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Subject: Polity Context: The Congress and other opposition parties raised demands of discussion on issues of national security like the border situation with China, handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, economy and GST compensation to states in the first business advisory committee (BAC) meeting for Lok Sabha. Concept: The Business Advisory Committee of Lok Sabha consists […]
Subject: Geography Context: Tourism authorities filming pink blooms in backwater villages to ensure people around the world connected to the destinations. Concept: The backwaters in the Malabar Coast are called Backwaters are the shallow lagoons or inlets of the sea, lying parallel to the coastline. The backwaters have a unique ecosystem: freshwater from the rivers […]
Subject: Economy Context: Government deficit is possibly the most dominating issue in the global financial markets these days. Concept: A high government deficit leaves little for the private sector for investment and puts upward pressure on interest rates—also referred as crowding out. But in an open economy, the country can always import capital to naturalize […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: India will be self-reliant in fertiliser production by 2023 as new units are being set up with an investment of Rs 40,000 crore to reduce dependency on imports. Addressing a webinar organised by cooperative IFFCO for farmers of Karnataka, the minister said the government is promoting nano fertilisers . Concept: Nano […]
Subject: Geography Context: Turkey’s seismic research vessel Oruc Reis returned to waters near the southern province of Antalya NATO members Turkey and Greece have overlapping claims to continental shelves and rights to potential energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Tensions flared last month after Ankara sent Oruc Reis to map out possible oil and gas […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Tests performed on Russian politician Alexei Navalny at the German hospital showed the presence of Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. Concept: The name Novichok means “newcomer” in Russian, and applies to a group of advanced nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. They were known as fourth-generation […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Early this month, the Chinese-only website of Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co, the company monitoring foreign targets, was pulled down Concept: It targets individuals and institutions in politics, government, business, technology, media, and civil society. Claiming to work with Chinese intelligence, military and security agencies, Zhenhua monitors the subject’s digital footprint […]
Table Of Contents Phase 3 of vaccine trial Reinfection fears and Immunity concept FCRA Scramjet engine ‘Five Points’ agreement 1. Phase 3 of vaccine trial Subject: Science and tech Context: University of Oxford and AstraZeneca said they were resuming clinical trials for a new coronavirus vaccine across all U.K. sites. Concept: Vaccine trials follow […]
Subject: IR Context: The Foreign Ministers of India and China arrived at a ‘Five Points’ agreement to reduce the prevailing tension on the Ladakh border during their talks in Moscow on the sidelines of the SCO Summit Concept: The points include dialogue aimed at quick disengagement, maintaining proper distance between troops of the two sides and easing […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) performed a major technological feat by launching cruise vehicle Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV). The centrepiece of the HSTDV was the indigenously developed air-breathing scramjet engine. Concept: A ramjet is a form of air-breathing jet engine that uses the vehicle’s forward motion to […]