DPN Topics
EARTH HOUR Subject: Environment Context : The Earth Hour is being observed on 27th March 2021. Concept : Earth Hour is the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)’s annual initiative that began in 2007. It is held every year on the last Saturday of March. It encourages people from more than 180 countries […]
RIVER TEESTA Subject : Geography Context : Dhaka underlines need to conclude water sharing agreement at bilateral talks during PM’s visit. Concept : Teesta river is a tributary of the Brahmaputra (known as Jamuna in Bangladesh), flowing through India and Bangladesh. It originates in the Himalayas near Chunthang, Sikkim and flows to the […]
INDO – BANGLADESH RELATIONS Subject : International Relations Context: India and Bangladesh signed 5 MoUs in the fields of Disaster Management, trade, NCC, ICT and setting up of sports facilities during the official visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh. Concept : Foundation stone was laid for infrastructure development for power evacuation […]
NCLAT Subject : Polity Context : Relief for Tata Group; SC sets aside NCLAT order restoring Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman. Concept : National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) It was constituted under Section 410 of the Companies Act, 2013 for hearing appeals against the orders of National Company Law Tribunal. NCLAT is […]
CONCURRENT LIST Subject : Polity Context : Health should be shifted to the Concurrent list under the Constitution, and a developmental finance institution (DFI) dedicated to healthcare investments set up, Fifteenth Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh said on Friday. Concept : Article 246 adopts a threefold distribution of legislative power between the Union […]
OUMUAMUA Subject: Science & tech Context : Interception mission to confirm ‘Oumuamua, other interstellar objects, in the works. Concept : Oumuamua is the first known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System. The Interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 has been named by the Pan-STARRS observatory team as ‘Oumuamua’. The name is of Hawaiian […]
TORNADOES Subject : Geography Context :At least six people were killed after severe tornadoes and storms hit the southern parts of the US, authorities said. Concept : A tornado is a narrow, violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground. Because wind is invisible, it is hard to […]
ELECTORAL BONDS Subject : Polity Context : Electoral Bonds Won’t Be Stopped, Says Supreme Court Ahead Of State Polls.The court said it is not only the ruling party that is always the beneficiary of electoral bonds. Concept : Electoral Bond is a financial instrument for making donations to political parties. The bonds are […]
NON FUNGIBLE TOKENS Subject : Science & tech Context : Art investors traditionally rely on galleries and auction houses to find new and exciting art, but emerging NFT technology is bringing about a revolution. Concept : What is a NFT? It is a class of cryptocurrency that has no standard value but a […]
NATIONAL JUDICIAL DATA GRID Subject : Polity Context : According to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), a government platform monitoring judicial data, backlog of cases in district courts saw a sharp increase of 18.2 per cent between December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020. Concept : The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) […]