DPN Topics
Subject: Economy Context: The new Code on Social Security allows a platform worker to be defined by their vulnerability not their labour, nor the vulnerabilities of platform work. Concept: What is Gig Economy? A gig economy is a free market system in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term […]
Subject: Current Events Context: SpiceJet gets 3,000 bookings for seaplane service. Concept: India’s first seaplane project: India’s first seaplane service in Gujarat is set to begin from 31 October, the anniversary of SardarVallabhbhai Patel. It will connect Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad to the Statue of Unity in Kevadia. The service will be operated by Spicejet […]
Subject: Security Context: Any attempt to unilaterally change status quo unacceptable, says Foreign Affairs Minister. Concept: The Line of Actual Control (LAC) is the demarcation that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory. India considers the LAC to be 3,488 km long, while the Chinese consider it to be only around 2,000 km. It is divided […]
Subject: Govt Schemes Context: Jammu and Kashmir administration decided to annul all actions taken under the Roshni land scheme and announced that it will cancel mutations and retrieve all land sanctioned under the scheme within six months. This was so because it failed to realize the desired objectives and there were also reports of misuse […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: India’s potential participation in COVAX advance market commitment is under way. Concept: COVAX is one of three pillars of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which was launched in April 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission and France in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: Spiral galaxy bars may prevent new stars. Concept: A galaxy is a sprawling space system which is composed of stars, dust, interstellar gas, stellar remnants, and dark matter and all held together by gravity. The universe has many galaxies, and each carries millions of stars which are bounded by a […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: While novel coronavirus is undergoing many mutations, one particular mutation called D614G, according to a study, has become the dominant variant Concept: All viruses mutate to adapt to the barriers that humans put up. RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 mutate slowly as they require a host (human cell) in order […]
Subject : Legislation Context : There are an estimated 50-60 lakh street vendors in India, with the largest concentrations in the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad. Most of them are migrants who typically work for 10–12 hours every day on average. Concept : Street Vendors have been defined to include ‘any person engaged […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : Clocks in the US will “fall back” an hour on Sunday, signalling the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) this year. In Europe, the same happened on October 25. Concept : Daylight Saving Time (DST) DST is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from standard […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : A recent study has found that asteroid 16 Psyche, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter, could be made entirely of metal and is worth an estimated $10,000 quadrillion — more than the entire economy of Earth. Concept : It is an iron rich asteroid Psyche asteroid has diameter […]