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Series A, B and C funding Subject: Economy Context: Agnishwar Jayaprakash, founder and CEO of Garuda Aerospace, was in for a very pleasant surprise on Tuesday morning when he realised that Elon Musk had liked his tweet on Garuda’s new Surya drone that could potentially clean solar panels at Singapore’s new floating solar […]
Islanding scheme Subject: Science and Technology Context: In order to avoid outages in the electricity grid like the Mumbai 2020 blackout, islanding scheme is proposed to be implemented at seven new locations across India Concept: The Ministry of power has identified locations for islanding scheme Eastern region: Patna and Ranchi Northern region: Agra (Uttar […]
Nord Stream Subject: Geography Context: The US, which had previously imposed sanctions to prevent the completion of a major new gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, has now signalled its approval for the project. Concept: Nord Stream is a system of offshore natural gas pipelines in Europe, running under the Baltic Sea from […]
IPO Subject: Economy Context: In the upcoming listing, up to 10% of the IPO issue size will be reserved for LIC policyholders, who can also look forward to a discount. The LIC (Amendment) Rules, 2021 say that any reservation made by the Corporation in favour of its policyholders on a competitive basis in […]
Azithromycin Subject: Science and Technology Context: A year into the pandemic, however, its use as a treatment option against Covid-19 has gone down, given the lack of evidence that it works, a new study has shown that it does not have a role in the treatment of Covid-19 that it only has a placebo […]
Antibody response Subject: Science and Technology Context: Older people appear to have fewer antibodies against the novel coronavirus, a new laboratory study from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) suggests. Concept: The study has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association emphasized that They measured diminished antibody response in older people, […]
The rising sun flag Subject: International relations Context: The rising sun flag has created anger at the Olympics, with some of the host nation’s neighbors calling for it to be banned during the Tokyo Games, which start Friday Concept: Origin There are two rising sun flags associated with Japan, whose very name in […]
Great Indian Bustards Subject: Environment Context: The Central government informed the Rajya Sabha that there were no Great Indian Bustards (GIB) in Kutch Bustard Sanctuary (KBS) in Gujarat’s Kutch district as on January 1 this year. Concept: Great Indian Bustards is the heaviest birds with flight, GIBs prefer grasslands as their habitats GIBs […]
Amending Procedure of Constitution Subject : Polity Concept : Part XX of the Constitution deals with its amendment. Under Article 368(2), Parliament can amend the Constitution by passing a Bill in each House by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of […]
Essential Defence Service Bill introduced in Lok Sabha Subject : Legislations Context : The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021, introduced by Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt amid din created by the Opposition over three new agri laws and the alleged Pegasus snooping controversy, seeks to replace an ordinance issued in June. […]