DPN Topics
Subject: Arts and culture Context: The Madras High Court directed Tamil Nadu government to safeguard the interests of traditional musicians such as those who play Thavil and lamented that the art and artistes were on the verge of extinction. Concept: Bharatnatyam Dance is considered to be over 2000 years old. Several texts beginning with Bharata […]
Subject:Schemes Concept: Status: Fisheries and aquaculture are an important source of food, nutrition, employment and income in India. The sector provides livelihood to more than 20 million fishers and fish farmers at the primary level and twice the number along the value chain. The Gross Value Added (GVA) of fisheries sector in the national economy […]
Subject: Economy Context: A report by the State Bank of India has recommended direct monetisation as a possible way of funding the Centre’s deficit at lower rates, without increasing inflation and affecting debt sustainability. Concept: Monetising fiscal deficit means the RBI purchases government debt directly rather than the government borrowing from the markets by selling […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has written to all web portals and websites within its ambit to conduct a security audit and submit a compliance certificate. Concept: Most of these attacks are in the nature of DDOS (distributed denial of service), phishing, data exfiltration, remote access tool malware and keylogging. Phishing […]
Subject:Polity Context: Election Commission of India (ECI) has ruled out the feasibility of extending postal ballots to 70 lakh electors above 65 years of age in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Concept: By postal ballot, a voter can cast her vote remotely by recording her preference on the ballot paper and sending it back to the election […]
Subject:IR Context: USS Nimitz, US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier exercised with the Indian Navy near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Concept: Usually, PASSEX drills happen whenever there is an opportunity. This means that such exercises happen spontaneously and there is nothing pre-planned. Very recently, the Indian Navy had similar drills with the Japanese Navy as […]
Subject: Government organization Context: Concept: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) was constituted in 2018 under Companies Act, 2013. The Companies Act requires the NFRA to have a chairperson who will be appointed by the Central Government and a maximum of 15 members The duties of the NFRA are to: Recommend accounting and auditing policies and […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Union Health Ministry said India’s COVID-19 case fatality rate is “progressively falling” and is currently at 2.49 per cent, which is one of the lowest in the world. Concept: The death rate, also referred to as the case fatality ratio, is the ratio of number of people who have died against […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: According to Lancet journal, avaccine AZD1222 developed at the University of Oxford has shown encouraging results in early human testing and appears to be “safe well-tolerated, and immunogenic”. Concept: The AZD1222 vaccine is based on a chimpanzee adenovirus called ChAdOx1 which elicited antibody and T-cell immune responses in human body. […]
Subject: Economy Context: High real interest rates are holding back investments in Indian economy Concept: Real interest rate is essentially derived after subtracting the inflation rate from the nominal interest rate. RBI targets retail inflation, which is calculated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), it is easy to believe that the real interest rates are […]