15th April – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents The pandemic and the contours of a health response Economic liberalisation and its faults Invasive, alien, most fearsome The Nihangs: once valiant warriors Explained: Air pollution’s link to the coronavirus pandemic THE PANDEMIC AND THE CONTOURS OF A HEALTH RESPONSE Focus: GS-III Disaster Management India’s worries India is facing the worst public health crisis […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 15 April 2020
Contents U.S. approves 2 missile deals with India ICMR suggests testing of pooled samples Amid lockdown, hunters eye rhino horns Virus infections have ‘certainly’ not peaked yet, warns WHO World Economy to contract by 3% IMF HDFC Chairman Suggestion: Easing 90-day NPA deadline norm U.S. APPROVES 2 MISSILE DEALS WITH INDIA Focus: GS-II International Relations […]
PARENTS’ DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH ESSENTIAL; NPR DATA USEFUL FOR WELFARE SCHEMES: GOVERNMENT
Why in news? The Union Home Ministry has informed a parliamentary panel that it proposes to collect details on additional questions such as “date and place of birth of parents” in the National Population Register (NPR) to “facilitate back-end data processing and making the data items of date and place of birth complete for all […]
PIB 14th April
Contents COVID-19: Initiatives by Smart Cities Press Statement from Central Administrative Tribunal COVID-19: INITIATIVES BY SMART CITIES Focus: GS-III Science and Technology, Disaster Management Initiatives by Smart Cities Vadodara The Vadodara district administration has installed a helium balloon attached with two cameras for surveillance on lockdown violators. Bengaluru Model COVID-19 War Room at Bengaluru – […]
MCQs for BUDGET 2020 UPSC Prelims
Union Budget is the most comprehensive report of the Government’s finances in which revenues from all sources and outlays for all activities are consolidated. Read the BUDGET SUMMARY 2020-21 FOR UPSC EXAM and try to answer the MCQs below to have a solid platform in the subject for your prelims preparation. The Budget 2020 proposes […]
PIB 13th April
Contents National Agriculture Market portal e-NAM to Complete four Years IUSSTF boosts Indo-US virtual networks to address COVID 19 challenges NATIONAL AGRICULTURE MARKET PORTAL E-NAM TO COMPLETE FOUR YEARS Focus: GS-III Indian Economy, Agriculture Why in news? The pan-India Agriculture trading portal e-NAM will be completing four years of implementation on 14th April 2020. e-NAM […]
14th April – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents Sacking by Subterfuge: Removal of A.P.’s top election official Reimagining our economic choices Accessing justice online Ambedkar and the Poona Pact Explained: How a dollar swap line with US Fed can help Explained: A look at WTO’s rules SACKING BY SUBTERFUGE: REMOVAL OF A.P.’S TOP ELECTION OFFICIAL Focus: GS-II Governance Why in news? The […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 14 April 2020
Contents Centre may raise loan to pay GST dues to States MGNREGA jobs crash to 1% of normal Floor test is Governor’s discretion Online child porn traffic rises by 95% Water from Ganga, Yamuna being tested Retail inflation eases to 5.91% CENTRE MAY RAISE LOAN TO PAY GST DUES TO STATES Focus: GS-III Indian Economy […]
THE SARS-COV-2 IS MUTATING, SAY SCIENTISTS
Why in news? Senior scientists at Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), have said the virus dubbed SARS-CoV-2 is mutating, after analysing the 115 published genome sequences from the current COVID-19 outbreak. Some of these ‘errors’ in the virus known as ‘mutations’ may be significant for the development and […]
OIL UP OVER 2% ON OPEC CUT, STIMULI HOPES
Why in news? Oil prices jumped more than 4 per cent, up from multi-year lows hit earlier on 2nd March 2020, as hopes of a deeper cut in output by OPEC and stimulus from central banks countered worries about damage to demand from the coronavirus outbreak. The unprecedented disruption to economic activity in China has […]