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Table Of Contents Direct Tax Buoyancy, Revenue Foregone, Tax Base Mission Sagar Persian Gulf and GCC Environment Performance Index Assam Gas Leak 1. Direct Tax Buoyancy, Revenue Foregone, Tax Base Subject: Economy Context: The gross direct tax collection in 2019-20 fiscal dipped 4.92 per cent to Rs 12.33 lakh crore on account of reduction in […]
Subject: Environment Context: With the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to UNFCCC pushed back a full year – to November, 2021 – the UNFCCC’s Climate Ambition Alliance has launched a global campaign called “Race to Zero” Concept: It is an “international campaign for a healthy, resilient zero carbon recovery” The campaign aims to codify commitments made […]
Subject: Environment Context: Deep sea hotspots of biodiversity are also likely to get affected by micro plastics deposition, according to a recent study published in Science Concept: The researchers found thermohaline driven currents caused microplastics to accumulate in the same regions where underwater organisms flock in the benthic region Reason for flocking of organisms is […]
Subject: Science and tech Concept: COVID 19 A term coined by the World Health Organization (WHO) to denote the disease that has led to a pandemic. On February 11, 2020, WHO announced a name for the mysterious disease originating in China, caused by a new corona virus. It called it coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as […]
Subject: Economy Context: Concept: In 2015, India made major changes to its compilation of national accounts and bring the whole process into conformity with the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA) of 2008. GVA As per the SNA, gross value added, is defined as the value of output minus the value of intermediate consumption […]
Subject: Economy/polity Context: Thomas Piketty in his new book “Capital and Ideology” examines a trajectory of inequality in the world, with an optimistic suggestion on how to realise a better future for all. Concept: Scholars look at income inequality in purely economistic terms, but Piketty is among those who look at such issues holistically, in […]
Table Of Contents Dialectical Materialism Gross Value Added Figuring Out Covid Terminology Deep Sea Micro plastic hotpots Race to Zero 1. Dialectical Materialism Subject: Economy/polity Context: Thomas Piketty in his new book “Capital and Ideology” examines a trajectory of inequality in the world, with an optimistic suggestion on how to realise a better future […]
Subject: Environment Context: Researchers at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital an autonomous research institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have found that aerosol radiative forcing larger than the global averages over the trans-Himalayas implying some amount of radiative effects, in spite of the clean atmosphere. Concept: Aerosol radiative […]
Subject: Environment Context: Russia declared a state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil leaked into Ambarnaya river in Arctic region turning its surface crimson red. Concept: Reason for spill The thermoelectric power plant at Norilsk is built on permafrost, which has weakened over the years owing to climate change. This caused the pillars that […]