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Subject: Science and tech Context: ISRO recently released some images of the Moon captured by Chandrayaan-2 and one of the craters has been named after Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space programme Concept: Sarabhai crater is about 250 to 300 kilometres east of the crater where the Apollo 17 and Luna 21 Missions […]
Subject: Context: The Ministry of AYUSH launched a three-month campaign on “Ayush for Immunity” Concept: A three-month campaign aimed at increasing awareness about affordable and easy practices that can be adopted for enhancing immunity and preventing any disease. It focused on need to enhance immunity and the requirement of lifestyle change in the current scenario. It presented a larger vision […]
Subject: Polity Context: The Supreme Court Thursday advised government to amend the Official Languages Act, 1963 to allow publication of official notifications in languages other than Hindi and English. Concept: The constitutional provisions dealing with the language of the courts and legislation are as follows: Until Parliament provides otherwise, the following are to be in […]
Subject: Environment Context: Hardline conservationists fail to see possibilities of people-wildlife coexistence Concept: CWH is a provision under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA). The Act primarily focuses on recognising the historically-denied rights of forest-dwellers to use and manage forests. FRA defines CWHs as ‘areas of national parks and sanctuaries where it has been specifically […]
Subject: Government organisation Context: India has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) its intention to make it mandatory for telecom products sold, imported or used in the country to be tested and certified by the Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) under the Department of Telecommunications Concept: Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) is a technical body representing the […]
Subject: Government organisation Context: Building on the Ayushman Bharat platform, the Centre is looking to further expand health insurance to cover the “missing middle”. Concept: National Health Authority (NHA) is the apex body responsible for implementing India’s flagship public health insurance/assurance scheme called Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana. Functions of NHA Determine the central […]
Subject: Schemes and Government organisation Context: Energy Efficiency Services Limited sets stricter protocols to prevent incidents in future where smart meter shutdowns happened due to sabotage Concept: India is on a path of transforming its energy mix with innovation. Along with enhancing energy production, the nation also needs to cut Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) […]
Subject: Agriculture Context: Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh soils are degraded and depleted because ‘organic matter’ is quite below (0.5-0.2 per cent). Concept: Organic matter is the very foundation of good soil health. It consists of plants, animal material which gets converted into humus after decomposing. It improves soil quality and fertility. It supplies nutrients, increases water-holding capacity, prevents soil erosion. Supplication of organic matter into […]
Subject: IR Context: ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour has become the first international labour standard ever to achieve universal ratification. Concept: Ending child labour has been one of the main goals of the ILO, which was founded in 1919. The UN agency estimates that 152 million children worldwide are […]
Subject: Economy Context: After over four years, equity mutual funds have witnessed their first monthly outflow – investors pulled out a net Rs 2,480 crore in July. Concept: A mutual fund is a type of financial vehicle made up of a pool of moneycollected from many investors to invest in securities like stocks, bonds, money […]