CHINA HAS CROSSED ITS 1960 CLAIMS ALONG THE LAC
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Chinese troops are currently present on the north bank of Pangong Lake in Ladakh in an area that is beyond what even China described as its official boundary during talks with India in 1960. Details The records contradict China’s current claims of where the Line of Actual Control […]
UN DRAFT DECLARATION AND INDIA’S DEMAND FOR REFORM
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? The final draft of the Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the U.N. favours a softer approach to the process of the expansion of membership. The Declaration is a powerful reiteration of the U.N.’s founding principles that brought a new world order 75 years ago […]
21 July 2020, Static Quiz on Indian Economy
20 July 2020, Current Affairs Quiz
19th and 20th July – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents The Great Indian Growth Miracle What is plea bargaining? India China and the Indian Ocean High Real Interest Rates and Investments in India Itolizumab THE GREAT INDIAN GROWTH MIRACLE Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Introduction India saw an unprecedented growth surge for more than three decades since the historic contraction of 1979, when India’s gross […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 19 & 20 July 2020
Contents UN draft declaration and India’s demand for reform China has crossed its 1960 claims along the LAC Private units voice concern over imports of small arms Growers wary of Rubber Act’s repeal Transmission of Coronavirus across the placenta Faults at the foot of the Himalaya discovered Hiring optimism grows as demand gathers pace UN […]
PIB 18th & 19th July
Contents Indo-US Strategic Energy Partnership G20 FMCBG Meeting Contributions allowed from any person or institution NDRF INDO-US STRATEGIC ENERGY PARTNERSHIP Focus: GS-II International relations, GS-III Environment and Ecology Why in news? India and the United States have announced new areas of research on: Transformational power generation based on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycles and advanced […]
20 July 2020, Static Quiz on Indian Geography
A NUCLEAR ACCORD, 15 YEARS AGO
Focus: GS-II International Relations Introduction The visit of Indian Prime Minister to U.S. in 2005 was heralded as a new beginning in the US-India partnership by both the countries. The highlight of the summit was an agreement to cooperate in civil nuclear power. It upended the US (and international) focus on rolling back India’s nuclear […]
IRAN – CHINA – INDIA: DIPLOMACY
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Recent reports that Iran launched the track laying programme for the long rail link between Chabahar and Zahidan last week sparked concerns that India was being excluded from the project. Iran has since clarified that it is NOT the case and India could join the project at a […]