DPN Topics
Contempt Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court Subject: Polity Context: Amidst controversies surrounding use of Contempt of court in recent times Mr Harish Salve spoke in 16th PD Desai Memorial Lecture on ‘Criticism of Judiciary, Contempt Jurisdiction and its use in the Age of Social Media’. Concept: Supreme Court enjoys two major power as […]
Consultative Committee of Parliament Subject: Polity Context: Consultative committee on foreign affairs questioned govt’s foreign policy on several issues. Concept: The meeting of committee was a way of fixing accountability of government as well as making every member aware of India’s foreign policy developments. It brought out many questions facing Indian Foreign Policies […]
Rabi sowing headed for record this year Subject: Agriculture Context: Agriculture Ministry released data on acreage with record sowing for Rabi crops like wheat, gram and mustard. Concept: According to data released by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday, rabi crops have so far been planted over nearly 652 lakh hectares (lha), nearly two […]
COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) system Subject: Government policies Context: IT minister launched Grand Challenge for strengthening the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) system. Concept: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) along with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the launching of “CoWIN”. Grand challenge aims at strengthening the […]
PMKVY 3.0 Subject: Welfare Schemes Context: PMKVY 3.0 was launched to build on learning from PMKVY 1.0 and PMKVY 2.0 to align skill framework to aspirational India’s demand. Concept: It was launched in 717 districts across all states of India by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). It aims at unlock […]
Houbara Bustard Subject: Environment Context: Members of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) royal family arrived in Pakistan’s Balochistan to hunt the internationally protected and highly vulnerable houbara bustard under a license issued by Pakistan’s foreign ministry Concept: It is a large terrestrial bird found in parts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa. […]
Open Sky Treaty (OST) Subject: International treaty Context: After USA, Russia also has withdrawn from the Open Sky Treaty. Concept: This withdrawal is among the rising trend of USA withdrawing from major international pacts reducing relevance of pacts and other countries following suit, thus weakening the multilateralism. USA accused Russia of non-compliance with […]
Earthquake Subject: Geography Context: A magnitude 6.2 quake hit the Indonesia and killed at least 35. Concept: An earthquake is shaking or trembling of the earth’s surface, caused by the seismic waves or earthquake waves that are generated due to a sudden movement (sudden release of energy) in the earth’s crust (shallow-focus earthquakes) or upper mantle (some shallow-focus and all […]
National Policy on Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) Subject: Environment Context: Himachal submitted its action plan earlier this month to the Central Monitoring Committee (CMC), which is overseeing compliance to a set of merged National Green Tribunal orders to make sewage 100 per cent treated by March 2021. Concept: It was issued […]
Nihang Sikhs Subject: Art and culture Context: Amidst the farmers announcement of tractor parade on republic day Nihang Sikhs rehearse with 50 horsemen. Concept: Nihang or ‘Akali’ Sikhs are community of armed Sikh warriors in Indian subcontinent. Many trace Nihang Sikhs from Fateh Singh and others from “Akali Dal” formed by Sikh Guru […]