April 21th Current Affairs Quiz
PIB 20th April
Contents Union HRD Minister chairs the review meeting on SWAYAM Surplus rice available with FCI allowed to be converted to ethanol New model to predict ionospheric electron density UNION HRD MINISTER CHAIRS THE REVIEW MEETING ON SWAYAM Focus: GS-II Social Justice, Prelims Why in news? Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ […]
April 20th Current Affairs Quiz
20th April – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents Explained: Types of human coronaviruses A shot of hope with a game changing vaccine India must adopt plans that avert the worst-case scenario EXPLAINED: TYPES OF HUMAN CORONAVIRUSES Focus: GS-III Science and Technology What are coronaviruses? Coronaviruses are a large family of single-stranded RNA viruses that cause diseases in animals and humans. In humans, […]
Intellectual Property Rights News for UPSC Exam
What are Intellectual Property Rights? Intellectual property rights (IPR) are the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names and images used in commerce. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain period of time. These […]
Innovations in Science and Technology for UPSC Exam
Short Wave Transmission Prasar Bharati has asked All India Radio to come up with a proposal to phase out Short Wave (SW) transmitters. About SW: Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave radio frequencies, the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), and generally extends from 3-30 MHz (10 to 100 meters), […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 20 April 2020
Contents E-commerce can’t supply non-essentials; Goa is first to turn Virus Free COVID-19: Projected Paths of the Pandemic Islamophobia is rising in India: OIC Karzai welcomes India’s involvement in talks Preventing food shortages is high priority for South Asia Concerns over China’s measures to prevent illegal wildlife trade E-COMMERCE CAN’T SUPPLY NON-ESSENTIALS; GOA IS FIRST […]
PIB 19th April
Contents CBDT revising return forms to enable taxpayers avail benefits Clues to blazar emission mechanisms More than Rs 36,659 crore transferred by DBT using PFMS Lifeline Udan flights CBDT REVISING RETURN FORMS Focus: GS-III Indian Economy, Prelims Why in news? In order to enable income taxpayers to avail full benefits of various timeline extensions granted […]
Diseases in India for UPSC Exam
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Acute encephalitis syndrome is a severe case of encephalitis transmitted by mosquitoes and is characterized by high fever and inflammation of the brain. The World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2006, coined the term AES to signify a group of diseases which seem similar to one another but are difficult to differentiate in the chaotic environment of […]
19th April – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents Is the lockdown helping India? The U.S. freeze on WHO Will convalescent plasma help COVID-19 patients? After the pandemic wave, what will happen to coronavirus? Explained: Ways and Means Advances IS THE LOCKDOWN HELPING INDIA? Focus: GS-III Disaster Management What do the numbers reveal? The lockdown has coincided with an increase in testing and […]