DPN Topics
Pongal and Jallikattu Subject: Arts and Culture Context: Tamil Nadu elections in 2021 has seen parties trying to make inroads by celebrating and being part of Tamil’s culture and heritage. Concept: Pongal is the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu. It is a 4-day festival during the solar equinox after harvesting of crops like […]
National Youth Parliament festival Subject: Events of National importance Context: The PM addressed and listened to the youth in the 2nd National Youth Parliament Festival on 12th January 2021. Concept: The emphasized on rooting out dynastic politics for better future of Indian democracy. The National Youth Parliament Festival is organized as part of […]
Green corridor Subject: Health and infrastructure Context: A truck with the first batch of Serum Institute of India’s Covishield vaccine pashed from IGI airport in Delhi to the Rajiv Gandhi super specialty hospital. Concept: A special road route managed in a way such that all the traffic signals in the route determined for […]
Prevention of cruelty to Animal Act Subject: Environment Context: The Supreme Court held that the removal of an animal from the custody of an accused as mentioned in 2017 rules brought by the government is not contrary to the provisions of the Act. Concept: 2017 rules notified by the Centre allowed forfeiting of […]
Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary and Great Himalayan National Park in Himachal Pradesh / Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) Subject: Environment Context: Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of 146 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the country was released by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. These two topped in the survey. Concept: India has […]
Sea Vigil and Topex Subject: Defence Exercise Context: Navy is set to conduct Sea Vigil a coastal defence exercise on January 12 and 14. Concept: Sea vigil is a biennial coastal defence exercise conducted by Indian Navy along the entire coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of India (What are EEZ and Continental Self? […]
People Mover Subject: Infrastructure Context: Construction of Central Vista or Parliament building. Concept: Underground people mover will be constructed to directly connect building with the two metro stations in New Delhi. People mover is small transit systems serving a limited number of people in a defined area, like theme parks, airport terminals, etc. […]
The Supreme Court put a stay on the three farm laws as an Interim order Subject: Polity Context: The Supreme Court has put a stay on the three farm laws while hearing petitions dealing with issues leading to farmers protest due to these laws. Concept: The Supreme Court under article 13, 31 and […]
Excise Duty Subject: Economy Concept: Excise duty is a form of tax imposed on goods for their production, licensing and sale. An indirect tax paid to the Government of India by producers of goods, excise duty is the opposite of Customs duty in that it applies to goods manufactured domestically in the country, […]
INVERTED DUTY STRUCTURE Subject: Economy Context: Budget may try to straighten ‘inverted duty’ structure to reduce its impact on the domestic industry. Concept: The inverted duty structure denotes prevalence of higher taxes on inputs than on finished items. Impacts of Inverted Duty Structure: According to FICCI, Inverted customs duty structure on finished goods […]