DPN Topics
Subject: Science and tech Context: Reliance plans to build home-grown 5G network solution based on an open source telecom platform called Open RAN. Concept: A radio access network (RAN) is the part of a telecommunications system that connects individual devices to other parts of a network through radio connections. A RAN resides between user equipment, such as […]
Subject: Environment Context: Eco-Development Committees in Nilgiris biosphere reserve are restoring native Shola habitats in places overrun with invasive species. Concept: Cestrum nocturnum plants have encroached on native Shola habitats and do not allow any native flora to thrive. The Cestrum plants, unless completely removed with their roots, will keep sprouting and keep taking over Shola and native […]
Subject: Economy Context: Amazon India has made it mandatory for sellers on its platform to disclose the ‘country of origin’ of new and existing product listings by August 10. Concept: The development comes at a time when the government is negotiating with e-commerce companies to ensure that all products listed on their apps and websites carry […]
Subject: Economy Context: India recently decided to impose digital services taxes on non-resident e-commerce companies. Concept: BEPS Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) refers to tax planning strategies used by multinational enterprises that exploit gaps and mismatches in tax rules to avoid paying tax. Developing countries’ higher reliance on corporate income tax means they suffer […]
Subject: Organisation Context: Several board members have flagged concerns about the inadequate sharing of information about the Fund’s investments and delays in approval for the interest rate for 2019-20 Concept: EPFO is one of the World’s largest Social Security Organisations in terms of clientele and the volume of financial transactions undertaken. The Employees’ Provident Fund […]
Subject: Economy Context: For the first time since 2002, India’s merchandise trade balance turned surplus of $790 million in June Reasons: This is a rare occurrence because since 1976-77, there has not been a single year when India did not incur a substantial merchandise trade deficit. Improvement in trade balance has been driven mainly by a sharper […]
Subject: Economy Context: A new analysis published in The Lancet has projected about world population and its trends. Concept: Findings World population will peak much earlier than previously estimated. It projects the peak at 9.73 billion in 2064, which is 36 years earlier than the 11 billion peak projected for 2100 by last year’s UN […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: COVID vaccines mRNA-1273 ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 are currently in human trials. Concept: Vaccines contain the same germs that cause disease. (For example, measles vaccine contains measles virus) But they have been either killed or weakened to the point that they don’t make people sick. Some vaccines contain only a part of the disease […]
Subject: IR Context: Iran has dropped India from Chabahar port project. Concept: Chabahar is located strategically offMakran coast in the Gulf of Oman at the southern end of Persian Gulf and Iran’s closest and best access point to the Indian Ocean. It is far away from Iran’s other major port of Bandar Abbas that currently […]
Subject: Polity Context: SC Collegium decided to make additional Judges of 3 High Courts permanent Concept: The method of appointment of the Chief Justice of India, SC and HC judges was laid down in the Constitution. The Constitution stated that the President shall make these appointments after consulting with the Chief Justice of India and […]