A New G20 Global Vision
Context India will take over the presidency from Indonesia and host the G20 Leaders Summit for the first time in 2023. While India has a clear understanding of the G20’s role, there is concern that the agenda, themes, and focus areas that India will set for 2023 lack vision. Relevance GS Paper 2: Important International Institutions. […]
MONTHLY PIB SUMMARIES JULY 2022 | MONTHLY COMPILATION FOR UPSC
Legacy IAS JULY 2022 PIB SUMMARIES – Monthly Compilation for UPSC Civil Services Exam (IAS Exam) will be extremely crucial for your UPSC preparation. The source, Press Information Bureau of India is indubitably the most important source of Current Affairs for any UPSC aspirant. In this Compilation you will find important PIB articles from the […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 12 August 2022
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 12 August 2022 Contents The reliability of poverty survey data Culture of Freebies The Reliability of Poverty Survey Data Context Based on the fourth and fifth rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data, the Poverty Ratio (Head Count Ratio) in Tamil Nadu decreased from 4.89% in 2015-16 to 1.57% […]
Static Quiz 12 August 2022 (Environment)
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 11 August 2022
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 11 August 2022 Contents A new G20 global vision Biofuel Plants and Ethanol Blending A New G20 Global Vision Context India will take over the presidency from Indonesia and host the G20 Leaders Summit for the first time in 2023. While India has a clear understanding of the G20’s role, there […]
Current Affairs Quiz 11 August 2022
About Lumpy Skin Disease
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in News? Providing a big relief to the livestock of the country, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched the indigenous vaccine Lumpi-ProVacInd to protect livestock from Lumpy Skin disease. The vaccine has been developed by the National Equine Research Center, Hisar (Haryana) in collaboration with the Indian Veterinary […]
Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana
Focus: GS II- Welfare schemes Why in News? Recently, Government has modified the earlier scheme of ‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub-Scheme (SCA to TSS)’ with nomenclature ‘Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAAGY)’ for implementation during 2021-22 to 2025-26. About Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana By providing Special Central Assistance as an addition to the State Tribal […]
What is Butterfly Mine?
Context: The UK Ministry of Defence, in its intelligence assessment of the ongoing war in Ukraine, has and sounded an alarm on the possible use of PFM-1 series ‘Butterfly Mines’ by the Russian military in Donetsk and Kramatorsk. Relevance: GS III: Defence Dimensions of the Article: What is the ‘Butterfly Mine’ and why is it […]
49th Chief Justice of India
Context: In exercise of the power conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Judge of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of India. Relevance: GS II- Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: Appointment of the CJI Administrative Powers of CJI (Master of […]