DPN Topics
Extradition Subject: Government policies Context: The UK Court delivered the verdict holding that the evidence against NiravModi was prima facie sufficient to order his extradition to India to face the charges. Concept: He is wanted by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in a Rs 13,500-crore bank loan fraud case […]
Open market Operations (OMOs) Subject: Economy Context: On March 4 the RBI will conduct a Rs 15000 crore OMO. Concept: Since the beginning of January 2021, the yield on G-secs have jumped around 24 basis points leading to fall in its prices. Due to the price drop banks are staring at mark-to-market (MTM) […]
Ghana first to receive vaccine supply from COVAX facility Subject: International Bodies Context: Ghana received the world’s first delivery of coronavirus vaccines from the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative on Wednesday. Concept: It received 600000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. It is the beginning of the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history, according […]
India-South Africa IPR waiver proposal Subject: Economy Context: Around 90 WTO members have supported India-South Africa IPR proposal for temporary waiver during Covid 19 period. Concept: At the recent TRIPS Council meeting these members supported the proposal which has 57 co-sponsors. It says that the member countries canchoose to neither grant nor enforce […]
Mount Etna (Italy) Subject: Geography Context: For a week Mt Etna has been belching lava, ash and volcanic rocks on a regular basis as a result of eruption. Concept: Mount Etna is the highest Mediterranean island mountain and the most active stratovolcano or Composite volcano in the world. It is about 3,326 metres […]
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and Pygmalian effect Subject: International reports Context: Various concerns have been raised against the Corruption Perception Index which is not seen as an objective, region-specific dataset, rather it is a perception-based index. Concept: India’s rank slipped to 86th in corruption perception index 2020 out of 180 countries. About Corruption […]
Californian variant of Sars-Cov-2 Subject: Science and Technology Context: A new variant first found in California (USA) has been found to be more contagious than earlier variants. Concept: The variant known as B.1.427/B.1.429 has seen to be rapidly spreading in parts of USA. Study revealed that it produces twice as many viral particles […]
Offence of criminal conspiracy Subject: Polity Context: Arrest and then recent bail of activist Disha Ravi for the offence of conspiracy to incite violence in national capital on 26th January has brought this in focus. Concept: Sections 120A and 120B of the IPC, deals with the offence of criminal conspiracy. Former deals with […]
Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvIT) Subject: Economy Context: The railways officials are looking at InvIT after its role in road and power sector as it has been seeking to attract private investment Concept: It is a Collective Investment Scheme similar to a mutual fund, which enables direct investment of money from individual and institutional […]
Tribal’s forest right vs Critical Wildlife Habitat/Tiger Habitat Subject: Environment Context: Thousands of tribals living in villages located in the core areas of Sitanadi Udanti Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh are demanding that their Community Forest Resource rights be recognized which are currently violated using core areas under critical Tiger habitat in the area. […]