DPN Topics
LIQUID OXYGEN Subject : Science & tech Context :Invoking the Disaster Management Act, the Centre ordered States that all liquid oxygen, including the existing stock with private plants, should be made available to the government and will be used for medical purposes only. Concept : Liquid oxygen—abbreviated LOx, LOX or Lox in the […]
CYBERCRIME VOLUNTEER Subject : Science & tech Context : The Union Home Ministry has said it does not maintain a centralised list of volunteers enrolled under the cybercrime volunteer programme since the police is a “State subject” under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. Concept : The Ministry, through its cybercrime grievance portal, […]
NON REFOULEMENT Subject : International Relations Context : Supreme Court must rethink its order on deportation of Rohingya refugees. Concept : Non-refoulement is a fundamental principle of international law that forbids a country receiving asylum seekers from returning them to a country in which they would be in likely danger of persecution based […]
REMDESIVIR Subject: Science & tech Context: Gilead to send Remdesivir vials to India, US stands by India to help fight COVID-19 2nd wave. Concept: Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) will have to issue an import license to bring the Gilead’s Remdesivir stocks to India. The volume of this is still not known, […]
EXERCISE VARUNA – 2021 Subject : Defence Context : The 19th edition of the Indian and French Navy bilateral exercise ‘VARUNA-2021’ is scheduled to be conducted in the Arabian Sea from 25th to 27th April 2021. Concept : From the Indian Navy’s side, guided missile stealth destroyer INS Kolkata, guided missile frigates INS […]
ASEAN EMERGENCY SUMMIT Subject : International Relations Context : ASEAN leaders demand immediate end to ‘unacceptable’ killings in Myanmar, following emergency summit. Concept : At the meeting in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) also told Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing that they wanted a commitment […]
SPACE X CREW DRAGON CAPSULE Subject: Science & tech Context: SpaceX launches its third astronaut crew, the first on a used Crew Dragon capsule. Concept: SpaceX launched its third crew of astronauts to the International Space Station early Friday morning, reusing a Crew Dragon space capsule to fly humans for the first time. […]
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT Subject: Legislations Context: CBI registers FIR against former Maha home minister Anil Deshmukh under Prevention of Corruption Act. Concept: The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to combat corruption in government agencies and public sector businesses in India. The Central and […]
REPRODUCTIVE NUMBER Subject: Science & tech Context: On reproduction metric, Covid can be spreading faster in UP, Jharkhand and Bihar. Concept: The R-naught, or R0, is a virus’s basic reproductive number — an epidemiologic metric used to describe the contagiousness of infectious agents. At its simplest, the basic reproductive number can show us […]
OXYGEN CONCENTRATORS Subject: Science & tech Context: With oxygen cylinders in short supply across several states, the Oxygen concentrator is among the most sought after devices for oxygen therapy, especially among patients in home isolation and for hospitals running out of oxygen. Concept: An oxygen concentrator is a medical device that concentrates oxygen […]