STATES & UTS CAN AVAIL THE CET BY THE NRA
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? A decision was passed at the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister that: States and Union Territories can avail the Common Eligibility Test (CET) to be conducted by National Recruitment Agency (NRA) for job selection. Details The CET score could be shared with the Recruiting Agencies in […]
‘OPEN API SERVICE’ FOR AAROGYA SETU
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? Aarogya Setu team has worked on a new innovative feature which is called ‘Open API Service’ and in order to help businesses and economy to start functioning while being safe, the Open API Service enables organizations to check the status of Aarogya Setu and integrate it into […]
EXCESS SUGARCANE FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION
Focus: GS-III Environment and Ecology, Science and Technology Introduction Government has taken various measures to improve viability of sugar industry, thereby enabling sugar mills to make timely payment of cane dues of farmers. Going forward, diversion of excess sugarcane and sugar is the long-term solution for addressing the problem of excess stock and improving viability […]
INCLUDE ELIGIBLE DISABLED PERSONS IN NFSA
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? The Department of Food and Public Distribution under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has sent letters to States Governments/UTs to include all eligible disabled persons under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013. Details The NFSA Act mandates that the Central Government may from time […]
24th August 2020, Current Affairs Quiz
PIB 22nd & 23rd August
Contents Include Eligible disabled persons in NFSA Excess sugarcane for ethanol production ‘Open API Service’ for Aarogya Setu States & UTs can avail the CET by the NRA INCLUDE ELIGIBLE DISABLED PERSONS IN NFSA Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? The Department of Food and Public Distribution under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & […]
24th August 2020, Static Quiz on Indian Economy
OVER 80% OF STUDENTS DEPEND ON MOBILES: NCERT
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? School education in the time of COVID is heavily dependent on mobile phones, with 80-90% of older students in Central government schools saying they use mobiles rather than laptops to access digital schooling during the pandemic, according to an official sample survey conducted by the National Council of […]
CENTRE SAYS IT HAS NO ROLE IN PICKING CAPITAL
Focus: GS-II Governance Why in news? The Central government has asserted that it has no role to play in determining the capital of Andhra Pradesh. The Centre said that the capital city of a state is decided by the respective state government. The Story behind deciding the capital of Andhra Pradesh Sri Krishna Committee report […]