Abundant liquidity kept short-term rates soft: RBI bulletin
Why in news? RBI recently released Monthly bulletin for the month of July 2020. The RBI has highlighted that on account of COVID-19 Pandemic, the Financial institutions in India faced liquidity stress, loss of access to funding, disruption of cash flows. Hence, in order to counter this, the RBI has taken recourse to several conventional […]
Enabling people to govern themselves
Why in news? The health and economic crisis as a result of COVID 19 pandemic has revealed the inadequacies of the governance structures at various levels. Besides the siloed approach towards economic, social and environmental issues has resulted in breakdown of one system while revamping the other. Issues with current governance structures Flawed Design The […]
14 July 2020, Static Quiz on Indian Geography
14 July 2020, Current Affairs Quiz
14th July – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
CONTENTS Enabling people to govern themselves RBI bulletin Enabling people to govern themselves Why in news? The health and economic crisis as a result of COVID 19 pandemic has revealed the inadequacies of the governance structures at various levels. Besides the siloed approach towards economic, social and environmental issues has resulted in breakdown of one […]
C/2020 F3 Neowise
What is it? The C/2020 F3 is a comet and is also called as NEOWISE. It will be visible to the naked eye for 20 minutes every day for 20 days across India. What are Comets? Comets are “dirty snowballs” and are mostly made of dust, rocks and ice. The word comet comes from the […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 14 July 2020
Contents Iran drops India from Chabahar rail project Iran and China draft 25-year trade, military agreement Pakistan to allow Afghan exports through Wagah border SC on Padmanabhaswamy Temple administration Aircraft carriers to get Indian jets by 2032 IRAN DROPS INDIA FROM CHABAHAR RAIL PROJECT Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Four years after India […]
NCRB and NATGRID
Why in news? The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) has signed an MoU with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) to access the centralised online database on FIRs and stolen vehicles. About NATGRID NATGRID initially started in 2009 is an online database for collating scattered pieces of information and putting them together on one platform. It […]
China, Iran close to reaching trade and military partnership
Why in news? Iran and China have quietly drafted a sweeping economic and security partnership that would clear the way for billions of dollars of Chinese investments in energy and other sectors More about the deal would vastly expand Chinese presence in banking, telecommunications, ports, railways and dozens of other projects. In exchange, China would […]
Mizoram quake zone
Why in news? Mizoram experienced at least eight moderate earthquakes between June 21 and July 9. The tremors ranged from 4.2 to 5.5 on the Richter scale The epicentre of most of these quakes was beneath Champhai district bordering Myanmar, Mizoram’s zone of “scary” earthquakes is caught between two subterranean faults, a geologist assigned to […]