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Subject:Environment Context: Lepidopterists have discovered two new butterflies Striped Hairstreak and Elusive Prince in Arunachal Pradesh Concept: The Striped Hairstreak (Yamamotozephyruskwangtugenesis) was located in Vijaynagar bordering Myanmar while the Elusive Prince was found in Miao on the periphery of the Namdapha National Park. Namdapha national park Namdapha National Park is the largest protected area in […]
Subject: Geography Context: Five municipal corporations of Mumbai’s satellite cities Thane, Mira Bhayander, Kalyan Dombivali, Navi Mumbai and Panvel have announced a 10-day lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 in their areas. Concept: The satellite city is one of the popular concepts in the urban planning. It is the small metropolitan area is located near to the […]
Subject: Government bodies Context: The Environment Ministry has recently reconstituted the Central Zoo Authority. Concept: The CZA is a statutory body constituted under Wildlife protection act amended in 1992. It is chaired by the Environment Minister Apart from the chairman, it consists of 10 members and a member-secretary. Almost all of them are officials in […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: In UP, five people were killed and one injured after being struck by lightning in the state. Concept: Lightning is an electrostatic discharge that releases tremendous amount of energy, with the rapid movement of electrons converting air to super heated plasma. There are three categories of lightning intracloud (IC), which […]
Subject:Economy Context: Udyam Registration Portal developed by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has become operational. Concept: Features: MSME registration process is fully online, paperless and based on self-declaration. No documents or proof are required to be uploaded for registering an MSME A Registration number will be given after registration After completion of the […]
Subject: Environment Context: Urban Forest inaugurated at the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in New Delhi Concept: Urban forests are the lungs of the cities and act as an oxygen bank and Carbon Sink. Miyawaki method of forest creation is employed which could help in reducing the temperature by as much […]
Subject: Scheme Context: Prime minister has announced extension of PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) till the end of November which will cost over Rs 90 thousand crore for centre. Concept: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana aims at ensuring sufficient food the poor and needy during the coronavirus crisis. Scheme covers 80 crore individuals, […]
Context: The World Bank has approved a five year loan to the Namami Gange project worth ₹3,000 crore ($400 million) to develop and improve infrastructure projects to abate pollution in the river basin. Concept: Namami GangeProgramme is an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as ‘Flagship Programme’ by the Union Government in June 2014 with budget […]
Subject: Environment Context: Researchers have “rediscovered” a rare plant species called Globbaandersonii from the Sikkim Himalayas near the Teesta river valley region after a gap of nearly 136 years. Concept: It is “critically endangered” and “narrowly endemic”, the species is restricted mainly to Teesta River Valley region which includes the Sikkim Himalays and Darjeeling hill ranges. Plant […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Researchers in China have discovered a new strain of the influenza virus which they claim has the potential to turn into a pandemic. Concept: The scientists identified the virus through surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs that they carried out from 2011 to 2018 in ten provinces of China. They […]