DPN Topics
Deeporbeel Subject: Environment Context: Community fishing has been banned in Deeporbeel as the only Ramsar site in Assam shrank by 35% from 1991 level. Concept: DeeporBeel, a freshwater lake on the south-western edge of Guwahati, was designated a Ramsar site in 2002 for sustaining a range of aquatic life forms besides sustaining 219 […]
Ramateertham temple Subject: Art and Culture Context: Ramateertham temple in Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh turned into a political war zone over vandalism of idol of Ram. Concept: It is a 16th century temple of Lord Rama with Lakshman and Sita in “silver Kavachas”. Apart from this place is also known as an […]
D Voters Subject: Indian Polity Context: A group of 100 volunteers from various fields have teamed up with lawyers to arm economically and educationally weak people with knowledge about their rights against victimisation in Assam as many have been categorised as “D Voters” or default voters. Concept: D Voters is a category of […]
Agriculture: Division of power between states and the Centre by the Constitution Subject: Polity/Indian Constitution Context: India has been witnessing a month-long farmers’ protest over three farm acts passed by the Parliament. One of the issues in whole saga has been “agriculture” as a subject which is majorly in states subject list is […]
Klein tunnelling Subject: Science and technology Context: Researchers have shown in the lab evidence for the nearly century old proposition that relativistic particles can penetrate a barrier with 100% transmission. Concept: Relativistic particle is particles which moves with the speed of speed comparable to the light or kinetic energies are comparable with the […]
Tide–Rainfall flood quotient Subject: Science and Technology Context: The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay team devised a new metric to understand if a coastal city is more prone to floods caused by tidal events or extreme rainfall. Concept: It formulates metrics based on the rainfall data, tidal data, and topography of the region. […]
Expert panel clears first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech and Biosafety level Subject: Science and Technology Context: A day after restricted emergency approval for Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured under license in India by the Serum Institute of India, similar approval has been granted to Covaxin, first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat […]
Zero Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) Context: From January 1 onwards, the termination charge for wireless to wireless domestic calls has become zero .Until now operators paid Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) of 6 paise per minute on mobile calls. Concept: IUC is the cost that a mobile operator pays to another operator for carrying […]
TiHAN-IIT HYDERABAD Subject: Science & tech Context: Union Minister of Education laid foundation stone of ‘TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad’, India’s first Test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial). Concept: The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 135 crores to IIT Hyderabad under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary […]
EMERGENCY USE LISTING Subject: Science & tech Context: The World Health Organization listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the developing world. Concept: The vaccine has gotten regulatory backing from the United Kingdom, the European Medicines Agency, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Health […]