Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 13 July 2020
Contents Punjab farmers find a better way to grow paddy Mizoram quake zone China, Iran close to reaching trade and military partnership NCRB and NATGRID C/2020 F3 Neowise Punjab farmers find a better way to grow paddy Why in news? Many farmers in Punjab chose the direct seeding method for the crop during COVID-19. More […]
Rabari, Bharvad and Charan Tribes of Gujarat
The Gujarat government will constitute a commission to identify the members of Rabari, Bharvad and Charan communities who are eligible to get the benefits of Schedule Tribe (ST) status. About the Tribes Rabari The Rabari, also called the Rewari are an indigenous tribal caste of nomadic cattle and camel herders and shepherds that live throughout […]
Carbon enrichment of the Universe
Why in news? A recent study has provided new insights on the origins of the carbon in our galaxy. Why study Carbon? Carbon is essential for life. It is the building block of all the complex organic molecules that our body need. It is known that all the carbon in the Milky Way came from […]
Impact of Monsoons on Life in India
Positive Agricultural prosperity of India depends very much on timely and adequately distributed rainfall. If it fails, agriculture is adversely affected particularly in those regions where means of irrigation are not developed. Regional variations in monsoon climate help in growing various types of crops. Regional monsoon variation in India is reflected in the vast variety […]
14% excess rain in India so far this monsoon
Why in news? Monsoon rainfall since June has been 14% more than what is normal for this time of the year Onset of Monsoon The four-month southwest monsoon season, which brings as much as 70 per cent of the country’s annual rainfall, officially begins on June 1, with the onset over Kerala, and ends on […]
13 July 2020, Static Quiz on Environment
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In the name of ‘cooperative federalism
Why in news? Fault lines in the Centre-State fiscal relations have widened due to COVID. Centre-state tussle The tussle for the rights of States has been focused on Article 356. Partial behaviour by the Governors, regional party governments were politically destabilised. Little was done to implement the report of Justice R.S. Sarkaria Commission on Centre-State relations. […]
Do we need Fiscal Council
Why In news? The economic disruption caused by the pandemic brought the economy to a standstill. What is needed is government spending. But fear of the market has been holding the government back. It is against this backdrop the idea of Fiscal Council. What is holding back government from spending The government needs to borrow […]
Crime as punishment
Background for the news Vikas dubey, who was wanted for the massacre of eight Uttar Pradesh policemen last Friday, was being taken in a police convoy to Kanpur after his arrest yesterday in Madhya Pradesh. The UP police say the car in which Vikas Dubey was travelling overturned and he and other policemen were injured. The criminal […]