28th August – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents The ‘quota within quota’ debate Strategic importance of Atal Tunnel at Rohtang THE ‘QUOTA WITHIN QUOTA’ DEBATE Focus: GS-II Social Justice, Governance Why in news? A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court reopened the legal debate on sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for reservations, or what is commonly referred to as […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 28th August 2020
Contents Members of Great Andaman tribe test positive SC: States can have sub-groups among SCs/STs Solar tariff in India unlikely to compete with Gulf Crude oil purchases from Chinese firms halted Borrow from RBI to bridge GST gap MEMBERS OF GREAT ANDAMAN TRIBE TEST POSITIVE Focus: GS-I Indian Society Why in news? Members of the […]
PIB 27th August
Contents Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) New Routes Approved Under UDAN 4.0 World Urdu Conference 2020 Textile Grand Challenge 2019 BUREAU OF POLICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (BPR&D) Focus: GS-II Governance Why in news? The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) is celebrating its Golden Jubilee Anniversary soon (50 years since its establishment […]
INDIA, BANGLADESH RIVER TRADE ROUTE
Focus: GS-III International Relations Why in news? India and Bangladesh are set to operationalise a new riverine trade route connecting Sonamura in Tripura to Daudkandi in Bangladesh. Details The route is being operationalised under an agreement signed by the two sides to boost riverine trade by adding two new routes and five more ports in […]
INDIA, VIETNAM TALK ON CHINA
Focus: GS-III International Relations Why in news? China’s destabilising actions in the region figured at a meeting of the India-Vietnam joint commission on trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation, during which the two countries agreed to work more closely together in the Indo-Pacific. Details During the virtual meeting, co-chaired by the Indian external affairs minister […]
CHINA FLOATS BRICS 5G BASE AS INDIA MULLS BAN
Focus: GS-III International Relations Why in news? China has proposed the creation of what it calls a ‘BRICS innovation base’ to take forward 5G and Artificial Intelligence (AI) cooperation among the five countries. Details China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology urged fellow nations, including India, to boost cooperation in areas including 5G and AI. […]
1ST ALL-WEATHER ROUTE TO LADAKH
Focus: Prelims, GS-I Geography, GS-III International Relations Why in news? India’s national security planners are pushing hard to complete an all-weather strategic route to Ladakh that will link Darcha in Himachal Pradesh to Nimu via Padum in Kargil’s Zanskar valley. Details Senior military commanders said the third route to connect Ladakh by road is urgently […]
NGT SLAMS MINISTRY’S REPORT
Focus: GS-II Governance, GS-III Environment and Ecology Why in news? The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over its report on the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) which proposes 20-30% reduction of air pollution by 2024. Details The NGT disapproved the submission of the MoEF that a committee, upon […]
THE JUMP IN FOREX RESERVES MAY NOT BE A POSITIVE SIGN
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Why in news? Amid the covid-19 pandemic, India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves have been going up at a very fast pace and have touched a new high, in absolute terms, almost every week. Clearly, there has been a very rapid increase in the country’s foreign exchange reserves since March-end, after the […]
IT TAKES TWO: URBAN AND RURAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Introduction Over the past month or so, leading economic indicators have pointed towards a two-paced recovery. Sales of tractors and two-wheelers, proxies of rural demand, appear to have rebounded strongly, indicating that the pickup in rural areas has been swifter than in the urban centres which have borne the brunt of […]