DPN Topics

    Chardham Highway project Context: SC panel head cites link between Char Dham road widening, Uttarakhand floods. Concept: It aims to connect four Hindu holy towns of Yamunotri, GangotriKedarnath, and Badrinath in Uttarakhand and is a 900-KMS long project. The project is also deemed strategically important in the backdrop of the recent India-China military […]

    Clause 6 of the Assam accord Subject: Polity Context: Assam Health Minister on Wednesday said that the panel suggestions could not be implemented as they were “far from legal reality. Concept: Earlier state government had promised a speedy implementation of Clause 6 in December 2019, in a bid to quell the protests against […]

    Changes to Juvenile Justice Act Context: Amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 were approved by the government. Concept: According to the amendments, before anyone becomes a member of the child welfare committees (CWC), their background and educational qualification will be checked Increasing the role of district magistrates […]

    PLI scheme for telecom Subject: Economy Context: The cabinet approved a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme worth Rs 12,195 crore for telecom equipment manufacturing Concept: The Cabinet today has approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Telecom and Networking Products. This was done after encouraging success of PLI related to Mobile and component […]

    Defamation Subject: Polity Context: The Delhi court acquitted journalist Priyamani of criminal defamation charges for raising voice against sexual harassment against Ex-Minister M J Akbar. Concept: Defamation is the oral or written communication of a false statement which harms the reputation of an individual person, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation. Under […]

    COVAX Subject: Science and technology Context: WHO gave green light to two versions of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use to be rolled out globally through COVAX. Concept: The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India (SII). For Emergency Use Listing WHO assessed the quality, […]

    Assets under management (AUM) Subject: Economy Context: A report highlighted that the assets of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are likely to touch ₹1.5-1.8 lakh crore, or 6-7.5% of their assets under management (AUM) by the end of this fiscal. Concept: Asset quality of NBFCs is expected to deteriorate further due to disruption of […]

    LG of Puducherry/UTs Subject: Polity Context: Kiran Bedi was removed as the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry with the Telangana governor taking additional charge of the UT. Concept: Constitutional provisions Article 239 in The Constitution of India 1949 provides for every Union territory to be administered by the President by an administrator appointed by him, […]

    Non-convertible debentures (NCD) Context: Future Consumer firm has an interest obligation of Rs 13.89 crore, due on NCDs upto November 15, 2020, remains unpaid, raising fears of new defaults. Concept: Debentures are one of the long-term financial instruments issued by companies to borrow. It is different from “Share” which is the capital (representing […]

    Credit Default Swaps Context: RBI releases draft norms for Credit Default Swaps Concept: draft guidelines on credit default swaps (CDS) by RBI: Retail users will be allowed to undertake transactions in permitted credit derivatives for hedging their underlying credit risk. non-retail users will be allowed to undertake transactions in credit derivatives for both […]