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Subject: History Context: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is on a three-day trip to Russia to attend the 75th Victory Day where India’s tri-services contingent is going to participate in the Victory Day Parade. Concept: Victory Day marks the end of World War II and the victory of the Allied Forces in 1945. Though Adolf Hitler had shot himself on April […]
Subject: Schemes Context: Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal has mandated all sellers to clarify the country of origin while registering any new product. Concept: Need: It is related to centre’sAatmanirbhar Bharat campaign, to promote locally produced goods. As per procurement norms amended by the government, suppliers are categorised into classes depending on the level of local […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Arctic Circle has recorded likely all-time high temperatures reaching over 38 degrees Celsius in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk which seem to have been 18 degree Celsius higher than normal in June. Concept: The Arctic’s extreme warming, known as Arctic amplification or polar amplification, may be due to three factors. One, […]
Subject: Environment Context: Maharashtra state forest department declared 29.53 sqkm area of Dodamarg forest range, which is wildlife corridor in Sindhudurg district as ‘Tillari Conservation Reserve’. Concept: The 38-km-long Dodamarg wildlife corridor that connects Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra to Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka frequently witnesses elephant and tiger movement. Wildlife corridors A wildlife corridor is […]
Subject: Economy Context: Analysts suggested that India’s economic recovery from COVID pandemic is more likely to be a ‘U’ or ‘W’ shaped rather than ‘V’. Concept: Economic recession and recovery are often charted in the most common shapes such as U, V and W. A U-Shaped Recovery represents the shape of the chart of certain […]
Subject: Polity Context: As per the Common Review Mission-2019, commissioned by the rural development ministry, in 2019 the average work generated per household under MGNREGA was 48 days which is half the entitled 100 days per household annually The audit also added that the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (Disha) is virtually non-functional. Concept: […]
Subject: Economy Context: According to a report, government is said to be considering a reduction in the Public Provident Fund (PPF) interest rates to below 7%. Concept: When the PPF scheme was launched in 1968, the introductory rate of interest hovered at 4.68% for the first two years before inching upwards to 5% and beyond. However, […]
Table Of Contents What is H-1B Visa? What is Basel Committee on Banking Supervision? Russia-India-China (RIC) RIC What are EEZ and Continental Self? Shyama Prasad Mookherjee 74th Constitutional Amendment What is Patent Pooling? What are Exotic Species? 1. What is H-1B Visa? Subject: IR Context: US government has extended the 60-day ban on immigration and non-immigrant […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested two persons involved in an alleged wildlife smuggling syndicate and seized a consignment of 22 exotic macaws. Concept: The birds were identified as Hyacinth Macaw, Pesquet’s Parrot, Severe Macaw and Hahn’s Macaw. They are all protected species under the Convention on International Trade in […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: COVID-19 puts a spotlight on importance of Medicines Patent Pool as it helps in reducing cost of medicines and makes it accessible. Concept: Patent pools can be defined as an agreement between two or more patent owners to license one or more of their patents to one another or to […]