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Subject:Schemes Context: Ministry of New & Renewable Energy ( MNRE) has recently noticed that few new websites have cropped up as registration portal for PM-KUSUM Scheme which are potentially duping general public and misusing data captured through fake registration portal. Concept: The PM KUSUM scheme had three components 10,000 megawatts (MW) of decentralised ground mounted grid-connected renewable […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The Union Cabinet has given its approval to re-establish Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) as Subordinate Office under Ministry of AYUSH Concept: Presently, Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) is an autonomous body under the aegis of Ministry of AYUSH established since 2010. Re-establishment of […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The Genome India Project has submitted a fresh proposal to Delhi to examine samples of a thousand Covid-19-infected Indians. Concept: The Genome India Project aims to map the diversity of India’s genetic pool, and “lay the bedrock of personalised medicine.” The Rs 238-crore project, which will be a collaboration between 20 […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: According to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme data, currently, as many 11.68 lakh migrants who have returned to the state are under surveillance. Of them, 74,237 migrants have been tested for the infection and 2,404 have turned positive — a positivity rate of 3.2 per cent. Concept: Integrated Disease Surveillance […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: The World Health Organization said that clinical trials of the repurposed anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for treatment of covid-19 will resume, after a committee reviewed the available data for the drug. Concept: Solidarity” is an international clinical trial to help find an effective treatment for COVID-19, launched by the World Health […]
Subject: Environment Context: A report by WWF-India’s programme division Traffic has found “significant increase” in reported poaching of wild animals during the lockdown, which is not restricted to any geographical region or state, or to any specific wildlife area. Concept: The TRAFFIC, the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network, is a leading non-governmental organisationworking on wildlife trade in the […]
Subject:Polity Context: Cabinet approved ‘The Farming Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020’. Concept: Article 123 of the Constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances during the recess of Parliament. These ordinances have the same force and effect as an act of Parliament, but are in the nature of temporary laws. It has […]
Subject: Economy Context: The Cabinet has approved historic amendment to the Essential Commodities Act and passed ordinances. Concept: i) Amendment to ECA While India has become surplus in most agri-commodities, farmers have been unable to get better prices due to lack of investment in cold storage, warehouses, processing and export as the entrepreneurial spirit gets […]
Table Of Contents Key Agriculture Reform Ordinance TRAFFIC Solidarity Trials Integrated Disease surveillance Program Genome India Project Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) PM KUSUM Border Area Development Programme (BADP) 1. Key Agriculture Reform Subject: Economy Context: The Cabinet has approved historic amendment to the Essential Commodities Act and passed ordinances. Concept: i) […]
Subject: Environment/geography Context: Sixth mass extinction of wildlife accelerating, scientists warn Concept: Mass extinction refers to a substantial increase in the degree of extinction or when the Earth loses more than three-quarters of its species in a geologically short period of time. So far, during the entire history of the Earth, there have been five […]