DPN
Subject: Economy Context: The Reserve Bank of India announced that it will conduct open market operations or OMO of government t securities worth ₹20,000 crore in two tranches. Concept: Open market operation is the sale and purchase of government securities and treasury bills by RBI without printing new currency. Open market operation is a tool that […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Indian government is temporarily allowing investment towards efforts to find effective medicines and vaccines against Covid-19 to be considered as fulfilment of a company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) obligations. Concept: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a self-regulating business model that helps a company be socially accountable—to itself, its stakeholders, and the public. India […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Researchers have published a comprehensive analysis of the relative potential risks of coronavirus faced by 410 animal species. Concept: Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, there have been widely reported instances of a few animals cats, dogs, tigers — being infected with the novel coronavirus, usually transmitted by humans. The 410 species analysed are vertebrates […]
Subject: Arts and culture Context: With a view to promote Indian folk art, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) a PSU under the Department of Fertilizers has displayed Maharashtra’s famous Warli painting on the outer walls of its Corporate Office in Noida. Concept: Warli is the name of the largest tribe found on the northern outskirts of […]
Subject: Schemes Context: The Centre has written to State Governments and UTs to include all eligible disabled persons under the National Food Security Act, NFSA 2013. Concept: The National Food Security Act (NFSA) is responsible for the provision of subsidized food grains to the population. The enactment of the NFSA marks a watershed in the […]
Subject: Government organisation Context: APEDA signs MoUs with AFC India Ltd and NCUI, Delhi to utilise their expertise in agriculture sector Concept The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985. It functions under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The Authority has […]
Table Of Contents DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill Excavations at the Keeladi cluster Negative import list Bondas and Particularly vulnerable tribal group Pesticide ban Dedicated Freight Corridors FRBM act Super app Cultural heritage of Hyderabad Asteroid 2018 VP1 Covid-19 miscarriage First vaccine to be authorized 1. DNA Technology (Use and Application) […]
Subject: IR Context: While Russia is facing criticism for approving a novel Coronavirus vaccine without completing all the mandatory tests, it has now emerged that China has already begun injecting its people with a vaccine which is still under development. Concept: The vaccine in question, being developed by state-owned Sinopharm, is currently undergoing phase-3 trials in the United Arab Emirates. […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: A Mumbai woman in her late 20s has become the first to suffer a miscarriage due to Covid-19 in India. Concept: There are not many known Covid-19-related complications in pregnancy, and there is limited research on how the novel coronavirus affects the unborn child. The placenta acts as a barrier that protects the foetus in […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: A day before the US will vote in its presidential elections, an asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth could come very close to the planet, according to the Center for Near Objects Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Concept: Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are currently defined based […]