Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 25 January 2020
Contents: How to Crack TNPSC: Use Disappearing Ink, Re-marked Answer Sheets Aspirants with Criminal past should not get Ticket: EC tells SC Cane Farmers Flag Brazil’s WTO Case Against India Gujarat High Court holds IGST on ocean freight ‘ultra vires’ “Vyom Mitra”-ISRO’s half Humanoid-An experimental mission of Gaganyaan GoI launches “Seismic Hazard Microzonation” to minimize […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 7 March 2020
Contents: Supreme Court Upholds 2018 order on Land Acquisition India Joins Indian Ocean Commission as Observer Jagannath temple in trouble with Yes Bank Desposits DICGC: Relevance in the wake of Yes Bank issue Enforcement Directorate (ED) Questions Kapoor Containment is Highest Priority: WHO Sensex plunges 2.3% on COVID-19, Yes Bank NCLT Approves Cochin Shipyard’s Tebma […]
PIB 5th March
Contents: Jan Aushadi Pariyojana Kendras North East Venture Fund Gender disparity at all levels of schools Land under Irrigation Schemes Under Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) JAN AUSHADI PARIYOJANA KENDRAS Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi shall participate in Jan Aushadi Diwas celebrations on 7th March 2020 through Video […]
6th March – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents: An unrest, a slowdown and a health epidemic Read them the riot act Should the sedition law be scrapped? Disabled and Extremely Poor Explained: Meghalaya Violence AN UNREST, A SLOWDOWN AND A HEALTH EPIDEMIC Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Why in news? This article is written by Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. He listed […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 6 March 2020
Contents: Parents’ date, Place of Birth essential; NPR data useful for welfare schemes: Government Yes Bank placed under moratorium till April 3 Lok Sabha suspends 7 MPs for rest of Budget session Anglo-Indians protest at Jantar Mantar EC moots linking Aadhaar with voter ID India among least-free democracies: Freedom in the World report 2020 Afghan […]
PIB 4th March
Contents: Cabinet Approves Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Qubit Scientists identify bacteria that can replace fertilizers & fungicides in tea plants CABINET APPROVES COMPANIES (SECOND AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019 Focus: GS-II Governance, GS-III Indian Economy Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 The Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 proposes to amend the […]
PIB 3rd March
Contents: Crop Diversification Cultivation of GM Crops Doubling Farmers’ Income Women Empowerment Schemes Under Ministry of Finance Trans Fat Re-introduction of COPTA bill States Successful in Achieving Control on Population Growth Biomethanation To tackle stubble burning CROP DIVERSIFICATION Focus: GS-III Agriculture, Economic Development, Prelims Why in news? Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) […]
5th March – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents: What next for virtual currency? Caught in a bureaucratic web The current state of cooperative federalism in India WHAT IS NEXT FOR VIRTUAL CURRENCY? Focus: GS-III Science and Technology, Prelims Why in news? The Supreme Court set aside a ban by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on banks and financial institutions from dealing […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 5 March 2020
Contents: COVID-19 Cases E-waste recycling has doubled – Centre Lok Sabha approves tax resolution bill as disruptions continue Supreme Court Frees Trade in Cryptocurrencies IBC Bill discriminates against homebuyers India Committed to a Two-state solution – on Palestine Nod for changes to Companies Act for decriminalising offences Bond yields decline on expectation of rate cut […]
WOMEN IN DEFENCE FORCES
Focus: GS-III Internal Security, GS-II Social Justice Why in news? Year wise induction details of women officers in the three armed forces during the past three years and current year, given in a written reply is as follows: 2017 2018 2019 2020 Indian Army 949 819 364 01 Indian Air Force 59 59 51 […]