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Daily Prelims Notes 24 March 2024 Table Of Contents Why did SEBI ask fund houses to stop ETF inflows? Hong Kong lawmakers pass new national security law, giving government more power to curb dissent Kerala challenges withholding of Presidential assent to State bills in Supreme Court Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert […]
Daily Prelims Notes 23 March 2024 1. Worrying biodiversity loss in Finnish coastal waters: report Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: A report from Finnish experts, published on March 22, highlights the threat of biodiversity loss in Finland’s coastal waters, attributing it mainly to eutrophication and climate change. Key findings: The Finnish Nature […]
Daily Prelims Notes 22 March 2024 Table Of Contents India’s Pursuit for Lowering Cross-Border Remittance Costs India’s ‘protected’ basmati varieties renamed & cultivated in Pak, IARI demands legal action India in undersea race to mine world’s battery metal Brazil heading to a rare sequence of increasing coffee crop output Nuclear energy: fixing the […]
Sri Lanka likely to secure six-year moratorium, lower interest on debt owed to India, Paris Club Subject: IR Section: Int organisation Context: Sri Lanka is close to finalising a debt treatment plan with India and the Paris Club, sources familiar with the negotiations said, pointing to a likely moratorium of up to six […]
Elon Musk’s Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient playing online chess Subject: Science and tech Section: Awareness in Computer and IT Context: Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink live streamed on Wednesday its first patient implanted with a chip using his mind to play online chess. More on news: Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old patient who […]
Who are the Majeed Brigade, the Baloch militants who carried out the Gwadar attack? Subject: IR Section: Places in news Context: The Majeed Brigade of the separatist group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on a complex outside Pakistan’s strategic Gwadar Port. More on news: Pakistan has said eight […]
Aspects of inequality of India Subject: Economy Section: National Income Context: A new working paper, titled “Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the Billionaire Raj”, by World Inequality Lab has estimated that “inequality declined post-independence till the early 1980s, after which it began rising and has skyrocketed since the […]
US surgeons have transplanted a pig kidney into a patient Subject: Science and tech Section: Health Context: Doctors in Boston announced Thursday they have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient. More on news: Massachusetts General Hospital said it’s the first time a pig kidney has been transplanted into a […]
Ministry of Environment tightens rules on bioplastics Subject: Environment Section: Pollution Context: The Environment Ministry has introduced stricter regulations for labelling disposable plasticware as ‘biodegradable’. Details: Products must meet the new standard of leaving no microplastics behind to be considered biodegradable. There are two main technological solutions to tackle plastic waste pollution:biodegradable and […]
Nuclear energy: fixing the finance Subject: Science and tech Section: Nuclear energy Context: On March 21, Brussels hosted the first-ever Nuclear Energy Summit, co-chaired by the Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi. Details: The UN Climate Change Conference […]