DPN Topics
Subject: Economy Context: States have raised concerns about the delayed compensation payments under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime by the Centre for this fiscal, citing the need for expenditure in their respective states. Concept: Compensation cess was introduced as relief for States for the loss of revenues arising from the implementation of GST. […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is going to be launched Concept: Perseverance will carry a unique instrument, MOXIE or Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment: which for the first time will manufacture molecular oxygen on Mars using carbon dioxide from the carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere. It will carry Ingenuity, the first ever helicopter to […]
Subject: Economy Context: Interest amounting to ₹6.15 crore on Basel II Upper Tier II bonds was not paid by the Yes bank as the capital adequacy ratio of the bank was lower than the minimum required. Concept: Under Basel III, a bank’s tier 1 and tier 2 assets must be at least 10.5% of its risk-weighted […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is working on to bring out a new database of COVID-19 patients who are admitted across the county. Concept: The database is known as a national clinical registry for COVID-19 patients which will allow the health officials in the country to conduct clinical […]
Subject: History Context: Senior IPS officer has made an allegation that Indian history had been distorted under education ministers including MaulanaAbulKalam Azad Concept: He born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1888, his family relocated to Calcutta (now Kolkata) two years after his birth. He studied a variety of languages such as Persian, Urdu and Arabic, […]
Subject: Economy Context: Pawan Hans Limited launched the helicopter service on the new routeDehradun-New Tehri-Srinagar-Gauchar under the Central government’s regional connectivity scheme UDAN (UdeDeshkaAamNaagrik) Concept: UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) is the Government’s initiative to make air travel to India’s tier II and tier III cities affordable to Common man. The idea is to […]
Subject: Government policy Context: The Union Cabinet has approved the New Education Policy Concept: The new policy aims to pave way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems in the country. This policy will replace the 34 your old National Policy on Education (NPE),1986. Highlights: New Policy aims for universalization of education from pre-school to […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: India has inducted five French Rafale aircraft which will be a game changer in many ways in Indian Air force. Concept: The delivery is part of the India-France deal for 36 fighter jets that was signed in September 2016 for around Rs 58,000 crore The aircraft are capable of carrying a range […]
Subject: Environment Context: Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced during Australia’s devastating bushfires of the past year. Concept: Bushfires are a routine occurrence in the country, but this bushfire season is believed to be the worst and has started even before the beginning of the Southern Hemisphere summer. Australia, where the summer starts […]
Subject: Economy Concept: A public good has two key characteristics: it is nonexcludable and nonrivalrous. Non-excludable means that it is costly or impossible for one user to exclude others from using a good. Non-rivalrous means that when one person uses a good, it does not prevent others from using it. Examples of public goods are education, infrastructure, flood control […]