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PURCHASING MANAGER’S INDEX Subject: Economy Context: India’s services sector activity expanded at a slower pace in December as growth in sales eased to a three-month low and staff hiring came to a halt amid weak business optimism, a PMI survey showed. Concept: The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) is an index of the prevailing […]
CARACAL Subject: Environment Context: Union forest minister Prakash Javdekar, who tweeted that with the addition of the caracal there will now be 22 species under critically endangered species recovery programme. Concept: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists caracals as a species of ‘least concern’, mainly due to their large numbers […]
APPOINTMENT and REMOVAL OF SUBORDINATE COURT JUDGES Subject : Polity Context : Bihar High Court sacks 16 employees of a civil court Concept : Subordinate Courts in India The District Courts of India are the district courts of the State governments in India for every district or for one or more districts together […]
SIXTH SCHEDULE Subject : Polity Context : A committee would be constituted under Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy to find an appropriate solution to the issues related to language, culture and conservation of land in the Union Territory of Ladakh, the Home Ministry said in a statement. Concept : The […]
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE Subject: Economy Context: Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday reviewed the progress of the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) as the government seeks to accelerate infrastructure spending in the economy. Concept: The NIP has been expanded from 6,385 projects at the time of its introduction a year […]
Daily Prelims Notes 6 January 2021 By Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified 4 CSE Mains qualified If I can do it, you can too Table Of Contents G-TAM WOMEN SCIENTIST PROGRAMME RASHTRIYA KAMDHENU AAYOG AEPS AND ABPS CABINET COMMITTEE ON PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS STATE DISASTER GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTUS REPORT ASIAN WATER BIRD CENSUS […]
ASIAN WATER BIRD CENSUS Subject : Environment Context : The two-day Asian Waterbird Census-2020 commenced in Andhra Pradesh under the aegis of experts from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), covering at least two dozen sites, including Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Kolleru Lake and Krishna Sanctuary. Concept : Asian Waterbird Census: The Asian Waterbird […]
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTUS REPORT Subject : International Report Context : Global economic output is projected to grow by 4% in 2021 assuming widespread roll-out of a COVID-19 vaccine throughout the year, as per the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report. Concept : This projection is still 5% below pre-pandemic levels. India is […]
STATE DISASTER Subject : Disaster Management Context : The avian flu outbreak has been classified as a ‘state disaster’ in Kerala after the Centre notified the outbreak of H5N8 subset of Influenza A in the two districts. Concept : State Disaster : A State Government may use up to 10 percent of the […]
CABINET COMMITTEE ON PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS Subject : Polity Context : The Budget Session of Parliament is likely to begin on January 29 and the Union Budget will be presented on February 1. The more than two-month-long session with a recess of 20 days is expected to be held along with a number of […]