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Extradition Subject: Government policies Context: The UK Court delivered the verdict holding that the evidence against NiravModi was prima facie sufficient to order his extradition to India to face the charges. Concept: He is wanted by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate in a Rs 13,500-crore bank loan fraud case […]
Daily Prelims Notes 25 February 2021 By Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified 4 CSE Mains qualified If I can do it, you can too Table Of Contents Rajasthan Model of Public Health World’s largest cricket arena Testing sewage to Map Covid spread Sub-categorisation of OBCs Tribal’s forest right vs Critical Wildlife […]
Open market Operations (OMOs) Subject: Economy Context: On March 4 the RBI will conduct a Rs 15000 crore OMO. Concept: Since the beginning of January 2021, the yield on G-secs have jumped around 24 basis points leading to fall in its prices. Due to the price drop banks are staring at mark-to-market (MTM) […]
Ghana first to receive vaccine supply from COVAX facility Subject: International Bodies Context: Ghana received the world’s first delivery of coronavirus vaccines from the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative on Wednesday. Concept: It received 600000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. It is the beginning of the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history, according […]
India-South Africa IPR waiver proposal Subject: Economy Context: Around 90 WTO members have supported India-South Africa IPR proposal for temporary waiver during Covid 19 period. Concept: At the recent TRIPS Council meeting these members supported the proposal which has 57 co-sponsors. It says that the member countries canchoose to neither grant nor enforce […]
Mount Etna (Italy) Subject: Geography Context: For a week Mt Etna has been belching lava, ash and volcanic rocks on a regular basis as a result of eruption. Concept: Mount Etna is the highest Mediterranean island mountain and the most active stratovolcano or Composite volcano in the world. It is about 3,326 metres […]
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and Pygmalian effect Subject: International reports Context: Various concerns have been raised against the Corruption Perception Index which is not seen as an objective, region-specific dataset, rather it is a perception-based index. Concept: India’s rank slipped to 86th in corruption perception index 2020 out of 180 countries. About Corruption […]
Californian variant of Sars-Cov-2 Subject: Science and Technology Context: A new variant first found in California (USA) has been found to be more contagious than earlier variants. Concept: The variant known as B.1.427/B.1.429 has seen to be rapidly spreading in parts of USA. Study revealed that it produces twice as many viral particles […]
Offence of criminal conspiracy Subject: Polity Context: Arrest and then recent bail of activist Disha Ravi for the offence of conspiracy to incite violence in national capital on 26th January has brought this in focus. Concept: Sections 120A and 120B of the IPC, deals with the offence of criminal conspiracy. Former deals with […]
Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvIT) Subject: Economy Context: The railways officials are looking at InvIT after its role in road and power sector as it has been seeking to attract private investment Concept: It is a Collective Investment Scheme similar to a mutual fund, which enables direct investment of money from individual and institutional […]