Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 10 April 2020
Contents: Increase rate in COVID-19 Positive cases, Plasma Therapy in Kerala, Odisha Lockdown MSMEs need huge package ‘Operation SHIELD’ at 21 locations in Delhi Ahmedabad adopts South Korean model Study points to community transmission World faces new ‘Great Depression’, Half a billion people face Poverty Inflation may drop to 2.4% in FY21: RBI Industrial output […]
April 9th Static Quiz on Indian History
PIB 9th April
Contents: MoHFW has not suspended the PC&PNDT Act Integrated Government Online training’ (iGOT) ‘Chitra Acrylosorb Secretion Solidification System’ MoHFW has not suspended the PC&PNDT Act Why in news? It is clarified that MoHFW has not suspended the PC&PNDT Act, which prohibits sex selection before or after conception. Details? It is reiterated that each Ultrasound […]
9th April – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents: Needed, greater decentralisation of power While taking over MPLADS funds, Centre must allocate judiciously A key arsenal in rural India’s pandemic fight Financing the Pandemic rescue package No lockdown for abuse NEEDED, GREATER DECENTRALISATION OF POWER Focus: GS-II Governance, GS-III Disaster Management Why in news? Over the course of the last few weeks, as […]
April 9th Current Affairs Quiz
April 8th Current Affairs Quiz
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 9 April 2020
Contents: Not possible to lift the lockdown in one go, Task force for continuing curbs Focus shifts to contact tracing, infrastructure Kerala experts for 3-phased easing of curbs Virus hits both genders equally, except in 2 nations Importance of soft power is increasing globally Poaching, not virus, is the bigger threat, says tiger expert Centre […]
April 7th Current Affairs Quiz
PIB 8th April
Contents: Essential Commodities (EC) Act 1955 Biofortified carrot TRIFED to launch a digital campaign Essential Commodities (EC) Act 1955 Why in news? MHA writes to States to ensure availability of Essential Goods, by invoking provisions of the Essential Commodities (EC) Act 1955, under Lockdown to fight COVID-19. Details: Offences under the EC Act are […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 8 April 2020
Important Current Affairs 8th April 2020 with PDF Contents: Govt. mulls lockdown extension amid requests from the States India revokes ban on export of hydroxychloroquine, Opposition slams Karnataka-Kerala border blockade: consensus reached Special session of the U.N. Security Council likely on April 9 Researchers find cells that may explain loss of smell in COVID-19 patients […]