Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 8 May 2021
Contents Why RBI wants moderate bond yields? Tribes in Anamalai reserve unaware of COVID-19 UNEP report on methane emissions Why RBI wants moderate bond yields? Context: The yield on the 10-year benchmark 5.85%, 2030 bond fell by 0.62% and closed at 5.978% (compared to 6.01% on the previous day). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) […]
Why RBI wants moderate bond yields?
Context: The yield on the 10-year benchmark 5.85%, 2030 bond fell by 0.62% and closed at 5.978% (compared to 6.01% on the previous day). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had stepped up purchase of government securities under the government securities acquisition programme (G-SAP) which led to the yield on the benchmark 10-year bond falling […]
Tribes in Anamalai reserve unaware of COVID-19
Context: Residents of two tribal settlements within the limits of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), around 100 km off Coimbatore city, were gearing up for the annual festival of their local deity, Vairapattan. The Kattupatti and Kuzhipatti settlements of Pulayar community have barely heard of the acronym COVID-19. Relevance: Prelims, GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Conservation […]
UNEP report on methane emissions
Context: Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions report was released by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Relevance: GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Pollution Control and Management, Environmental Degradation) Dimensions of the Article: Highlights of the Global Methane Assessment report Why is Methane Harmful? Steps […]
8th May 2021 Current Affairs Quiz
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PIB 8th May 2021
E-SANJEEVANI Focus: GS III- Health Why in news? Ex-Defence doctors will now provide online consultation on e-Sanjeevani OPD to all citizens of the country. What is E-Sanjeevani? Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has launched two variants of eSanjeevani namely – doctor to doctor (eSanjeevani AB-HWC) in the hub and spoke model and patient to […]
8th May Static Quiz 2021 (Geography)
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Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 7 May 2021
Contents A lending hand by the RBI A lending hand by the RBI Context: Various measures aimed at alleviating any financing constraint for those impacted, including the health-care sector, State governments and the public were announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to fight against the second wave of the pandemic. Relevance: GS-III: Indian […]
A lending hand by the RBI
Context: Various measures aimed at alleviating any financing constraint for those impacted, including the health-care sector, State governments and the public were announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to fight against the second wave of the pandemic. Relevance: GS-III: Indian Economy (Economic Growth and Development, Planning usage and Mobilisation of resources, Inclusive growth […]
SC declines ECI plea to restrain media
Context: the Election Commission of India (ECI) complained against the Madras High Court’s observation that the ECI was singularly responsible for the rise in Covid-19 cases. The media cannot be stopped from reporting any court hearing, the Supreme Court said. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Statutory Bodies, Fundamental Rights, Judgements & Cases, Government Policies & […]