China on India’s 5G exclusion
Context: China expressed “concern and regret” at India’s move to not include Chinese telecommunication firms among the companies permitted to conduct trials for the use of 5G technology in May 2021. Relevance: GS-III: Science and Technology (IT & Computers, Innovations & Discoveries), GS-II: International Relations (India’s neighbors, Foreign Policies and Developments affecting India’s Interests) Dimensions […]
IRDAI pitches for Model Insurance Villages
Context: At a time when the Covid pandemic is raging across the country, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India(Irdai) has come out with the concept of model insurance villages to cover the entire population in those areas, with the financial support of various institutions like Nabard and CSR funds. Relevance: GS-III: Indian Economy […]
6th May 2021 Current Affairs Quiz
PIB 6th May 2021
PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN ANNA YOJANA Focus: GS II- Government policies and Interventions Why in news? Cabinet approves allocation of additional foodgrain to NFSA Beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (Phase III) for another period of two months – May and June, 2021. About Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana: It is considered […]
6th May Static Quiz 2021 (Polity)
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 5 May 2021
Contents An issue of lives versus livelihoods An issue of lives versus livelihoods Context: Strict to moderate lockdowns are being imposed again in April 2021, terminating jobs in many an establishment employing large numbers of informal workers. Of those employed in the informal category, large numbers include migrants who face a bleak future, with job […]
An issue of lives versus livelihoods
Context: Strict to moderate lockdowns are being imposed again in April 2021, terminating jobs in many an establishment employing large numbers of informal workers. Of those employed in the informal category, large numbers include migrants who face a bleak future, with job losses, loss of rented accommodations, a lack of sustainable income and savings to […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 5 May 2021
Contents G7 seeks common front on China India receives COVID-19 aid from Taiwan PMI services drops to three-month low in April MFIs flag rural borrower distress to RBI G7 seeks common front on China Context: The Group of Seven wealthy democracies discussed how to form a common front towards an increasingly assertive China in the […]
MFIs flag rural borrower distress to RBI
Context: The pandemic’s second wave is affecting rural households far more than 2020, with a large number of microfinance staffers, borrowers and their families hit by COVID-19, impacting many more livelihoods than during the first wave. The trend, which poses a higher risk of loan delinquencies if the rising infections don’t taper off by the […]
PMI services drops to three-month low in April
Context: India’s services activity slowed to a three-month low in April 2021, with an escalating second wave of coronavirus pandemic and localized lockdowns across the country forcing services firms to curtail operations. Relevance: GS-III: Indian Economy (Growth and Development of Indian Economy, Mobilization of Resources) Dimensions of the Article: What is Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)? […]