Current Affairs Quiz 12 March 2022
Current Affairs 12 March 2022
CONTENTS Manual scavenging Xenotransplantation When a missile misfires Current Account Deficit Manual Scavenging Context: Recently, three labourers in Mumbai, allegedly hired for manual scavenging, died after inhaling toxic fumes in a septic tank. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Issues related to Poverty, Minorities, Welfare Schemes, Government Policies and Interventions) Dimensions of the Article: Manual […]
PIB Summaries 12 March 2022
CONTENTS National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) SVAMITVA National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Focus: GS II- Polity and Governance Why in News? Recently, Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation attended the 37th Foundation Day celebrations of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) as the Chief Guest in New Delhi. About National Crime Records Bureau […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 12 March 2022
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 12 March 2022 Contents Misguided Nuclear Policy When a Missile Misfires Misguided Nuclear Policy Context Indian Government plans to build 10 indigenous reactors in fleet mode and have granted in principle approval for 28 additional reactors including 24 to be imported from France, U.S and Russia. Relevance GS-III: Achievements of Indians […]
Static Quiz 12 March 2022 (History)
Misguided Nuclear Policy
Context Indian Government plans to build 10 indigenous reactors in fleet mode and have granted in principle approval for 28 additional reactors including 24 to be imported from France, U.S and Russia. Relevance GS-III: Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology; Indigenization of Technology and Developing New Technology. Dimensions of the Article India’s Plan of […]
When a Missile Misfires
Context India has acknowledged misfiring of an unarmed missile in the airspace of Pakistan due to technical malfunction. Relevance GS-II: India and its Neighborhood- Relations. GS-II: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Dimensions of the Articles Provisions for Conducting such tests. Why the Technical Malfunction? What Next? Way […]
Manual Scavenging
Context: Recently, three labourers in Mumbai, allegedly hired for manual scavenging, died after inhaling toxic fumes in a septic tank. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice and Governance (Issues related to Poverty, Minorities, Welfare Schemes, Government Policies and Interventions) Dimensions of the Article: Manual Scavenging in India Prevalence of Manual Scavenging in India Existing provisions regarding Manual […]
Xenotransplantation
Context: Recently, A patient whose failing heart had been replaced with the heart of a genetically altered pig in a landmark surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in Baltimore, United States, died, two months after the operation. Relevance: GS III- Science and Technology, GS II- Health Dimensions of the Article: What is xenotransplantation? Why the heart […]
When a Missile Misfires
Context: Recently, Pakistan said an unarmed Indian missile landed 124 km inside its territory; India acknowledged “technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile”. It is extremely rare for a missile test to go so wrong that it crosses the border and changes track inadvertently. Relevance: GS II- Science and Technology Dimensions of the Article: […]