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Subject: Culture Context: Vice President of India & Chair of the SCO Council of Heads of Government in 2020, launched the first ever SCO Online Exhibition on Shared Buddhist Heritage, during the 19th Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (SCO CHG). Concept: This SCO online International exhibition, first ever of its kind, […]
Subject: Culture Context: Prime Minister announced that an ancient idol of the goddess Annapurna, stolen from India about a century ago, is being brought back from Canada. Concept: This idol was stolen from a temple of Varanasi and smuggled out of the country around 100 years ago somewhere around 1913. Annapurna, also spelt Annapoorna, is […]
Subject: Economics Context: The RBI Governor recently said that India will continue to approach capital account convertibility as a process rather than an event. Concept: Capital account convertibility refers to the ease and freedom in converting a country s currency into any other foreign currency (such as US dollar, pound sterling, Euro etc) and vice […]
Subject: Environment Context: Scientists at Agharkar Research Institute have used the Zebrafish as a research model and identified genes that can promote heart regeneration. Scientists have sought to decode the heart regeneration processes using this animal model. Concept: Zebrafish – a tiny freshwater fish barely 2-3 cm long can efficiently regenerate its damaged heart within […]
Subject: Governance Context: The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020 was promulgated. Concept: The Ordinance provides for constitution of a Commission for better co-ordination, research, identification, and resolution of problems related to air quality in the national capital region (NCR) and adjoining areas. Adjoining areas refers to […]
Table Of Contents RBI INTERVENTION CHINA’S SUPER DAM PULICAT LAKE OIC POINT CALIMERE ECO BRIDGE COMPETITION BILL FDI INFLOW ITU Herd Effect vs Herd Immunity 1. RBI INTERVENTION Subject: Economics Context: The weakness in the dollar following the large stimulus rolled out by the US has resulted in currencies of most emerging […]
Context: Plan for nationwide roll of covid -19 vaccine Concept: Herd Immunity: The proportion of subjects with immunity in a given population. When a vaccine is rolled out and increasing proportion of people get vaccinated, herd immunity level increases and decease frequency decreases in the vaccinated population. Herd Effect is defined as the reduction of […]
Subject: International Organisation Context: Three new technologies including ‘5Gi’ submitted by the Telecommunications Standards Development Society India (TSDSI) have completed “successful evaluation” and conform with rigorous performance requirement, according to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) statement. Concept: The technologies are — 3GPP 5G-SRIT and 3GPP 5G-RIT submitted by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and 5Gi […]
Subject: Economics Context: During April-September 2020, India attracted FDI worth $7.12 billion from the U.S. and $2 billion from Mauritius, which slipped to fourth position, the DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) data showed. Concept: Key Takeaways: The U.S. has emerged as the second biggest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into […]
Subject: Governance Context: After incorporating certain reforms suggested by the CLRC, the draft Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2020 (Bill) was released for public comments. Now , Government is planning to table the bill in parliament. Concept: The Competition Bill, 2020 seeks to amend the Competition Act. If the changes proposed by the MCA to the Competition […]