JUNE 2020 Flashcards
Tiananmen Vigil
Hong Kong china protests Hong Kong china protestsTiananmen square massacre:Context: For the first time in 30 years, Hong Kong will not hold a mass vigil commemorating the Tiananmen square massacre.June 4, 1989 Chinese troops cracked down on pro-democracy protesters around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen square massacre:Context: For the first time in 30 years, Hong Kong will not hold a mass vigil commemorating the Tiananmen square massacre.
June 4, 1989 Chinese troops cracked down on pro-democracy protesters around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square
Cyclone Arabian sea Gujarat and Maharadtha
Nisarga, Bay. Of Bengal cyclones. Really more frequent like ampha cyclone Nisarga, Bay. Of Bengal cyclones. Really more frequent like ampha cycloneBoy of. Bengal morwArabian sea less. Conducive for cyclonesCold waters of. Arabian sea discourGe
Boy of. Bengal morw
Arabian sea less. Conducive for cyclones
Cold waters of. Arabian sea discourGe
Moody doengrade indi
Baa3 rating downgrade means that bonds issued by the Indian governments are now “riskier” than before, because weaker economic growth and worsening fiscal health
Monsoon hit’s kerel
Good rainfall
A348 - In news Haryana official language 2020
proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High court shall be in English Language until Parliament by law otherwise provides.
Governor of the State may, with the previous consent of the President, authorize the use of the Hindi language or any other language used for any official purpose of the State, in the proceedings of the High Court having its principal seat in that State provided that decrees, judgments or orders passed by such High Courts shall be in English.
PM cared Fund
Not a public authority,under RTI act 2005
Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the PM CARES Fund and Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance, Government of India are ex-officio Trustees of the Fund.Why it should be monitored?Reports suggest that PM CARES has already received contributions in excess of Rs. 10,000 crores.
Article 266(2) of the Constitution, “public moneys received by or on behalf of the Government of India”, which is not on account of revenue from taxes, duties, repayment of loans and the like should be credited to the Public Account of India.
Minor forest produce
Accg to forest act, all non-timber forest produce, Including Bamboo
23 additional Minor Forest Produce (MFP) items in Minimum Support Price (MSP) list.
Locusts
Live and breed in semi desert or desert areas
Locuststransform from ‘solitary phase’ into ‘gregarious phase’,A single swarm can contain 40 to 80 million adults in one square km, and these can travel up to 150 km a day.
Locusts General
These locusts usually breed in the dry areas around Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea along the eastern coast of Africa, Yemen, Oman, southern Iran, and in Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
these areas received unusually good rains in March and April, and that resulted in large-scale breeding and hopper development.
Cyclonic storms Mekunu and Luban had struck Oman and Yemen respectively that year. Heavy rains had transformed uninhabited desert tracts into large lake where the locust swarms breed
Locust Warning Organisation
Standing Locust Committee in 1929 and the Central Locust Bureau in 1930. This culminated in 1939 in the establishment of the present-day. Locust Warning Organisation.
Elisa Test
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs) based test is used for the detection of antibodies that are produced by the body to fight against antigens
ELISA
-based tests are blood-based tests, which have high sensitivity and specificity.
plates are coated with the antigen or the inactivated form of the virus.If the blood contains antibodies, it binds to the antigen and a substrate solution is added to the well.
IgG
Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is an antibody.The body produces Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies to fight against a pathogen
ELISA
ELISA is also a form of a rapid test, Both, ELISA-based tests and point-of-care tests are not used for confirming Covid-19 infection and are only used for surveillance purpose.
DM Act 2005
Current lockdown has been imposed under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 (DM Act).Under the Act, the States and district authorities can frame their own rules on the basis of broad guidelines issued by the Ministry.
DM Act, is Entry 23, Concurrent List of the Constitution “Social security and social insurance”.Entry 29, Concurrent List “Prevention of the extension from one State to another of infectious or contagious diseases or pests affecting men, animals or plants,” can also be used for specific law making.
DM Act is to manage disasters, including preparation of mitigation strategies, capacity-building and more.It came into force in India in January 2006.The Act provides for “the effective management of disasters
Band-tail Scorpionfish:Scientific name- Scorpaenospsis neglecta.
Researchers have found a rare fish from in the Gulf of Mannar. This was the first time that the particular species was found alive in Indian waters.
stinging venomous spines and ability to change colour.The fish is called ‘scorpionfish’ because its spines contain neurotoxic venom.
DM Act, 2005
Estabilishement of NDMA and NEC national executive committee
Central Government, irrespective of any law in force (including over-riding powers) can issue any directions to any authority anywhere in India to facilitate or assist in the disaster management.
National Career Service
Ministry of Labour and Employment under its project has now started offering free online Career Skills Training for its registered job-seekers.
Missile park, Agneeparistha
Naval Establishment, Vishakapatnam
INS Kalinga
mahesh navmi
By maheshwari-Rajasthan Festival
My Life
My Yoga” contest:Also called “Jeevan Yoga” contest.
a Video Blogging Contest.It is a joint effort by the Ministry of AYUSH and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
the sixth International Day of Yoga (IDY) coming up on 21st June 2020.
Arsenicum album 30
Recommended by ayush ministry point of debate
No proof it works gains covid 19
Kalapani
India inaugurated the Darchula-Lipulekh pass link road, cutting across the disputed Kalapani area which is used by Indian pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar. Nepal hit back
Located in the easternmost corner of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district.Shares a border on the north with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and Nepal in the east and south.It is wedged in between Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani.
Material for disinfection
Strontium niobate
Indian Coronavirus
Clade 1/ A3i
Despang
Along LAC, crucial dip
China stocking army
Remdrsivir
Antiviral drug cleared by home ministry,
Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope
tiny flashes of radio light on sun
joint project between an international consortium of organisations to construct and operate a low-frequency radio array.
Nisarga
Name by bangladesh
The next few cyclones will be named Gati (named by India), Nivar (Iran), Burevi (Maldives), Tauktae (Myanmar) and Yaas (Oman).
One nation one ration card
Three more States included in One Nation One Card scheme- Odisha, Sikkim and Mizoram. The facility so far is enabled in 17 States/UTs.
One Nation One Ration Card (RC) will ensure all beneficiaries especially migrants can access PDS across the nation from any PDS shop of their own choice.
CPEC
Jhelum river,3000 km long , linking gwadar and xingiang
MSP
Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs announces MSP for various crops at the beginning of each sowing season based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
CCEA has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Kharif crops for marketing season 2020-21.
Over the top streaming
An “over-the-top” media service is any online content provider that offers streaming media as a standalone product. The term is commonly applied to video-on-demand platforms, but also refers to audio streaming, messaging services, or internet-based voice calling solutions.
National Productivity Council NPC
NPC is a constituent of the Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO),an Inter Governmental Body, of which the Government of India is a founder member.
Established by the Ministry of Industry, Government of India in 1958.
enhancing competitiveness, increasing profits, augmenting safety and reliability and ensuring better quality
Despang
It is an area at a crucial dip (called the Bulge) on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).The Chinese Army occupied most of the plains in 1962.
Standing National Crisis Management Committee
Head Cabinet Sectretary, Oversee the Command, Control and Coordination of the disaster response.
Global Economic Prospects:
is the World Bank’s semi-annual flagship publication on the state of the world economy
It is issued twice a year, in January and June. The January edition includes in-depth analyses of topical policy challenges while the June edition contains shorter analytical pieces
Changpa community
The Chinese Army’s intrusion in Chumur and Demchok since January has left Ladakh’s nomadic herding Changpa community cut off from large parts of summer pastures.
About Changthangi or Pashmina goat:It is a special breed of goat indigenous to the high-altitude regions of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.They are raised for ultra-fine cashmere wool, known as Pashmina once woven.
PM Svadhini
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched PM Svanidhi, or Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi scheme.
affordable loan of up to ₹10,000 to more than 50 lakh street vendors, who had their businesses operational on or before 24 March.The the scheme is valid until March 2022.
Small Industries Development Bank of India is the technical partner for implementation of this scheme
Congo Mbadanka, Ebola
Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a new Ebola epidemic in the western city of Mbandaka.
This is the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 11th outbreak of Ebola since the virus was first discovered in the country in 1976. The city of Mbandaka and its surrounding area were the site of Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 9th Ebola outbreak,
Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.
THAAD is an acronym for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense. South korea China Controversy
It is a transportable, ground-based missile defense system. designed and manufactured by the US company Lockheed Martin.
Where all it has been deployed? South Korea, the UAE, Guam, Israel and Romania. US has a base in South Korea. So, the US operates THAAD missile defense system in this base.
The US and South Korea have consistently maintained that these missiles are only to counter potential threats by North Korea.
G7
The G7, originally G8, was set up in 1975 as an informal forum- Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States
Include India, Russia, South Korea, and Australia in the group.
presided over by leaders of member countries on a rotational basis.
Ishaat Hussain
Social Stock Exchnge
social stock exchange (SSE) for listing of social enterprise and voluntary organisations was mooted by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2019-20.
serve private and non-profit sector providers by channelling greater capital to them.
RT-PCR
RT-PCR (Rapid Antibody and Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) method
The causative agent for Covid19 is the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is an RNA virus, that means it infiltrates a healthy cell to multiply and survive.Thus, the RT-PCR test is for the identification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA
In this, the RNA is converted to DNA through a process called ‘reverse transcription’ for detecting viruses.
RT PCR
extracts only the RNA present in the sample. Real-time RT-PCR setup usually goes through 35 cycles, which means that by the end of the process, around 35 billion new copies of the sections of viral DNA are created
viral DNA sections are built, the marker labels attach to the DNA strands and then release a fluorescent dye
When the amount goes over a certain level of fluorescence, this confirms that the virus is present.
Antifa
Short for “anti-fascists,” antifa is not a single organization but rather an umbrella term for far-left-leaning movements that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists
socialists, anarchists, communists or anti-capitalists.The origin is traced as far back as Nazi Germany.
Antifa members typically dress in black and often wear a mask - they use violence
SPIC MACAY
SPIC MACAY:Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth (SPIC MACAY) is a voluntary youth movement which promotes intangible aspects of Indian cultural heritage.
promoting Indian classical music, classical dance, folk music, yoga, meditation, crafts and other aspects of Indian culture.
CHAMPIONS
Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength.Objectives: Grievance Redressal, To help them capture new opportunities
Ultra Swachh:
It is a disinfection unit to disinfect a wide range of materials, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), electronics items, fabrics, etc.Developed by DRDO.
Digital services tax
USTR probe taxing of digital service companies
Hong kong
British colony transferred to china in 1997 under agreement it would maintain its semi autonomous status - Hk recieved huge favours from UK And US and individuals which madr it grow into superhub
Us threatens to revoke economic treatment of HK if china makes new law and UK give 3 million peole british overseas passport
Inner line permit
Arunachal, nagaland ,Mizoram already , Addition of manipur
Origin in Bengal eastern frontier regulation 1873 due to expansion of british entreprenuers in hill tribes rrgions and its effect on EIC Relations
To.protect indigineous.peopulation
India Australia summit
Virtual summit
Gavi
Vaccine alliance
Vande bhrat
Break record
