DPN Topics
TRIBUNAL REFORMS ORDINANCE 2021 Subject : Governance Context : The Centre has abolished several appellate tribunals and authorities and transferred their jurisdiction to other existing judicial bodies through the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance 2021. This Ordinance has been challenged in the Supreme Court. Concept : The government, through the […]
HELMAND Subject : International Relations Context : Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces resumed in the restive southern province of Helmand, ending a three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring sides to mark the Id-ul-Fitr holiday. Concept : Helmand is also known as Hillmand or Helman and, in ancient times, as Hermand […]
NDRF & SDRF Subject : Disaster Management Context: Cyclone Tauktae hurtles towards Gujarat; teams of NDRF, SDRF deployed. Concept : The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is an Indian specialized force constituted “for the purpose of special response to a threatening disaster situation or disaster” under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 The “Apex […]
COLONIAL PIPELINE ATTACK Subject : International Relations Context :The Colonial Pipeline on Saturday announced that it has returned its systems to “normal operations” after a cyberattack forced the company to shut down last week, leading to gas shortages in the United States. Concept : The Colonial Pipeline Company, which transports about 45 per […]
INTEGRATED DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME Subject : Governance Context : The Health Ministry guidelines also talk on focusing on contact tracing in rural pockets as per Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme’s (IDSP) guidelines. Concept : The Integrated Disease Surveillance Project was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in assistance with the World […]
NATIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Subject : Governance Context: The National Health Authority (NHA) has introduced restrictions to access of CoWin portal’s vaccination slot availability information by third parties. Concept : National Health Agency was restructured as the “National Health Authority” for better implementation of Pradhan Mantri – Jan ArogyaYojana (PM-JAY). It is an attached […]
OIC Subject : International Organisations Context :Saudi Arabia has called for foreign ministers of the world’s largest body of Muslim nations to hold a meeting Sunday. Concept : The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations with a membership of 57 states. It is the […]
LIGHTNING IMPACT ON ANIMALS Subject : Science & tech Context : Recently, 18 elephants died on a hilltop in Assam and the preliminary post-mortem report indicates they had been struck by lightning. Concept : How does lightning kill animals? When current flows through the ground following a lightning strike, the electric potential (voltage) […]
INSACOG Subject : Governance Context: Virologist Shahid Jameel Quits India’s Genome Sequencing Consortium. Concept : The central government set up a consortium of 10 national research institutions, which will collaborate for carrying out effective surveillance and monitoring of the genomic variations observed in the new SARS nCov-2 virus strain, recently identified from the […]
BIOLOGICS Subject: Science & tech Context: A nano particle designed by researchers from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in the U.S., offers a new, potentially revolutionary approach to treating diseases. Concept: The new concept, Protein–Antibody Conjugates or PACs, combines two different approaches to drug delivery. One is biologics, where the idea is to target […]