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Subject: Arts and culture/ Schemes Context: Ministry of Tourism has undertaken development of tourism related infrastructure and facilities at various Buddhist Sites in the country under its flagships schemes of Swadesh Darshan& PRASHAD. Ministry of Tourism presents its latest webinar on “In the Footsteps of the Buddha” under DekhoApnaDesh Webinar Series Concept: Swadesh Darsha Scheme […]
Subject: Environment Context: Scientists specialising in different aspects of the Himalayas discussed a range of areas like landslide disaster risk reduction, Himalayan seismicity, risk awareness, and mitigation, and journey of black carbon towards Himalayan cryosphere on the occasion of Himalaya Diwas. Concept: The discussions were part of an online celebration of ‘Himalaya Diwas’ by Wadia Institute of […]
Subject: Economy Context: Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs in response to a question asked in the Lok Sabha said in September 2019, the Government announced several measures to promote growth, investment and create new employment opportunities through the amendments in the Income-tax Act, 1961 and Finance act 2019. Concept: Measures taken by […]
Subject: History Context: Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (IC) has inaugurated a Sangeet Sandhya programme as a part of the 550th Birth Anniversary celebrations of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in New Delhi. Concept: Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1539) was born in a village, Talwandi Rai Bhoe, near Lahore (it was renamed later […]
Subject: Arts and culture Context: The government has formed an expert committee for conducting a study on the origin and evolution of Indian culture dating back to around 12,000 years ago Concept: 16-member committee will include K N Dikshit as Chairman, Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi and former Joint Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, among others. […]
Subject: Polity Context: The Congress and other opposition parties raised demands of discussion on issues of national security like the border situation with China, handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, economy and GST compensation to states in the first business advisory committee (BAC) meeting for Lok Sabha. Concept: The Business Advisory Committee of Lok Sabha consists […]
Subject: Geography Context: Tourism authorities filming pink blooms in backwater villages to ensure people around the world connected to the destinations. Concept: The backwaters in the Malabar Coast are called Backwaters are the shallow lagoons or inlets of the sea, lying parallel to the coastline. The backwaters have a unique ecosystem: freshwater from the rivers […]
Subject: Economy Context: Government deficit is possibly the most dominating issue in the global financial markets these days. Concept: A high government deficit leaves little for the private sector for investment and puts upward pressure on interest rates—also referred as crowding out. But in an open economy, the country can always import capital to naturalize […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: India will be self-reliant in fertiliser production by 2023 as new units are being set up with an investment of Rs 40,000 crore to reduce dependency on imports. Addressing a webinar organised by cooperative IFFCO for farmers of Karnataka, the minister said the government is promoting nano fertilisers . Concept: Nano […]
Subject: Geography Context: Turkey’s seismic research vessel Oruc Reis returned to waters near the southern province of Antalya NATO members Turkey and Greece have overlapping claims to continental shelves and rights to potential energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Tensions flared last month after Ankara sent Oruc Reis to map out possible oil and gas […]