DPN Topics
Subject: Schemes Context: Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs is going to establish Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) under its flagship Khelo India Scheme. Concept: One KISCE will be identified in each state and union territory, with an effort to create a robust sporting ecosystem in the entire country. In first phase, ministry […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Supreme court has given notice to center on a plea to transfer PM-CARES fund Concept: The petition urged the court to direct the government to prepare, notify and implement a national plan under the Disaster Management Act to deal with the pandemic. It claimed that the Centre has been “refraining from divulging […]
Context: The wholesale price index inflation has contracted 3.21 percent in May, slipping into negative territory for the first time in over four years and showing signs of deflation. Concept: What is Deflation? Deflation occurs when asset and consumer prices fall over time. t is the opposite of the often-encountered inflation. A reduction in money supply or […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: An annular solar eclipse will occur on 21 June, 2020 Concept: A solar eclipse occurs on a new moon day when the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun and when all the three objects are aligned. An annular solar eclipse will occur when the angular diameter of […]
Subject: IR Context: India is expected to have a comfortable victory in the Security Council elections that will make India non-permanent member for the 2021-22 term Concept: The UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security, but it faces steady calls for reform to better meet twenty-first–century challenges. The […]
Subject: Economy Concept: The term ‘force majeure’ has been defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, as ‘an event or effect that can be neither anticipated nor controlled. From a contractual perspective, a force majeure clause provides temporary reprieve to a party from performing its obligations under a contract upon occurrence of a force majeure event. While […]
Subject: Polity Context: The cabinet of Tamil Nadu state has approved 10 per cent horizontal reservation in medical admissions to government school students who clear the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). An Ordinance is likely to be promulgated within a few days to give effect to this from the current academic year. Concept: The […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) approved new kind of test for diagnosis of Covid-19 called rapid antigen detection test Concept: The test is done on swabbed nasal samples that detect antigens that are found on or within the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a point-of-care test, performed outside the conventional laboratory setting, and […]
Subject: Economy Context: Finance Ministry has extended of existing anti-dumping duty on Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric (NTCF) imports from China by six months Concept: An anti-dumping duty is a protectionist tariff that a domestic government imposes on foreign imports that it believes are priced below fair market value. Dumping is a process where a company […]
Subject: Economy Context: Indian Gas Exchange (IGX), India’s first gas exchange was launched Concept: The IGX is a digital trading platform that will allow buyers and sellers of natural gas to trade in both spot market and in the forward market for imported natural gas. It will facilitate transparent price discovery in natural gas, and […]