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Table Of Contents Nutraceutical LIGO and VIRGO Novichok Reserve forest UNSC 1267 Data Empowerment Architecture Revised PSL guideline OMO Auction and yield Anti-dumping duty Diabetes 1. Nutraceutical Subject: Science and tech Context: Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers has launched new nutraceuticals under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) for sale through […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Higher consumption of white rice regularly is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, observes a paper published after studying 1,32,373 individuals from 21 countries Concept: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease of high blood sugar (glucose) levels that result from problems with insulin secretion, its action, or both. Normally, blood glucose […]
Subject: Economy Context: India has imposed anti-dumping duty on commonly-used anti-bacterial drug Ciprofloxacin imported from China. Concept: An anti-dumping duty is a protectionist tariff that a domestic government imposes on foreign imports that it believes are priced below fair market value. Dumping is a process where a company exports a product at a price lower […]
Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave a clear indication in the Open Market Operation (OMO) – Purchase and Sale – auction that it does not want Government Security (G-Sec) yields to go up. Concept: Open market operation is the sale and purchase of government securities and treasury bills by RBI without printing […]
Subject: Economy Context: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has comprehensively reviewed the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) guidelines to enable better credit penetration to credit deficient areas and increase the lending to small and marginal farmers and weaker sections. Changes: The revised PSL norms are aimed at aligning the same with “emerging national priorities and bring […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Niti Aayog sought suggestions and comments on the ‘Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA)’ draft which aims to promote greater user control on data sharing. Concept: The Data Empowerment & Protection Architecture will empower individuals with control over how their personal data is used and shared while ensuring that privacy considerations are […]
Subject: IR Context: The United Nations Security Council’s 1267 sanctions sub-committee rejected the last two names of Indian nationals that Pakistan had proposed to be brought under the sanctions regime against terrorists and terror groups. Concept: Article 41 of the United Nations Charter gives the Security Council the authority to use a variety of measures to […]
Subject: Environment Context: Maharashtra Chief Minister announced that the state government would designate a 600-acre parcel of land in the heart of urban Mumbai as a reserved forest. Concept: The land falls under the eco-sensitive zone of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, and is home to around 10,000 individuals who live in 27 tribal hamlets. Under Section […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Two years after coming in the spotlight after the alleged poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skirpal and his daughter YuliaSkirpal in Britain, the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok is back in the news. Concept: During the Cold War, when the Soviet Union and the United States were at loggerheads, the two were […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Billions of years ago, a collision between two black holes sent gravitational waves rippling through the universe. In 2019, signals from these waves were detected at the gravitational wave observatory LIGO and the detector Virgo. Concept: LIGO The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) is a group of scientists focused on the direct detection […]