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Subject: Environment Context: The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018, results of which were declared to the nation on Global Tiger Day last year has entered the Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey. Concept: The All India Tiger Estimation done quadrennially is steered by the National Tiger […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise which is one of the brightest comets in decades is passing Earth this month. Concept: Comets are mostly made of dust, rocks and ice, the remnants from time the solar system was formed over 4.6 billion years ago. Comets can range in their width from a […]
Subject: IR Context: The United Nations marks World Population Day every year on 11 July, with the aim of spreading awareness on overpopulation, under population, family planning and birth control. Concept: This day was first observed in 1989, after the United Nations Development Program found that the global population had already crossed the five billion mark. The UNDP […]
Table Of Contents Super spreader events and Clusters Communicable Disease State Reorganisation Act, 1956 Sessions of Parliament Rewa Solar Power Project ASEEM portal GOAL initiative Mongolian Kanjur Manuscripts 1. Super spreader events and Clusters Subject: Science and tech Context: COVID-19 is spreading fast across urban Kerala which results in multiple clusters and super […]
Subject: Arts and culture. Context: The first set of five volumes of Mongolian Kanjur published under the National Mission for Manuscripts was presented to the President of India on the occasion of Guru Purnima, also known as Dharma Chakra Day, on 4th July 2020 Concept: Mongolian Kanjur, the Buddhist canonical text in 108 volumes is considered […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Ministry of Tribal Affairs hosted a Webinar along with Facebook India for sensitization of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Scheduled Tribe (ST) Constituencies of India on “Going Online As Leaders (GOAL) Project” Concept: GOAL (Going Online as Leaders) is an initiative launched by Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) in partnership with Facebook India […]
Subject: Economy Context: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM) portal Concept: It will help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities. Apart from recruiting a skilled workforce that spurs business competitiveness and economic growth, the Artificial Intelligence-based platform has been envisioned to strengthen their career pathways by […]
Subject: Environment Context: Prime Minister has inaugurated Asia’s largest solar energy plant in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. Concept: India is among the top 5 nations of the world in renewable energy utilization process and this scheme will help farmers become partners in the nation’s energy sufficiency project. The 750-megawatt ultra-mega solar power plant touted to reduce […]
Subject: Polity Context: The fate of the Monsoon session of Parliament is still uncertain which usually happen in third week of July. Concept: The president from time to time summons each House of Parliament to meet. But, the maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament cannot be more than six months. In other words, the […]
Subject: Polity Context: States have firmed up their boundaries, to prevent and regulate movement of people and goods across nationally Concept: By the States Reorganisation Act (1956) and the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act (1956), the distinction between Part-A and Part-B states was done away with and Part-C states were abolished. Some of them were merged […]