Subject: IR Context: North Korea has severed its contact with South Korea and branded South Korea as Enemy. It is response to failure of South Korea to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their tense border. Concept: North and South Korea have been divided for more than 70 years, ever since the Korean Peninsula […]
Subject: IR Context: Several soldiers injured during faceoff between India and China along Sikkim border last month Concept: Line of Actual Control (LAC), is 4,057-km porous border running through glaciers, snow deserts, mountains and rivers separate India and China. The LAC traverses three areas — Western (Ladakh, Kashmir), middle (Uttarakhand, Himachal) and eastern (Sikkim, Arunachal). […]
Subject: Science and tech/IR Context: World Health Organisation (WHO) earlier said that transmission of Covid-19 from asymptomatic carriers is “very rare”, and then clarified that modelling studies have put the extent of asymptomatic transmission to about 40% Concept: Asymptomatic spread is the transmission of the virus by people who do not have symptoms and will never get symptoms […]
Subject: IR Context: As the pandemic stifles economic activity, experts kept warning of a much harsher recession in the Gulf. Concept: Persian Gulf, the body of water is surrounded by eight countries Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates GCC The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a political and […]
Subject: IR Context: As part of Mission Sagar, INS Kesari has carried a consignment of COVID related essential medicines for the people of Seychelles. Concept: India launched Mission Sagar as part of the government’s outreach initiative towards five Island nations in the Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Indian Naval Ship Kesari has been […]
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 […]