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Subject : Legislations Context: After 15 years of implementation of RTI , more than 2.2 lakh cases are pending in central and state information commissions. Concept: Right to Information RTI is an act of the parliament which sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens’ right to information. Under the provisions of RTI Act, any […]
Subject: Environment Context :Tamilnadu police seized red sanders liogs worth crores in Tiruvallur. Concept: About Red Sanders: Pterocarpus santalinus or Red Sanders is an endemic tree of South India They are found in Tropical Dry Deciduous forest of the Palakonda and Seshachalam hill ranges of Andhra Pradesh and also found in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Government has announced a new organisation, IN-SPACe, part of reforms to increase private participation in the space sector. IN-SPACe is the second space organisation created by the government in the last two years Concept: Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre(IN-SPACe) will act as a single-point interface between Indian Space […]
Subject : Science and tech How does hydrogen fuel cell work? A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (often hydrogen in the case of Hydrogen Fuel Cell) and an oxidizing agent (often oxygen) into electricity through a pair of redox reactions. A Fuel Cell consists of an […]
Subject: Economy Context: Battery Companies are keen to setup advanced Giga factories in India. Concept : Elon Musk is believed to have first coined the term ‘Gigafactory’. In simpler terms, these are huge advanced manufacturing units. In India, Recently, the LIBCOIN consortium with Magnis Energy Technologies Limited holding 20 percent of non-dilutive ownership along with […]
Subject: Environment Context: India received the prestigious ‘Blue Flag’ certification for all its eight beaches that it recommended, the environment ministry said. The beaches which have been awarded the certification are Shivrajpur in Gujarat, Ghoghla in Diu, Kasarkod and Padubidri in Karnataka, Kappad in Kerala, Rushikonda in Andhra Pradesh, Golden in Odisha and Radhanagar in […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Union Health Minister announced that a paper strip test for COVID-19, named Feluda, will be commercially launched within next few weeks. Concept: Feluda is the acronym for FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay. It is an accurate and low-cost paper-based test strip to detect Covid-19 in less than 30 minutes. […]
Subject: Government Schemes Context: PM launches physical distribution of property cards under SWAMITVA scheme. The move will pave the way for villagers to use property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits Concept: Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme aims to map residential land […]
What are NPA’s? NPA is any asset of a bank which is not producing any income. In other words, a loan or lease that is not meeting its stated principal and interest payments. On a bank’s balance sheet, loans made to customers are listed as assets. The biggest risk to a bank is when customers […]
Subject : Security Context: Navy is scheduled to hold a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier group.The PASSEX is likely to be held in the waters off Kochi. Concept: A passage exercise is normally undertaken whenever an opportunity arises, in contrast to pre-planned maritime drills. India has conducted passage exercises with French […]