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Expert panel clears first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech and Biosafety level Subject: Science and Technology Context: A day after restricted emergency approval for Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured under license in India by the Serum Institute of India, similar approval has been granted to Covaxin, first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat […]
Daily Prelims Notes 2 January 2021 Table Of Contents NATIONAL DATA REPOSITORY INFLATION EXPECTATIONS OF HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES CENTRAL CONSUMER PROTECTION AUTHORITY EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION DIGITAL PAYMENTS INDEX TSO KAR WETLAND COMPLEX UMRED PAONI KARHANDALA SANCTUARY NORTHEAST MONSOON GLOBAL CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX INSIDER TRADING EMERGENCY USE LISTING TiHAN-IIT HYDERABAD Zero […]
Zero Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) Context: From January 1 onwards, the termination charge for wireless to wireless domestic calls has become zero .Until now operators paid Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) of 6 paise per minute on mobile calls. Concept: IUC is the cost that a mobile operator pays to another operator for carrying […]
TiHAN-IIT HYDERABAD Subject: Science & tech Context: Union Minister of Education laid foundation stone of ‘TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad’, India’s first Test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial). Concept: The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 135 crores to IIT Hyderabad under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary […]
EMERGENCY USE LISTING Subject: Science & tech Context: The World Health Organization listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the developing world. Concept: The vaccine has gotten regulatory backing from the United Kingdom, the European Medicines Agency, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Health […]
INSIDER TRADING Subject: Economics Context: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) imposed penalties totaling Rs 70 crore on Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), its chairman & managing director and two other entities for alleged manipulative trading in the shares of erstwhile Reliance Petroleum Ltd (RPL) in November 2007. Concept: The RPL case […]
GLOBAL CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX Subject: International Reports Context: India and China both share the 80th rank with a CPI score of 41 in the Global Corruption Perception Index 2019—an empirical measure for corruption accepted worldwide. Concept: Released by Transparency International from 1995. This index is annually released (once a year.) Corruption is defined […]
NORTHEAST MONSOON Subject: Geography Context: The southern states recorded normal rainfall during the recently concluded Northeast monsoon season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said. Kerala, however, ended with a 26 per cent deficit of rainfall this season. Concept : In 2020, the onset of the Northeast monsoon, also known as winter monsoon, […]
UMRED PAONI KARHANDALA SANCTUARY Subject: Environment Context: A tigress and her two cubs were found dead on Friday evening in Umred Paoni Karhandala Sanctuary, some 50 kilometres from Nagpur, an official said. Concept: About the Sanctuary UmredKarhandla Wildlife Sanctuary, about 58 km from Nagpur and 60 km from Bhandaraspreed over PauniTahsil of Bhandara […]
TSO KAR WETLAND COMPLEX Subject: Geography Context: One more wetland in India has been added to the list of recognised sites of international importance under the treaty of Ramsar Convention, taking the number of such wetlands in the country to 42, the highest in South Asia. Concept: The latest site to be added […]