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Subject : Science and tech How does hydrogen fuel cell work? A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (often hydrogen in the case of Hydrogen Fuel Cell) and an oxidizing agent (often oxygen) into electricity through a pair of redox reactions. A Fuel Cell consists of an […]
Subject: Economy Context: Battery Companies are keen to setup advanced Giga factories in India. Concept : Elon Musk is believed to have first coined the term ‘Gigafactory’. In simpler terms, these are huge advanced manufacturing units. In India, Recently, the LIBCOIN consortium with Magnis Energy Technologies Limited holding 20 percent of non-dilutive ownership along with […]
Subject: Environment Context: India received the prestigious ‘Blue Flag’ certification for all its eight beaches that it recommended, the environment ministry said. The beaches which have been awarded the certification are Shivrajpur in Gujarat, Ghoghla in Diu, Kasarkod and Padubidri in Karnataka, Kappad in Kerala, Rushikonda in Andhra Pradesh, Golden in Odisha and Radhanagar in […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Union Health Minister announced that a paper strip test for COVID-19, named Feluda, will be commercially launched within next few weeks. Concept: Feluda is the acronym for FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay. It is an accurate and low-cost paper-based test strip to detect Covid-19 in less than 30 minutes. […]
Subject: Government Schemes Context: PM launches physical distribution of property cards under SWAMITVA scheme. The move will pave the way for villagers to use property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits Concept: Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme aims to map residential land […]
Table Of Contents GENETIC SCISSORS: HEPATITIS C VIRUS BLACK HOLE GARBA DANCE MGNREGA RERA PASSEX NPA CLASSIFICATION 1. GENETIC SCISSORS Subject : Science and tech Context :The 2020 Nobel Prizes for sciences announced for scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier bagged the Nobel Prize for Chemistry “for the development of a method […]
What are NPA’s? NPA is any asset of a bank which is not producing any income. In other words, a loan or lease that is not meeting its stated principal and interest payments. On a bank’s balance sheet, loans made to customers are listed as assets. The biggest risk to a bank is when customers […]
Subject : Security Context: Navy is scheduled to hold a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier group.The PASSEX is likely to be held in the waters off Kochi. Concept: A passage exercise is normally undertaken whenever an opportunity arises, in contrast to pre-planned maritime drills. India has conducted passage exercises with French […]
Subject: Legislations Context: Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TNRERA) has ruled that the provisions of the RERA Act are in addition to and not in derogation of other laws. Concept: Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) act seeks to protect home-buyers as well as help boost investments in the real estate sector by bringing efficiency […]
Subject : Govt Schemes Context: Tribal Families return to settlements in Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve , take up works under MGNREGA. Concept: MGNREGA MGNREGA is one of the largest work guarantee programmes in the world. It is one of the core of the core scheme under Government of India. Objective: The primary objective of the scheme […]