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Subject: Economy Context: Government’s waiver of Merchant discount rate (MDR) on certain payments will hamper payment innovations and growth says RBI constituted the Committee under the Chairmanship of D.B. Phatak. Concept: MDR is a fee charged from a merchant by a bank for accepting payments from customers through credit and debit cards in their establishments. […]
Subject: Government schemes Context: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed Common Service Centres (CSC) to complete the work of providing fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and WiFi connections from the panchayat level to individual homes. Concept: Common Services Centre (CSC) programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Government of India. The CSC […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The third unit of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP-3) in Gujarat has achieved its first criticality. Concept: Nuclear fission In nuclear fission, an unstable atom splits into two or more smaller pieces that are more stable, and releases energy in the process. The fission process also releases extra neutrons, which […]
Subject: Polity Context: The contempt case has been initiated against advocate Prashant Bhushan. Concept: According to the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, contempt of court can either be civil contempt or criminal contempt. Civil contempt means willful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court or willful breach of […]
Table Of Contents Bharatanatyam and musical instruments N 95 respirator Asteroid 2020 ND Recombinant DNA Garib kalyan Rojgar yojana Article 159 Winter and covid Serological surveys Fundamental Rights of Police IT Form 26AS Extended Producer responsibility Repurposed medicines and Compulsory licensing Record Temperature Verkhoyansk One health 1. Bharatanatyam and musical instruments Subject: […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: There is increasing evidences of disease spread from plants and animals to humans. Concept: ‘One Health’ is an approach to designing and implementing programmes, policies, legislation and research in which multiple sectors communicate and work together to achieve better public health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and […]
Subject: Environment Context: Temperatures exceeded 38C in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June, the highest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic circle. Concept: This new record breaks the Arctic town’s 32-year record it set on 25 July 1988, which was a sweltering 37.3 degrees Celsius set on 25 July 1988. The town of […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Repurposed drugs are used in COVID treatment. Concept: Drug repurposing, also known as drug repositioning, is a drug development strategy predicated on the reuse of existing licensed drugs for new medical indications Compulsory licensing and section 92 Compulsory licensing is when a government allows someone else to produce a patented […]
Subject: Environment Context: With increasing biomedical waste like PPE ,Centre needs to stitch together a national protocol that combines The Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, with the recently released Environment Ministry guidelines on ‘extended producer responsibility’ (EPR) for producers of plastic. Concept: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach under which producers are given […]
Subject: Economy Context: Income Tax Department has launched a revised Form 26AS or Annual Information Statement from this assessment year, which will reflect details of all high-value transactions. Concept: Form 26AS is a consolidated annual tax statement that includes information on tax deducted/collected at source, advance tax, self-assessment that is available on the Income Tax website against a […]