31st October – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents Science of monsoons Time for a ‘sponge cities’ mission in India In defence of liberty Science of monsoons Context: The southwest monsoon 2020 has officially drawn to an end with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declaring a withdrawal of the associated winds and rainfall pattern from India on Wednesday. Relevance: GS Paper 1: Salient Features of World Physical Geography; Important Geophysical […]
October 31st Art and Culture on Prehistoric and Indus Valley Part 2 Quiz
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October 31st Current Affairs Quiz
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 31 October 2020
Contents Typhoon Goni and Typhoon Molave Aegean Sea earthquake strikes Turkey Rudram missile to be inducted by 2022 PLFS: Dip in urban unemployment rate before lockdown CPCB on Environment Plan for Railway Stations Protection from imports time bound TYPHOON GONI AND TYPHOON MOLAVE Focus: GS-I Geography, GS-III Disaster Management Why in news? Philippine officials ordered […]
PIB 30th October
Contents;- Sardar Sarovar Dam. 15th Finance Commission. Minimum Support Price. Jal Jeevan Mission. Khadi and Village Industry (KVIC). Sardar Sarovar Dam. Focus: GS 1; Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present significant events, personalities, issues. Paper 1; Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the […]
October 30th Current Affairs Quiz
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 30 October 2020
Contents 20% of rural school children without textbooks: ASER Dashboard to monitor air quality of Indian cities Centre brings new law to tackle NCR air crisis Fiscal deficit widens to ₹9.1 lakh crore 20% OF RURAL SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHOUT TEXTBOOKS: ASER Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? About 20% of rural children have no […]
PIB 29th October
Contents Jute Materials. Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP). Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme (EBPP). Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes. Index of Eight Core Industries. Jal Jeevan Mission(JJM). Operation Meri Saheli. SERB-POWER (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research). World’s first scientoon book “Bye Bye Corona”on Coronavirus. JUTE MATERIALS Focus: GS 3 ; Major crops-cropping patterns […]
MEITY issues Clarification regarding orders passed by Central Information Commission on an RTI query with regard to AarogyaSetu App.
Focus: GS 2 ; Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. Why in News? Attention has been drawn to media reports regarding orders passed by Central Information Commission regarding an RTI query with regard to AarogyaSetu App. As per the orders, of the CIC, CPIOs of MeitY, NeGD and NIC have been directed to appear . MeitY is […]
Union Health Ministry’s telemedicine service, eSanjeevani, completes 6 lakh tele-consultations.
Focus: GS 2 ; Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Why in News? eSanjeevani, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s telemedicine initiative has completed 6 Lakh tele consultations. It took only 15 days to complete the last one lakh consultations. In what can be seen as a big […]