DMPQ: #Metoo movement was recently in news. What is this movement? Also discuss the salient features of the sexual harassment at workplace act, 2013.

This Movement is gathering pace in India in recent days and women are calling out influential men for alleged sexual harassment.  To prevent the sexual harassment at work place GOI came out with the act. The act basically broadens the vishakha guidelines of SC. The major features of the act are as follows: Definition of … Read more

DMPQ: What is catalytic converter? What is its significance.  and What is galvanisation?

What is catalytic converter? What is its significance. Ans:       Catalytic converters, having expensive metals namely platinum palladium and rhodium as the catalysts, are fitted into automobiles for reducing emission of poisonous gases. As the exhaust passes through the catalytic converter, unburnt hydrocarbons are converted into carbon dioxide and water, and carbon monoxide and nitric oxide … Read more

Oceans Tides

 Oceans  tides An ocean tide refers to the cyclic rise and fall of seawater. Tides are caused by slight variations in gravitational attraction between the Earth and the moon and the Sun in geometric relationship with locations on the Earth's surface. Tides are periodic primarily because of the cyclical influence of the Earth's rotation. … Read more

20-21.10.19 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh government mulls withdrawal of land acquisition notification Keeping in view the ordeals of the riverbank farmers in the capital city area, the state government is seriously contemplating withdrawing the land acquisition notification The Chandrababu Naidu government had issued notification to forcibly acquire the green fields along the riverbank in the capital city area from the … Read more

Urban Indian Economy After 1858 (1)

 Urban Indian economy after 1858 During this period, the Indian economy essentially remained stagnant, growing at the same rate (1.2%) as the population.  India also experienced deindustrialization during this period. Compared to the Mughal era, India during the British colonial era had a lower per-capita income, a large decline in the secondary sector, … Read more

Genetic Engineering; Issues related to it and its impact on human life

Introduction and application of genetic engineering Genetic engineering Genetic engineering, the artificial manipulation, modification, and recombination of DNA or other nucleic acid molecules in order to modify an organism or population of organisms. The term genetic engineering initially referred to various techniques used for the modification or manipulation of organisms through the processes of heredity … Read more

29.10.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN   Rajasthan Heritage :Kalibangan – Indus Valley Civilization   Kalibangan is a town on the banks of the Ghaggar river, Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, 205 kms. north of Bikaner. The existence of Indus Valley civilization in desert of Thar and the remnants of the pre-Harappan and Harappan settlements that have been unearthed here have played … Read more