Monthly Archives: March 2021
Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM)
In News The Central government’s Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and its Adjoining Areas has been shut down within five months of its constitution. About Background The Centre dissolved it after five months as the ordinance lapsed after failing to become an act. The erstwhile Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) […]
The Indian Express
Indian Express Subject Page No. Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS II 1 India to make US vaccines with Japan funds, Australia logistics (IR) Key Takeaways from the first-ever Quadrilateral grouping’s leaders’ summit, What is Quad […]
The Hindu
The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS II 1 1 13 Quad leaders for ‘open, free’ IndoPacific Exclusive blocs’ should not target ‘third party’: China U.S. NSA implies LAC situation discussed at Quad […]
Facts in News
Facts in News Vaccine Efficacy/Effectiveness (VE) Measurement VE measures the proportionate reduction in cases among vaccinated persons. Vaccine efficacy is used when a study is carried out under ideal conditions, for example, during a clinical trial. Vaccine effectiveness […]
FDI Limit in Insurance Sector
In News The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to amend the Insurance Act, 1938, paving the way for increasing the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the sector to 74 per cent from 49 per cent. Key Points It was in 2015 when the government hiked the FDI cap in the insurance sector from […]
Sand Mining
In News The Bihar government banned sand mining and sand digging near or around river bridges in a move to check illegal sand mining that threatens bridges in the rivers. About The state road construction department on March 10, 2021, issued an order banning sand mining around bridges in rivers and those under construction across […]
Fugaku Supercomputer
In News The world’s most powerful supercomputer Fugaku is fully developed in Japan. This marks the end of a seven-years long development procedure for Fugaku, which started developing in 2014 in collaboration with Fujitsu. About Fugaku The computer has 100 times the application performance of the K supercomputer and is developed to implement high-resolution, long-duration […]
Dandi March
In News Prime Minister has flagged off a symbolic 386-kilometre ‘Dandi March’ from Ahmedabad, which will culminate on April 6 at Dandi in Navsari district. It is the 91st anniversary of the historic Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi. Dandi March It is also known as Salt Satyagraha and marked the first step of the […]
First Quad Summit
In News: The first Quad summit level talk was recently organised. Key Highlights Participants were the Nation Heads (Prime Minister or Presidents) of all the 4 nations; Mr. Modi, PM of India President Joe Biden of the United States Japanese Premier Yoshihide Suga Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Need of cooperation among the member countries […]
