DPN Topics

Subject: Science and tech Context: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has landed two NASA astronauts at the International Space Station Concept: It was the first time that astronauts used a spaceship built and launched by a private company, and the event is being widely seen as the beginning of a new era in space exploration. For NASA, […]

Subject: Economy Context: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has wanted to arrive at a ‘standardized cost structure’ for treatment of the pandemic with COVID-19 patients running up high bills in private hospitals. Concept: Currently standard Covid-19 insurance product which includes PPE kits and other consumables are not part of normal health insurance policy. As […]

Subject: IR Context: US President wanted to expand G7 group by including India, Russia, South Korea, and Australia and said present form of is outdated Concept: Countries: The G-7 or ‘Group of Seven’ is Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Origin It is an intergovernmental organization that was formed in 1975 […]