• The Ministry of Earth Sciences launched the “Digital Ocean Application” to share ocean data and forecast services. These applications were launched under the digital ocean platform developed by INCOIS. The Indian National Oceanic Information Center (INCOIS) provides consulting services…
• The Turkish parliament passed a bill that would increase the monitoring of civil society groups. The act is called “Preventing Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”. About: • The Bill has come following the 2019 report on…
• Digital Ocean is a state of the art data platform to provide ocean data related services at one place. • It includes a set of applications developed to organize and present heterogeneous oceanographic data by adopting rapid advancements in…
• National common mobility card (NCMC) is an automatic fare collection system. It will turn smartphones into an inter-operable transport card that commuters can use eventually to pay for Metro, bus and suburban railways services. • NCMC dubbed as One…
• Dedicated Freight Corridor is a high-speed and high-capacity railway corridor dedicated exclusively for freight (goods and commodity) movement. • Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL), a Special Purpose Vehicle under Ministry of Railways, is tasked with planning &…
• Madhya Pradesh Government is organizing ‘Raag-Bhopali’ exhibition to promote Zari-Zardozi crafts of Bhopal. About: • Embroidery done with metallic threads is called kalabattu and forms the zari. • The main zari production centres are Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. Process:…
• Report presents the performance of banking sector, including co-operative banks, and non-banking financial institutions (NBFCs) during 2019-20 and 2020-21 so far. • Broad theme of this year’s report is impact of COVID-19 on banking and non-banking sectors. Key highlights:…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Tele-Law Mains level: Key features of the Tele-Law Introduction: • Tele-Law primarily aims to address issues at the pre-litigative stage. It digitally connects marginalised and poor people with a Panel Lawyer, a practising advocate…
Mains Paper 2: Social Justice Prelims level: Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Mains level: Welfare of Marginalised Communities Introduction: • A marginalised population is a group of individuals or a particular cluster, who, due to various reasons, is socially, economically and…
Mains Paper 2: National Prelims level: Swachh Survekshan Mains level: Need for Swachh Survekshan Introduction: • Designed as a competitive monitoring framework/tool, Swachh Survekshan is one of the most effective tools for accelerating governance, helping India not just achieve the…
Mains Paper 2: National Prelims level: Food and Agriculture Organization Mains level: Issues related poverty and hunger Introduction: • India, with a population of over 1.3 billion, has seen tremendous growth in the past two decades. Gross Domestic Product has…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Not much Mains level: Common Invisible Disabilities and stigma Introduction: • Invisible conditions are more difficult to detect by medical doctors. Many such conditions go undiagnosed or are misdiagnosed. • The stigma surrounding a…
