27 July 2021 Current Affairs Quiz
PIB – 27 July 2021
SAMAGRA SHIKSHA SCHEME Focus: GS II- Education Why in News? Samagra Shiksha Scheme to improve the access, infrastructure and quality of education. About the scheme: Nodal: Ministry of Education Samagra Shiksha is an integrated scheme for school education extending from pre-school to class XII to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of […]
27 July Static Quiz 2021 (Polity)
Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 26 July 2021
Content: Lessons from India’s food security response Lessons from India’s food security response Context: With a reduction in COVID-19 infections as the second wave weakens in India, it is important to focus on the pandemic’s disruptive impact on the food security and livelihoods of the poor and marginalised. Relevance: GS Paper 3: Public Distribution System […]
Lessons from India’s food security response
Context: With a reduction in COVID-19 infections as the second wave weakens in India, it is important to focus on the pandemic’s disruptive impact on the food security and livelihoods of the poor and marginalised. Relevance: GS Paper 3: Public Distribution System – Objectives, Functioning, Limitations, Revamping; Issues of Buffer Stocks and Food Security; Technology […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 26 July 2021
Contents Recent developments UNESCO World Heritage listing Typhoon ‘In-fa’ in China JJM goals unmet in Government Schools & Anganwadis Limestone cave in Asifabad forest India: G20 nations should pledge GHG reductions by 2030 US’s 2021 Investment Climate Statements: India Recent developments UNESCO World Heritage listing Context: The English city of Liverpool has been removed from […]
US’s 2021 Investment Climate Statements: India
Context: U.S. said that India remains a challenging place to do business while praising the structural economic reforms extended by India during the pandemic in its report titled ‘2021 Investment Climate Statements: India’. Relevance: GS-III: Indian Economy (Growth and Development of Indian Economy, Mobilization of Resources, Liberation and Planning of Indian Economy), GS-II: International Relations […]
India: G20 nations should pledge GHG reductions by 2030
Context: India urged the G20 nations to pledge for reductions by 2030 at the 2021 G20 climate meet. Relevance: GS-II: International Relations (Important International Groupings, Foreign Policies, Agreements and treaties affecting India’s Interests), GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Conservation of Environment and Ecology) Dimensions of the Article: About G20 Structure and functioning […]
Limestone Cave in Asifabad Forest
Context: The discovery of pre-historic tools in a limestone cave in Asifabad forest is set to further advance the understanding of human habitation in Telangana region. Relevance: Prelims, GS-I: Art and Culture, History, GS-III: Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: About Paleolithic Period in India About the limestone cave in Asifabad forest About Kawal […]
Typhoon ‘In-fa’ in China
Context: Typhoon In-fa made landfall in China forcing the city of Shanghai and neighbouring coastal regions to cancel all flights and shutter businesses. Relevance: GS-I: Geography (Physical geography – Climatology, Important Geophysical phenomena), GS-III: Disaster Management Dimensions of the Article: Typhoon In-Fa Tropical Cyclones and their Structure Why tropical cyclones don’t form in the eastern […]