DPN Topics
EXIM BANK Subject : National Organisations Context : The Exim Bank is in the international bond market with a more than $1 billion dollar money issue, merchant bankers said. Concept : Export-Import Bank of India is a wholly owned Govt. of India entity which was established in 1982. HQ : New Delhi Aim […]
FACELESS TAX SCHEME Subject : Economy Context : The government’s faceless tax assessment scheme, an attempt to remove individual tax officials’ discretion and potential harassment for income tax payers, has managed to deliver about 24,000 final orders since its introduction in August 2020. Concept : The government has now passed the Taxation and […]
TRANSFAT Subject : Health Context : The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has capped the amount of trans fatty acids (TFA) in oils and fats to 3% for 2021 and 2% by 2022 from the current permissible limit of 5% through an amendment to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition […]
COVAXIN and COVISHIELD Subject: Science & tech Context: The Central Drugs and Standards Committee (CDSCO) on Sunday formally approved the COVID-19 vaccines by Bharat Biotech and the Serum Institute of India (SII). Concept : This allows the vaccines — Covishield by SII and based on the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, and Covaxin by Bharat […]
EFFICACY RATE IN VACCINES Subject :Science& tech Context: Different pharmaceutical companies are now coming out with the success stories of their potential vaccines, and the efficacy rates of these vaccines are reported to be high – 70%, 90%, 95%, and so on. Concept: ‘Vaccine efficacy’ is defined to measure whether the vaccine is […]
DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Subject :Economy Context : In her last Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to set up DFIs for promoting infrastructure funding. Concept : About 7,000 projects were identified under the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) with projected investment of a whopping ₹111-lakh crore during 2020-25. The proposed DFI would play a […]
CONJUGATE VACCINES Subject : Science & tech Concept : A conjugate vaccine is a type of vaccine which combines a weak antigen with a strong antigen as a carrier so that the immune system has a stronger response to the weak antigen. Vaccines are used to prevent diseases by invoking an immune response to an antigen, the foreign part of a bacteria or […]
WESTERN DISTURBANCE Subject : Geography Context : Rain lashed Delhi and NCR on Sunday morning, leading to a drop in day temperatures amidst strong winds and thunderstorm. Concept : According to IMD , the effect of the western disturbance over the region is expected to start waning and only light rain is expected […]
LITHIUM TRIANGLE Subject: Economy Context : India, through a newly-floated state-owned company, inked a pact with an Argentine firm mid-last year to jointly prospect lithium in the South American country that has the third largest reserves of the silver-white alkali metal — a crucial building block of the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. Concept: The […]
COMPULSORY LICENSING Subject: Economy Context: The central government recently published the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2020 amending the format of a statement that patentees and licensees are required to annually submit to the Patent Office disclosing the extent to which they have commercially worked or made the patented inventions available to the public in […]