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SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar Subject: Scheme Section: Vulnerable Context: 500 cities across India have declared themselves as ‘SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar’. Concept: In a major achievement towards putting an end to manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks, 500 cities across India have declared themselves as ‘Safai Mitra Surakshit Shehar’ by achieving targets for safety […]
When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill they often have an accomplice — bacterial infections Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Context: The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in the loss of over 3 per cent of the world’s population — at least 50 million people But it wasn’t the flu virus that caused the […]
Wheat production down but many crops set for record Subject: Geography Section: Economic geography Context: The production of wheat is estimated to come down to 106.84 million tonnes in 2021-22 from 109.59 million tonnes in 2020-21, according to the Fourth Advance Estimates of Production of Foodgrains for 2021-22 released by the Ministry of […]
What is causing Arctic warming? Should India be worried? Subject: Geography Section: Climate change Context: On August 11, Finnish Meteorological Institute researchers published their study in the Communications Earth & Environment journal, concluding that the Arctic is heating four times faster than the rest of the planet. What is Arctic amplification? What causes […]
Did asteroids bring water to Earth? Findings of the Hayabusa-2 probe, explained Subject: Science and Technology Section: Space Science Context: How did the Earth, believed to have been covered in bubbling oceans of magma billions of years ago, transform into the ‘blue planet’ and become covered in water? In an article published in […]
The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) Subject: Science and Technology Section: Scheme Context: The Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the “Widening access of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) database to users, besides patent offices”. Concept: The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) is a prior art database […]
Credit Deposit Ratio Subject: Economy Section: Monetary policy Context: Banks need to rework their strategies rising from the ‘business as usual approach’ given the rising cost of borrowing due to hike in the repo rate. Impact of Rising cost of borrowings: Emerging resource imbalance: Declining credit deposit ratio–Deposit growth isat 9.8 percent while […]
Developed country Subject: Economy Section: National Income Context: The ‘developed country’ goal is the first of the five vows that Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted Indians to take during his address to the nation on Independence Day. The “Panch Pran” — five vows? Every Indian should focus on developing the country; 100 per […]
Merchant Discount Rate Subject: Economy Section: Monetary policy Context: In a discussion paper released on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked stakeholders if merchant discount rate (MDR)should be brought back for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions. Concept: Merchant Discount Rate: MDR is the cost paid by a merchant to a bank […]
Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) Subject: Economy Section: National Income Context: The final results of the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). Details: The number of factories in the country increased by 1.7 per cent year-on-year to 2.46 lakh in FY20, employing a total […]