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Subject: Govt Schemes Context: Jammu and Kashmir administration decided to annul all actions taken under the Roshni land scheme and announced that it will cancel mutations and retrieve all land sanctioned under the scheme within six months. This was so because it failed to realize the desired objectives and there were also reports of misuse […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: India’s potential participation in COVAX advance market commitment is under way. Concept: COVAX is one of three pillars of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which was launched in April 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission and France in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: Spiral galaxy bars may prevent new stars. Concept: A galaxy is a sprawling space system which is composed of stars, dust, interstellar gas, stellar remnants, and dark matter and all held together by gravity. The universe has many galaxies, and each carries millions of stars which are bounded by a […]
Subject: Science & tech Context: While novel coronavirus is undergoing many mutations, one particular mutation called D614G, according to a study, has become the dominant variant Concept: All viruses mutate to adapt to the barriers that humans put up. RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 mutate slowly as they require a host (human cell) in order […]
Subject : Legislation Context : There are an estimated 50-60 lakh street vendors in India, with the largest concentrations in the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad. Most of them are migrants who typically work for 10–12 hours every day on average. Concept : Street Vendors have been defined to include ‘any person engaged […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : Clocks in the US will “fall back” an hour on Sunday, signalling the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) this year. In Europe, the same happened on October 25. Concept : Daylight Saving Time (DST) DST is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from standard […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : A recent study has found that asteroid 16 Psyche, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter, could be made entirely of metal and is worth an estimated $10,000 quadrillion — more than the entire economy of Earth. Concept : It is an iron rich asteroid Psyche asteroid has diameter […]
Subject : Science & tech Context : Himachal Pradesh Government has identified around 1400 acres in Una district and sent a proposal to the centre seeking grant to set up a bulk drug park. Concept : A bulk drug, also called an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), is the key ingredient of a drug or medicine, […]
Table Of Contents NAFED NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME HOMI BHABHA NEW WAGE CODE HORIZONTAL QUOTA PUBLIC AFFAIRS INDEX STAR CAMPAIGNER MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT 1. NAFED Subject: National Organization Context: The central cooperative NAFED will soon begin importing onions in a bid to tame soaring prices, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister said recently. Concept: […]
Subject: Polity Concept: The MCC is a set of guidelines issued by the Election Commission (EC) to regulate political parties and candidates prior to elections. Basically, the code spells out the do’s and don’ts for elections. This is in keeping with Article 324 of the Constitution, which mandates EC to conduct free and fair elections […]