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Is the Bad Loan Problem Shifting to Individuals from Industries? Sub: Economy Sec: Monetary Policy Though Indian banks are in the pink of health, the RBI is worried about slippages and delinquencies. Historical Context: Until the mid-2010s, banks primarily lent massive loans to big industries. Failures in these businesses resulted in significant bad […]
How Can State Capacity Be Measured? Sub: Economy Sec: National Income State capacity refers to the ability of a state to successfully deliver public goods and services to its citizens. It is considered by many public policy experts to be the major factor that explains why some countries are rich or developed while […]
What we know about North Korea’s new ballistic missile test Sub: Science and tech Sec: Defence Context: Recently, North Korea had successfully tested a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a “super large warhead”. More on news: The test, named Hwasongpho-11 Da-4.5, was conducted with a simulated heavy warhead to verify flight […]
Digital jurisprudence in India, in an AI era Sub: Science and tech Sec: Awareness in IT Context: The rapidly-evolving technology does pose a challenge to existing legal frameworks and judicial precedents that have been designed for a pre-AI world. What is Generative AI: Generative AI (GAI) stands as a transformative force, wielding power […]
The two vaccines that brought us to the brink of eradicating polio Sub: Science and tech Sec: Health Context: The wild poliovirus is restricted to pockets of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is beginning to reappear from here in big cities in these two countries. About Polio: Polio is also called Poliomyelitis. It is […]
Coal Ministry Reviews Status of Captive/Commercial Coal Mines’ Production Sub: Geography Sec: Eco Geo Context: As of 30th June, 2024, 54 captive/commercial coal mines are under production out of which 32 mines are allocated to the power sector, 12 to non-regulated sector and 10 mines are allocated for sale of coal. More on […]
Biodiversity Convention: Decisions on new avatar of benefit sharing on the anvil next month Sub: Environment Sec: Int Conventions Context: In August 2024, delegates will discuss the multilateral fund for sharing benefits from the use of digital sequence information, following the publication of the United Nations’ negotiation proposals. Details: The requirement to share […]
Odisha resorts to palm tree planting to combat lightning deaths this year Sub: Geography Sec: Climatology Odisha’s Palm Tree Initiative: Odisha plans to plant 1.9 million palm trees and restrict the cutting of existing ones to reduce lightning casualties. Palm trees act as natural conductors during lightning strikes, preventing loss of lives. The […]
Freddy’s fury: WMO confirms cyclone Freddy’s record 36-day lifespan Sub: Geography Sec: Climatology Cyclone Freddy: Record-Breaking Tropical Cyclone: Longest-lived tropical cyclone on record (Surpassed hurricane John), lasting 36 days. It is the second longest-travelled tropical cyclone on record. The longest distance travelled by a tropical cyclone was 13,159 km by Hurricane John in […]
Daily Prelims Notes 3 July 2024 1. Freddy’s fury: WMO confirms cyclone Freddy’s record 36-day lifespan Sub: Geography Sec: Climatology Cyclone Freddy: Record-Breaking Tropical Cyclone: Longest-lived tropical cyclone on record (Surpassed hurricane John), lasting 36 days. It is the second longest-travelled tropical cyclone on record. The longest distance travelled by a tropical cyclone […]