Afghanistan, the rise of a narco-terrorist state
Context: India’s anxieties over ungoverned spaces and lawless Afghanistan turning into a significant source of internal security threat are gradually turning into reality. According to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), opium production in Afghanistan has crossed 6,000 tonnes for the fifth consecutive year. Relevance: GS-II: International Relations (India’s […]
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PIB – 1 DECEMBER 2021
CONTENTS: ANAEMIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY PROGRAMME TO UPSKILL STREET FOOD VENDORS NATIONAL JAL JEEVAN MISSION (NJJM) NATIONAL EDIBLE OIL MISSION-OIL PALM (NMEO-OP) LITHIUM ANAEMIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY Focus: GS Paper 2: Health, Government Policies & Interventions, Welfare Schemes, Issues Related to Women Why in news? As per recently released […]
Editorials/Opinions Analyses For UPSC 30 November 2021
Contents A launch window for India as a space start-up hub Boosting green hydrogen A launch window for India as a space start-up hub Context: The great space race of the 20th century was kicked off by the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik in 1957. It was a competition between the world’s great powers, a […]
A launch window for India as a space start-up hub
Context: The great space race of the 20th century was kicked off by the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik in 1957. It was a competition between the world’s great powers, a test of their ideologies, which proved to be a synecdoche of the entire Cold War between the capitalist United States and the socialist Soviet […]
Boosting green hydrogen
Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced that India would aim for net-zero carbon emissions by 2070. Relevance: GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Climate Change, Conservation of the Environment, Pollution control and Management), GS-III: Science and Technology Dimensions of the Article: What is Green Hydrogen? Challenges in using green hydrogen Need for Green Hydrogen About India’s […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 30 November 2021 | Legacy IAS Academy
Contents Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for entire session Omicron variant poses very high global risk: WHO RBI puts entry of big businesses in banking on hold Cross border insolvency: UN model UNCITRAL Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for entire session Context: In a move that angered the Opposition and set the stage for acrimonious exchanges, a […]
Cross border insolvency: UN model UNCITRAL
Context: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has published a draft framework for cross border insolvency proceedings based on the UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) model under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Relevance: GS-II: International Relations Dimensions of the Article: What are Cross border insolvency proceedings? About UNCITRAL The UNCITRAL model Indian […]
RBI puts entry of big businesses in banking on hold
Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept in limbo the proposal of its Internal Working Group (IWG) for granting banking licence to big corporate houses amid fears over connected lending and self-dealing if they are allowed in the banking space. Relevance: GS-III: Indian Economy Dimensions of the Article: RBI on entry of big […]