CONTENTS
- The status of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia
- Single use plastic
- Purchasing Managers Index
- Three new ‘exotic’ sub-atomic particles discovered
- What is Fields Medal?
The Status of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia
Context:
At the recently concluded summit of G-7 leaders in Germany, U.S. President Joe Biden and his allies unveiled their $600 billion plan called the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Intelligence which is being seen as a counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), valued at a trillion U.S. dollars by some experts.
Relevance:
GS II- International Relations
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
- BRI’s investments in Pakistan
- What about Sri Lanka?
- Are there projects in Afghanistan?
- How have projects from India and China progressed in Maldives?
- What about Bangladesh?
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Single Use Plastic
Context:
A ban on the use of single-use plastics that was notified by the Union Environment Ministry on August 2021 came into effect on July 1 this year.
Relevance:
GS III- Environment and Ecology
Dimensions of the Article
- About Single use plastic
- What are the items being banned?
- How will the ban be enforced?
- Impacts of Single Use Plastic (SUP)
- Challenges with banning single use plastic
- Measures taken so far in India
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Purchasing Managers Index
Context:
India’s services firms saw growth in new business and output accelerate to a 11-year high in June, as per the survey-based S&P Global India Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI).
- The index rose to 59.2 last month, from 58.9 in May, signalling a strengthening in demand across the services sector, which had borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Relevance:
GS-III: Indian Economy (Growth and Development of Indian Economy, Mobilization of Resources)
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)?
- Understanding PMI
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Three new ‘Exotic’ Sub-Atomic Particles Discovered
Context:
The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment has observed three never-before-seen particles.
Relevance:
GS III- Science and Technology
Dimensions of the Article:
- Details
- What are quarks?
- What about tetraquarks and pentaquarks?
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What is Fields Medal?
Context:
Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska was named as one of four recipients of the prestigious Fields Medal, which is often described as the Nobel Prize in mathematics.
Relevance:
GS III- Science and Technology
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is Fields Medal?
- History of the Medal
- Indian-origin winners
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