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Subject: Science and tech Context: Reproduction number(R) has fallen below 1 for the first time since the pandemic began in India in the first week of March and for the sixth consecutive day number of people recovering from the disease, as reported in government data, exceeded the detection of new infections. Concept: R-value is a measure of the number […]
Subject: Arts and culture Context: Renowned Malayalam poet AkkithamAchuthanNamboothiri was conferred the Jnanpith award Concept: Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the BharatiyaJnanpith to an author for their “outstanding contribution towards literature”. Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution […]
Subject: Schemes Context: The President of India Shri Ram NathKovind conferred National Service Scheme Awards 2017-18 in a ceremony held at RashtrapatiBhawan Concept: The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector Scheme. It provides opportunity to the student youth of 11th & 12th Class of schools at +2 Board level and student youth of […]
Subject: Schemes Context: National Biopharma Mission is supporting small and medium enterprises for biopharmaceutical product development, enhancing industry academia inter linkages and providing opportunities to translate knowledge into products/technologies for vaccines, biotherapeutics, devices and diagnostics informed by minister in Loksabha. Concept: The National Biopharma Mission (NBM) is an industry-Academia Collaborative Mission for accelerating biopharmaceutical development […]
Subject: Schemes Context: 25th September, 2014 was declared the ‘AntyodayaDiwas’ in honour of PanditDeenDayalUpadhyaya’s 98th Birth Anniversary. It was the same day when the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) revamped it’s existing skill development program called Aajeevika Skills as DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) Concept: The Ministry of Rural Development implements DDU-GKY to drive this national agenda for inclusive growth, […]
Table Of Contents Laser Guided ATGM Central Pollution Control Board National Rural Health Mission Plastic Parks National GIS-Enabled Land Bank System Hallmarking of precious metals Carbon neutral G4 Cess Renewable energy 1. Laser Guided ATGM Subject: Science and tech Context: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired a […]
Subject: Environment Context: The share of clean energy in India’s total power generation has risen rapidly to 30 per cent already this fiscal compared to 24.9 per cent in FY20. Concept: The share of generation from thermal plants in the country has been coming down and that of non-fossil power (which includes renewables, hydro and […]
Subject: Economy Context: Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) told Parliament that the Centre has only transferred Rs 1.64 lakh crore or 60% of the proceeds from cess / levies in FY19 to the relevant reserve funds and retained the balance in the Consolidated Fund of India (CFI). Concept: A cess is a form […]
Subject: IR Context: G4 countries call for urgent steps for reform of UN and Security Council Concept: The G4 nations comprising Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan are four countries which support each other’s bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. G4’s primary aim is the permanent member seats on the Security Council. Each of these four countries have figured among […]
Subject: Environment Context: China will aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and for carbon neutrality by 2060, President Xi Jinping has announced. Concept: Carbon neutrality means every ton of anthropogenic CO2 emitted is compensated with an equivalent amount of CO2 removed, according to World Resources Institute. In order to limit global warming to 1.5 […]