DPN Topics
S 400 Subject: Defence Context : As India prepares to receive the first batch of S-400 long-range air defence system by year-end, the first group of Indian military specialists are scheduled to depart for Moscow soon to undergo training courses on the S-400, the Russian Embassy here said in a statement. Concept: The […]
HABEAS CORPUS Subject: Polity Context: The court said this while disposing a Habeas Corpus plea filed by an MBA student seeking that a 23-year-old woman, whom he wished to marry, be produced before the court, as she had been illegally detained. Concept: According to Article 32, both the High Courts and the Supreme […]
GLOBAL RISK REPORT Subject: International Report Context: The report, released ahead of the virtual ‘Davos Agenda’ summit of the WEF from January 25-29 that would be attended by Prime Minister Modi among other global leaders. Concept: The (16th edition) report was released by World economic forum and it is a part of it’s […]
K SHAPED RECOVERY Subject: Economics Concept: A K-shaped recovery occurs when an economy recuperates unevenly, and there’s a separate trajectory for two segments of the society. While the financial markets recover and grow, the real economy, or the flow of goods and services, gets worse. That’s worrying, because 84% of the stock market […]
DSIB’s Subject: Economy Context : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has retained State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank as domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) or banks that are considered as “too big to fail”. Concept : D-SIB means that the bank is too big to fail. According to the […]
P – NOTES Subject: Economics Context: Data show that ₹87,132 crore ($11.6 billion approx) worth of P-note positions were outstanding as of December 2020. Concept: A promissory note is an instrument in writing (not being a bank note or a currency note) containing an unconditional undertaking, signed by the maker, to pay a […]
INSIDER TRADING Subject: Economics Context : The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday quashed cases filed by the CID alleging insider trading in land transactions — during the tenure of the Telugu Desam Party. Concept: Insider trading is the buying or selling of a publicly-traded company’s shares/debt papers by someone who has […]
QUESTION HOUR & ZERO HOUR Subject: Polity Context: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said both Houses will have five-hour sessions each with Question Hour and Zero Hour. Rajya Sabha will sit from 9 am to 2 pm, and Lok Sabha from 4 pm to 9 pm. Concept: Question Hour The first hour of […]
CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER Subject: Polity Context: Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the government on a petition challenging a 2020 Central Information Commission (CIC) order in which the statutory body had observed that sufficient information regarding the app was already in public domain. Concept: The Chief Information Commissioner(CIC) and Information Commissioners(CI) […]
CO WIN Subject : Science & tech Context : To carry out the Covid-19 vaccination drive as smoothly as possible, the government is relying on Co-WIN, a digital intelligence platform. Concept : It is built on an indigenously developed electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) which has been in use since 2015. Each person […]