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WHO ASSIGNS NON-STIGMATISING LABELS TO COVID VARIANTS Subject: International Relations / Science & tech Context: WHO has assigned simple, easy to say and remember labels for key variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using letters of the Greek alphabet. Concept: These labels were chosen after wide consultation and a review of […]
INDIA’s GDP FALL Subject: Economics Context: India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 7.3% in 2020-21, as per provisional National Income estimates released by the National Statistical Office. GDP growth in 2019-20, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, was 4%. Concept: The Gross Value Added (GVA) in the economy shrank 6.2% in 2020-21, compared […]
CORE INDUSTRIES OUTPUT FALL Subject: Economics Context : The output of eight core industries grew 56.1 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in April 2021 on a low-base effect as industrial production was very low in the year-ago month because of a nationwide lockdown. Concept: However, the industrial output declined 15.1 per cent as compared […]
CHINA’s SPACE STATION PLAN GATHERS PACE Subject: Science & tech Context: China took another step towards completing the construction of its first space station by the end of next year following the launch and docking of a cargo spacecraft. Concept: The Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, described by as “the delivery guy for China’s space […]
THE LAST ‘FOREIGNER’ WALKED OUT OF ONE OF THE DETENTION CENTRE IN ASSAM Subject : Governance Context :Manindra Das- the last “foreigner” has walked out of one of the six detention centres in Assam, leaving about 170 more to be released from the other five. Concept : Mahindra Das was tagged a ‘D-voter’ […]
ASSAM TO INCREASE FIREPOWER OF KAZIRANGA GUARDS Subject : Environment Context : The Assam government has approved a proposal to increase the firepower of the guards of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve and provide commando training to them. These measures are aimed at preventing poaching. Concept : It is located in the […]
WEST AFRICAN LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS MALI Subject : International Relations Context : West African leaders were due to meet in Ghana ahead of a extra ordinary of sumit of ECOWAS , to discuss a response to Mali’s second coup in last nine months. Concept : Since 1960, when Mali gained independence from […]
ESIC – EPFO – EDLI SCHEME Subject : Government Schemes Context : The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Sunday announced additional benefits for workers through social securities schemes run by the EPFO and the ESIC amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Concept : These benefits include pension for dependents of insured persons with Employees” […]
REVISING CLAIMS ONCE RESOLUTION PLAN APPROVED BY NCLT NOT POSSIBLE Subject : Governance Context : The Chennai Bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has ruled that once a resolution plan for a debt-laden corporate entity is approved, even government-bodies like the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) cannot revise their claims. […]
ROLE OF T-CELLS IN HELPING CANCER PATIENT AMIDST COVID 19 Subject : Science & tech Context :Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, US, found that blood cancer patients with Covid-19 who had higher CD8 T cells, many of whom had depleted antibodies from cancer treatments, were more than three times more likely to […]