DPN Topics
Subject: Environment Context: The Assam government has approved the addition of 30.53 sq km to the 884 sq km Kaziranga National Park. Concept: The additions are habitat corridors and would help provide connectivity to Orang and Nameri National Parks across river Brahmaputra from KNPTR besides the hills of KarbiAnglong to the south of the park, […]
Subject: Economy Context: Amid disruptions caused by Covid-19, the Finance Minister has referred to an Act of God while businesses are looking at a legal provision, force majeure, to cut losses Concept: The law of contracts is built around a fundamental norm that the parties must perform the contract. When a party fails to perform […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Hydroponic weed has seen a high demand and is ordered through the Darknet, Narcotics Control Bureau found in drug racket Concept: Hydroponic Hydroponics is the cultivation of plants without using soil. Hydroponic flowers, herbs, and vegetables are planted in inert growing media and supplied with nutrient-rich solutions, oxygen, and water. This […]
Subject: Environment Context: In his Independence Day Speech this year, Prime Minister announced the government’s plan to launch a Project Dolphin. The proposed project is aimed at saving both river and marine dolphins. Concept: Project Dolphin will involve conservation of Dolphins and the aquatic habitat through use of modern technology especially in enumeration and anti-poaching activities. The project […]
Subject: Polity Context: Discussions in parliamentary forums would have helped the government get feedback on the ground situation across the country and fine-tune its response. Concept: The first Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management was constituted on 12 August, 2005. Thereafter, four more Parliamentary Forums on Children, Youth, Population & Public Health and Global […]
Subject: IR Context: Peaceful resolution of differences key to ensure regional stability said Indian defence minister at SCO meeting. Concept: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Higher consumption of white rice regularly is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, observes a paper published after studying 1,32,373 individuals from 21 countries Concept: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease of high blood sugar (glucose) levels that result from problems with insulin secretion, its action, or both. Normally, blood glucose […]
Subject: Economy Context: India has imposed anti-dumping duty on commonly-used anti-bacterial drug Ciprofloxacin imported from China. Concept: An anti-dumping duty is a protectionist tariff that a domestic government imposes on foreign imports that it believes are priced below fair market value. Dumping is a process where a company exports a product at a price lower […]
Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave a clear indication in the Open Market Operation (OMO) – Purchase and Sale – auction that it does not want Government Security (G-Sec) yields to go up. Concept: Open market operation is the sale and purchase of government securities and treasury bills by RBI without printing […]
Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has comprehensively reviewed the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) guidelines to enable better credit penetration to credit deficient areas and increase the lending to small and marginal farmers and weaker sections. Changes: The revised PSL norms are aimed at aligning the same with “emerging national priorities and bring […]