General Studies-3 Topics Covered: Issues related to biotechnology. Context: World Health Organization (WHO) has classified another SARS-CoV-2 variant — B.1.621 — as a variant of interest (VOI) and has called it Mu variant. The four other variants of interest are Eta, Iota, Kappa and Lambda. Mu variant was first found in Colombia in January …
General Studies-3 Topics Covered: Awareness in Space Context: NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth. NASA has called it a perfect core sample. NASA plans to launch more spacecraft to retrieve the samples collected by Perseverance. Perseverance arrived in February 2021 at Mars’ Jezero Crater, the site …
General Studies-3 Topics Covered: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. Context: 24th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC). The 24th meeting deliberated on various mandates of the FSDC such as financial stability, financial sector development, inter-regulatory coordination, financial literacy, financial inclusion, and macro prudential …
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General Studies-3 Topics Covered: Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country. Context: Edible oil prices are likely to reduce by December as international commodity futures show a declining trend and the production of domestic oilseed crops. Recent Rise in the prices of Edible Oil: Last year, the retail prices of …
