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WTO gets new Director General Subject: International Organizations Context: New DG Ngozi Okonjo-Iwewala, a Nigerian-American economist, took over the charge of WTO. Concept: She is the first woman chief of the WTO. She is also the first African to hold the office of WTO as its director-general. About WTO The World Trade Organization […]
Uighur Subject: International relations Context: China has launched an unprecedented and aggressive campaign to push back, including explicit attacks on women who have made claims of abuse for its handling of Uighurs. Concept: The Uighurs are Muslim ethnic community which speak a language close to Turkish, and are culturally and ethnically closer to […]
Gap between Vaccine doses Subject: Science and Technology Context: In India’s vaccination programme, the prescribed interval between the two doses of Covishield is 28 days. Whereas various international findings have put this gap to be of up to 3 months. Concept: The second dose of Covid vaccine in India started on February 13 […]
Contraindication Subject: Science and technology Context: Second phase of vaccination with the target group of over 60 years and over 45 years with comorbidities started from March 1st. Concept: The Health Ministry fact sheet says the vaccine cannot be given to three categories: persons with a history of an allergic reaction to a […]
CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) Subject: Security Context: Cyfirma, a cyber intelligence firms said that the Chinese hacking group has been targeting Indian vaccine. Concept: CERT-In (the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) is a government-mandated information technology (IT) security organization created in 2004. The purpose of CERT-In is to respond to computer […]
Reservation of seats in Local government Subject: Polity Context: The Goa bench of the Bombay HC directed state to rectify irregularities in reservation of wards for municipal elections. Concept: 73rd Constitutional amendment act provides for reservation for the SCs, STs in Panchayats (at three levels) in proportion to their population as mandatory provision. […]
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Subject: Polity Context: The Union minister addressed governing council of the BIS yesterday. He urged government departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs) to abide only by Indian standards in procurement processes Concept: It is the National Standard Body of India established under the BIS Act 2016 for the […]
National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) Subject: Security Context: A US cyber security firm said there was steep rise in the use of malware by a Chinese group called Red Echo to target India’s power sector organisations in 2020 when tension between India-China was high. The Centre confirmed it after NCIIPC informed […]
Daily Prelims Notes 1 March 2021 By Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified 4 CSE Mains qualified If I can do it, you can too Table Of Contents PSLV-C51 National Green Tribunal (NGT) National Science Day Phase 2 of the Covid vaccination Maritime India Summit 2021 Child Welfare Committee (CWCs) Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife […]
Poshan Abhiyan 2.0 Subject: Welfare scheme Context: Poshan Abhiyan 2.0 was announced in budget 2021-22 as a next step to ongoing Poshan abhiyan to eliminate malnutrition. Concept: The Poshan 2.0 Scheme is to be an umbrella scheme covering the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Anganwadi Services, Poshan Abhiyaan, Schemefor Adolescent Girls and National […]