per global internet testing […]
Retail Inflation Subject: Economy Context: Retail inflation cooled slightly to 5.6% in July, slipping below the central bank’s upper tolerance threshold of 6% for the first time in three months, even as industrial output growth halved from 28.6% in May to 13.6% in June, as base effects from the national lockdown of 2020 […]
Demerit or sin goods Vs merit good Subject: Economy Concept: Demerit or sin goods In economics, a demerit good is “a good or service whose consumption is considered unhealthy, degrading, or otherwise socially undesirable due to the perceived negative effects on the consumers themselves”. It is over-consumed if left to market forces. Examples […]
Crypto tokens Subject: Polity Context : Hackers pulled off the biggest ever cryptocurrency heist on Tuesday, stealing $613 million in digital coins from token-swapping platform Poly Network, only to return $260 million worth of tokens less than 24 hours later, the company said Concept: Poly Network Poly Network is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform […]
Sovereign right to taxation Subject: Polity Context : Seven years after coming to power, the BJP-led government recently decided to withdraw the retrospective taxation amendment in the I-T Act introduced in March 2012, by Pranab Mukherjee, the then Finance Minister in the UPA government. Concept: Sovereign right to taxation In India, the Constitution gives […]
Secondary Market Subject: Economy Context: Ten major lenders, including State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Canara Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, have for the first time joined hands to set up an online platform for trading of corporate loans in the secondary market. Concept: This is the market wherein the trading of securities […]
Eponyms in Economy Subject: Economy Context: Modern language is simply peppered with eponyms. When you talk about Concept: What is an eponym? A word derived from the proper name of a person most closely associated with the phenomenon is called an eponym ‘Matthew’s law’ is summarized by the adage “the rich get richer […]
Booster Doses Subject: Science and Technology Context: Researchers at Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, will carry out the country’s first-ever clinical trials on a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, with the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) giving its nod recently. Concept: The fully vaccinated people by now clearly shows that immune […]
EOS-03 Subject: Science and Technology Context: Since the beginning of the outbreak in March last year, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has managed just two launches — the earth observation satellite EOS-01 last November, and the one in February this year when 18 small satellites, mainly of other countries, were sent into space. Concept: An […]