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    DNA PROFILING Subject : Science & tech Context :Rape-accused to move court after DNA report rules out his paternity. Concept : DNA fingerprinting or DNA profiling is method of isolating and identifying variable elements within the base-pair sequence of DNA. DNA fingerprinting technology is utilised by police all over the world for fool-proof […]

    BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK Subject : Environment Context : Recently, a wildfire that had spread across several zones in Bandhavgarh National Park has been brought under control. Concept : About Bandhavgarh National Park It is located in the Vindhya Hills of the Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh. It is known for the Royal Bengal […]

    AVALANCHE Subject : Geography Context : BRO worker dies trapped in snow as avalanche hits Zoji La in Ladakh Concept : Avalanche is a rapid downslope movement of a large detached mass of snow, ice, and associated debris such as rocks and vegetation. Small avalanches, or Sluffs, occur in large numbers, while large […]

    AIM PRIME Subject : Governance Context : Recently, the NITI Aayog has launched the ‘AIM-PRIME’ (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship). Concept : About AIM-PRIME It is an initiative of the NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). It is a nationwide program […]

    GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT Subject : International Reports Context : Recently, the World Economic Forum has released the Global Gender Gap Report 2021. Concept : Iceland continued to top the index in 2021, followed by Finland and Norway, while Afghanistan was at the last position of 156. The report highlighted that South Asia […]

    ARTICLE 244 A Subject: Polity Context: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promised to implement Article 244 (A) of the Constitution to safeguard the interests of the people in Assam’s tribal-majority districts. Concept: Article 244(A) allows for creation of an ‘autonomous state’ within Assam in certain tribal areas. Inserted into the Constitution in 1969, it […]

    BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Subject: Environment Context: The garden at Government Co-ed Senior Secondary School, Sector 5, RK Puram had started as an initiative by English teacher Ankita Singh Yadav two years ago. Yadav said that she got her idea for this garden from her own birding and buttery sighting outings at the […]

    Daily Prelims Notes 31 March 2021 Table Of Contents NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS T – CELLS DGCA FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK OVERSEAS CITIZENS OF INDIA COVISHIELD PANDEMIC TREATY INFLATION TARGETING   1. NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT Subject: Legislations Context: House nod needed, Centre […]

    INFLATION TARGETING Subject : Economics Context : India expected to retain current inflation targeting framework: Moody’s Analytics. Concept : Stressing that India’s retail inflation has been breaching the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) 4% inflation target for the past eight months, the financial intelligence firm said India and Philippines are the two notable […]

    PANDEMIC TREATY Subject : International Relations Context : World leaders pushed Tuesday for a new international treaty to prepare for the next global pandemic — and avoid the unseemly scramble for vaccines hampering the Covid-19 response. Concept : Leaders from 25 countries, the European Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) sought to […]