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Subject: Science & tech Context: Honey marketed by prominent Indian brands failed a key test of purity, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has claimed, citing an investigation it conducted. Concept: Current regulations specify around 18 parameters that honey must comply with for producers to label it ‘pure honey’. Most brands passed muster but […]
Subject: Current Events Context: India, which has the highest average monthly mobile data traffic per smartphone, is expected to surpass 350 million 5G subscriptions by 2026, accounting for 27% of all mobile subscriptions in the country, according to a report by Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson. Concept: As per the ‘The Ericsson Mobility Report 2020,’ […]
Subject: Current Events Context:Ministry of AYUSH will develop Nisarg Gram campus at Pune as the 21st Century abode of Naturopathy. Concept: Invoking recollections of Mahatma Gandhi’s famous Nature Cure campaign of 1946 at the “NisargUpchar” Ashram in UruliKanchan village near Pune, the upcoming new campus of National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune will be called […]
Subject: Geography Context: India on Thursday said it “carefully monitors all developments on the Brahmaputra” river, even as Beijing said it was its “legitimate right” to develop hydro power projects. Concept: Brahmaputra river system is one of the largest rivers in the world. In the Tibet region, it is known by the name of YarlungTsangpo. […]
Subject: Environment Context: A first-of-its-kind study by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) under the Union Ministry of Environment, has projected that numbers of the Malayan Giant Squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) could decline by 90 per cent in India by 2050. Concept: The Malayan Giant Squirrel, one of the world’s largest squirrel species that has a […]
Subject: Polity Context: Election Commission (EC) approached the Law Ministry to permit NRIs to cast their votes from overseas through postal ballots. Concept: According to a UN report of 2015, India’s diaspora population is the largest in the world at 16 million people. Registration of NRI voters, in comparison, has been very low: a little […]
Subject: Economy Context: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India on Friday decided to keep repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent. The reverse repo rate stays at 3.35 per cent. The RBI last changed policy rate on May 22. Concept: The key lending rate of the RBI or the repo […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: One of the world’s largest telescopes collapsed at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory on Tuesday. It had been in operation for 57 years, but shut after engineers warned of the structure’s deterioration earlier this year. Concept: The Arecibo Telescope has one of the most powerful radar employed to observe asteroids, planets, […]
Subject: Defence Context: The government sanction letter for the creation of a new post of Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) as part of Army headquarters’ reorganisation has been issued, Army sources said on Thursday. Concept: As part of the reorganisation of Army Headquarters, the government has approved the creation of a new deputy chief […]
Subject : International events Context : In a huge relief to the Indian techies and IT industry, a US court, on December 1, blocked the H-1B visa rule changes that made it tough to recruit H-1B workers Concept : The H-1B category is an expedient and lawful method to bring foreign-born professionals temporarily to the […]