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MARINE AIDS TO NAVIGATION BILL Subject : Legislations Context :Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021 by voice vote. Concept : It aims to regulate state-of-the-art technologies of marine navigation which was earlier used to tangle in statutory provisions of Lighthouse Act, 1927. A navigational aid is any […]
GANDHI PEACE PRIZE Subject: Current Events Context: ‘Hero to Indians as well’ Bangabandhu Mujib gets Gandhi Peace Prize. Concept: About Gandhi Peace Prize The annual award was instituted by the Government of India in 1995 during the commemoration of the 125th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi for those involved in social, economic and […]
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Subject: Polity Context: AIADMK’s ally BJP promises legislative council revival in TN. Concept: Abolition or Creation – Article 169 The Parliament can abolish a legislative council (where it already exists) or create it (where it does not exist) by a simple majority, that is, a majority of the members of each […]
WHITSUN REEF Subject : Environment Context : The Philippines government has claimed that around 220 Chinese boats have been spotted at a reef in the South China Sea waters controlled by Manila. Concept : It urged China to recall the boats saying the presence of the vessels violated Manila’s maritime rights by encroaching […]
RED SANDERS Subject : Environment Context : The Forest Department has prepared a schedule for the global e-auction of the seized red sanders logs. Concept : About Red Sanders: Pterocarpussantalinus or Red Sanders is an endemic tree of South India They are found in Tropical Dry Deciduous forest of the Palakonda and Seshachalam […]
IAEA Subject : International Organisations Context : A new initiative by IAEA may help to find an alternative to JCPOA in the changed circumstances. Concept : About IAEA: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an UN agency is the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field. It […]
INDO ISRAEL VACCINE Subject : Science & tech Context : India’s Premas Biotech, Israel’s Oramed jointly develop oral vaccine for COVID-19. Concept : An Indian-Israeli collaboration has reportedly developed an oral vaccine, one that can be swallowed like a pill instead of being injected as is the norm, for COVID-19. A preliminary test […]
RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN CUSTODY Subject : Polity Context : National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court in Mumbai that the arrested assistant police inspector Sachin Waze, now suspended from Mumbai Police, was not cooperating in the probe against him and was insisting on his lawyer being present during interrogation Concept : […]
KAMBALA Subject : Culture Context :Srinivasa Gowda sets new record in Kambala racing. Concept : Kambala is a traditional buffalo race in paddy fields filled with slush and mud which generally takes place in coastal Karnataka (Udupi and Dakshina Kannada) from November to March. Traditionally, it is sponsored by local Tuluva landlords and […]
ODISSI DANCE Subject : Culture Context : Noted odissi dancer LaxmipriyaMohapatra dies at 86 ; Naveen patnaik condoles. Concept : Odissi dance is one of the classical dances of India. It is indigenous to Orissa, eastern India, and follows the principles of the Natya-shastra. Evolution The dance has its origin in the temples. […]