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Subject : Government Schemes Context : Out of 10.78 lakh, rural youths trained under DDU-GKY over 6.27 lakh (58 per cent) have got placement till date. Over 4.50 lakh trained youth are still to get a job in the market under this scheme run by the Ministry of Rural Development. Concept : The scheme is […]
Subject : Governance Context : The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has constituted a high-level inter-ministerial Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA) under the chairmanship of Secretary, MoEFCC. Concept : The purpose of AIPA is to generate a coordinated response on climate change matters that ensures India is on track […]
Subject : Culture Context : Theremin instrument turned 100 years old this year. Concept : The theremin is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the thereminist (performer). The instrument was invented in 1920. It is named after its inventor, Leon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928. The instrument’s controlling section usually […]
Subject : Current Events Context : The World Malaria Report (WMR) 2020 released by WHO indicates that India has made considerable progress in reducing its malaria burden. Concept : India is the only high endemic country which has reported a decline of 17.6% in 2019 as compared to 2018. The Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) reduced […]
Subject : Polity Context : Attorney General for India granted consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against a comic illustrator for allegedly scandalising the judiciary through her tweets and illustrations. Concept : The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, lays down the law on contempt of court. Section 15 of the legislation describes the […]
Subject : Current Events Context : International Day of Persons with Disabilities is being observed on December 3, 2020. Concept : International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPWD) is a United Nations sanctioned day celebrated internationally on 3 December each year. The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992 […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : Britain became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week. Concept : The British regulator Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) declared that the vaccine offers protection of up […]
Subject : Polity Context : Farmers in delhi protest is demanding for a special session of parliament. Concept : Under Article 85, the Houses of Parliament shall be summoned in such a manner that six months shall not lapse between two sessions of Parliament. By convention, the Parliament meets in three regular sessions in a […]
Subject: Environment Context: Destructive flooding of the Brahmaputra will probably be more frequent than previously estimated, even without factoring in the effects of human-driven climate change, says a new study which assembled a chronology of the river’s flow for the last seven centuries. Concept: In the current study, based on the tree rings data, they […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: Father Swamy, the 83-year-old activist who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his alleged involvement in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence. Concept : Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, degenerative neurological disorder that affects the central nervous system. It damages nerve cells in the […]