IASbaba's Flagship Course: Integrated Learning Programme (ILP) - 2024 Read Details
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Content: A new catfish species has been discovered in the river Cauvery near Mettur Dam. The edible species has been named Pangasius icaria ( P. icaria) after Indian Council of Agricultural Research that discovered the species. The species belongs to the Pangasius genus.
About Catfish:
About Mettur Dam:
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Questions
Q.1) Which of the following is not a bird? (2022)
Q.2) Certain species of which one of the following organisms are well known as cultivators of fungi? (2022)
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In News: NDMA celebrated its 18th Formation Day on September 28, 2022, in New Delhi.
About NDMA:
Functions & Responsibilities:
Volunteerism in Disaster Management:
Source: Indian Express
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In news: Gandhi’s Birth Anniversary was celebrated on October 2.
About Mahatma Gandhi:
Contribution to National Movement:
Gandhi as a Philosopher:
MUST READ: Gandhi as a political thinker
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
Q.1) Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942? (2011)
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In News: Sweden discovered the fourth leak in the two damaged offshore pipelines that comprise the crucial Nord Stream pipelines (Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2). Two other leaks were found near Denmark earlier this week, Reuters reported.
About Nord stream:
Significance:
Source: Indian Express
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In News: Marking Lal Bahadur Shastri’s birth anniversary, Prime Minister of India and President Draupadi of India paid tributes to the former PM at Vijay Ghat.
About:
Source: Indian Express
Previous Year Question
Q.1) Who of the following organized a march on the Tanjore coast to break the Salt Law in April 1930? (2015)
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Content: Recently the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signalled that it would not extend deadline for implementation for tokenization of card based payments and mandated the adoption of card-on-file (CoF) tokenisation as an alternative to card storage. This rule is applicable to all stakeholders except card issuers and card networks.
In this context let us understand the process of Tokenization.
What is Tokenization?
Who can offer tokenisation services?
What is the size of the industry?
Why RBI wants cards to be tokenized?
How does this card tokenisation work?
Benefits of tokenization in a nutshell:
Largely designed to counter online frauds and curb digital payment breaches, tokenization comes with a slew of benefits. Some of them are:
Source: Indian Express
Previous Year Questions
Q.1) With reference to the Indian economy, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct? (2022)
Q.2) With reference to Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct? (2022)
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Context: Ecologists and environmental economists scorn how superficially countries maintain their financial and national accounts.
What is Green Accounting?
Sustainability checks on the output generated:
The flawed logic of substitutability and an infinite supply of natural resources:
System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA):
Way Forward: Miles to go
Source: Observer Research Foundation
Previous Year Questions
Q.1) “Climate Action Tracker” which monitors the emission reduction pledges of different countries is a:(2022)
Q.2) Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct? (2022)
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Context: As India celebrates the 75th anniversary of its independence much can be said about the progress the country has made in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) concerning sanitation.
Impacts of poor sanitation:
Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM):
About SBM-U 2.0:
Mission Outcomes:
Lighthouse Initiative (LHI):
Aim of the Initiative:
Significance of LHI:
India Sanitation Coalition (ISC):
Funding of the Initiative:
Management and technology expertise:
Way Forward:
Source: Indian Express
Additional Information:
SWACHH SURVEKSHAN AWARDS 2022:
Key Highlights –
Source: The Hindu
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In News: The U.S. Congressional amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act states that India faces immediate and serious regional border threats from China, with continued military aggression by the Chinese people along the India-China border.
About India-US relations:
Political relations:
Defence relations:
Economic relations:
Bilateral dialogues:
Indian Diaspora:
Science & Environment:
Challenges:
Way forward:
Source: The Hindu
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Context: In the diverse society of India, pluralism is crucial for its smooth functioning. A pluralist democracy, allowing the masses the freedom of association, is necessary for the democratic culture to flow.
Q.1) Which of the following statement is not true with respect to NDMA?
Q.2) Consider the following statements regarding Nord Stream Gas Pipeline?
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q.3) With reference to modern Indian history, consider the following events:
In which of the above mentioned events did Mahatma Gandhi participated?
Comment the answers to the above questions in the comment section below!!
ANSWERS FOR ’3rd October 2022 – Daily Practice MCQs’ will be updated along with tomorrow’s Daily Current Affairs.
Q.1) – b
Q.2) – c
Q.3) – a