DPN Topics
INAS 323 Subject : Defence Context : Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 323, the first unit of the indigenously built ALH Mk III aircraft, was commissioned into the Indian Navy. Concept : The squadron will operate three state-of-the-art Advanced Light Helicopters Mk III, a multirole helicopter with Shakti engine manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics […]
MAHABALESHWAR TEMPLE Subject : Art & Architecture Context: The Supreme Court Monday said the management of Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple would be handed over to an oversight committee headed by former apex court judge Justice B.N. Srikrishna. Concept : The Mahabaleshwar Temple, Gokarna is a 4th-century CE Hindu temple located in Gokarna, Uttara Kannada […]
THRISSUR POORAM FESTIVAL Subject : Culture Context : Thrissur Pooram 2021 will be celebrated on Friday, April 23, 2021. Concept : Thrissur Pooram is an annual Hindu festival held in Kerala. It is celebrated on the day when the star sign “Pooram” occurs in the Malayalam month of “medam (April-May)”. The festival was […]
LoC /LAC Subject: Security Context: Army chief: No firing at LoC since February; hope to settle China issues through talks. Concept: Line of Control The LoC emerged from the 1948 as “ceasefire line” negotiated by the UN after the Kashmir War. It was designated as the LoC in 1972, following the Shimla Agreement […]
OXYGEN EXPRESS Subject : Current Events Context : Railways to run ‘Oxygen Express’ trains to meet demand; UP, Delhi, Gujarat register record spike in cases. Concept : The Railways will run ‘Oxygen Express’ trains over the next few days to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country, the national transporter […]
IP APELLATE BOARD Subject : Governance Context : On April 4, the President of India signed the Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, shutting down the IPAB and many other tribunals for good. Concept : Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) It was constituted on September 15, 2003 by the Indian […]
DISC FOOTED BAT Subject : Environment Context : Meghalaya has yielded India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky discs, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130. Concept : The disc-footed bat (Eudiscopusdenticulus) was recorded in the north-eastern State’s Lailadarea near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west […]
TYPES OF STARTUPS Subject : Economics Context :Investors infused a whopping $4.4 billion into Indian start-ups in the January-March quarter, according to data sourced from market research firm Venture Intelligence. This is a decent 26% increase over the same period last year. Concept : Soonicorns are startup companies that have a good possibility […]
FPI Subject : Economics Context : Three countries – the US, Mauritius and Luxembourg — accounted for more than 50 per cent of the total foreign portfolio investment (FPI) that India received so far. Concept : Out of Rs 44.62 lakh crore investment, US investors accounted for Rs 15.38 lakh crore, Mauritius Rs […]
UNIFORM CIVIL CODE Subject: Polity Context: Chief Justice of India S A Bobde recently appreciated the uniform civil code (UCC) in Goa, the only state to have one. This brought the spotlight back on the UCC debate, although the Law Commission had concluded in 2018 that a UCC is neither desirable nor feasible. […]