Subject: Current Events Context: India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) along with Department of Posts (DoP) launched digital payment application ‘DakPay’ to facilitate easy digital transactions and other banking services. Concept: DakPay is a suite of digital financial and assisted banking services provided by India Post and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) through the trusted Postal […]
Subject: Current Events Context: The detection of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in sewage samples has raised the possibility of using environmental water surveillance to monitor virus activity in infected areas, researchers have said. Concept: In the paper, titled “SARS-CoV-2 detection in sewage samples: standardisation of method and preliminary observations”, published recently in the Indian […]
Subject : Current Events/ Governance Context : The Indian Medical Association (IMA), an apex body of doctors in India, has called for a nationwide strike to express its opposition of the government’s decision to allow Ayurvedic practitioners to perform medical surgeries. Concept : On November 19, a government notification listed out specific surgical procedures that […]
Subject : Current Events Context : Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the New Parliament Building. Concept : The new parliament building will be the highlight of the ambitious ₹ 20,000 crore Central Vista project that PM Modi said will become “a symbol of a new and self-reliant India”. The four-story building […]
Subject : Current Events Context: The United Nations (UNCTAD) has declared Invest India as a winner of the 2020 United Nations Investment Promotion Award. Concept: The award ceremony took place on 7th December 2020 at UNCTAD Headquarters in Geneva. The award recognizes and celebrates the outstanding achievements and best practices of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) […]
Subject: Current Events Context: NEGVAC has recommended that the priority group should include health care providers and workers, from both government and private for vaccine administration Concept: The Centre has begun its preparations for introduction of Covid-19 vaccine and a National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC) has been formed as the highest […]
Subject : Current Events Context : U.S. and Chinese companies dominated the global arms market in 2019, while West Asia made its first appearance among the 25 biggest weapons manufacturers, a report by the SIPRI research institute said. Concept : The U.S. has dominated the market for decades, but for China — whose companies’ sales […]
Subject: Current Events Context: The Minister of Science and Technology and Vice President of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), virtually inaugurated the 2nd TCGA 2020 conference in New Delhi. Concept: TCGA is a landmark cancer genomics program that molecularly characterized over 20,000 primary cancer and matched normal samples spanning 33 cancer types. This […]
Subject: Current Events Context: From January 1, 2021 packaged drinking water players in the country will to need to ensure that their products contain minerals such as calcium and magnesium in line with the limits set by the food safety authority. Concept: Earlier this year, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had […]
Subject: Current events Context: India’s first homes for transgender children in need of care and protection will soon be established in Bengaluru. Two government-run homes for transgender children will be established in Bengaluru Urban. Concept: The Ministry of Women and Child Development gave its nod for the project last week. Many transgender children in State-run […]