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Subject: Arts and Culture Context: Ministry of Tourism’s DekhoApnaDesh Webinar Series reached a landmark of 50th session with the webinar titled “Cultural heritage of Hyderabad”. Concept: Hyderabad is “City of Pearls” and the “City of Nizams”, and has been the centre of a vibrant historical legacy, ever since its inception by the QutubShahi dynasty. The city was […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Tata Group is planning to launch an all-in-one super app Concept: A super app is a platform developed by a company offering various services under one umbrella. For example, China’s WeChat, which started out as a messaging app, expanded into payments, cabs, shopping, food ordering, cab services to become a super app. […]
Subject: Economy Context: The consolidated deficit of the Union and States could be as high as 12% of GDP and the overall debt could go up to 85%. Concept: The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act, 2003, intends to bring transparency and accountability in the conduct of the fiscal and monetary actions of the government. The […]
Subject: Economy Context: Minister of Railways and commerce & industry has reviewed the progress of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India (DFCCIL) Concept: Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) is one of the largest rail infrastructure projects undertaken by the Government of India. The overall cost is pegged at Rs 81,459 crores. DFCCIL has been set up as […]
Subject: Environment Context: Punjab government has banned the usage of nine pesticides, generally used for Basmati and non Basmati crops, for 60 days Concept: The nine pesticide that have been banned temporarily include Acephate, Carbendazim, Thiamethoxam, Triazofos, Tricyclazole, Buprofezin, Carbofuron, Propiconazole, and Thiophanate Methyl. Farmers use these pesticides even after the grain formation stage in […]
Subject: Society Context: The COVID-19 pandemic has reached the Bondas, a tribal community residing in the hill ranges of Malkangiri district in Odisha. Concept: Bondas The Bondas are Munda ethnic group who live in the isolated hill regions of the Malkangiridistrict of southwestern Odisha. They are a scheduled tribe of India and are also known […]
Subject: Economy Context: A list of 108 military subsystems and components has been identified for development by the Indian industry and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will provide support for the process Concept: Items in negative list cannot be imported. India has been among the top three defence importers in the world So […]
Subject: History Context: Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology released an interim status report with the sixth phase of the excavations at the Keeladi cluster and the excavations at other sites to come to a close in September for the year. Concept: In the current season of excavations, a fine variety of red-slipped ware containing Tamizhi letters […]
Subject: Polity Context: DNA Bill can be misused, flags draft report of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology Features: The Bill regulates the use of DNA technology for establishing the identity of persons in respect of matters listed in a Schedule. These include criminal matters (such as offences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860), […]
Table Of Contents MPC BIS standards for drinking water CPEC State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report National Council for Transgender Persons Inverted duty structure Farm sector and GDP ASEEM portal Vaccine trial 1. MPC Subject: Economy Context: The Reserve Bank of India’s first Monetary Policy Committee completes its […]