Category: Current Affairs

Relevance: Prelims: Governance Why in news? • Activists are demanding strict implementation of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment

Relevance: Prelims: Governance: Health Why in news? • Experts have warned that a temporary ban on family planning services at

Relevance: Prelims: Science Why in news? • National Institute of Virology, Pune, has developed India’s first indigenous antibody-based ELISA test

Relevance: Prelims: Environment Why in news? • According to a recent study by ecologists in the Wildlife Institute of India,

Relevance: Prelims: Science CONTEXT Scientists are studying the use of ultraviolet germicidal radiation (UVGI) to detect the coronavirus in schools,

Relevance: Prelims: Defence and security Why in news? • Defence Minister has approved a proposal for the abolition of 9,304

Relevance: Prelims: Polity: Governance Why in news? • A Stringency Index created by Oxford University shows how strict a country’s

 Relevance: Prelims: Economy Why in news? • Union Finance Minister launched INR-USD (Rupee-Dollar) Futures and Options contracts on the two

Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? • The World Red Cross Day was observed by IFRC on May 8, 2020.

Relevance: Prelims/Mains: G.S paper II: Health & Governance CONTEXT With nations around the world confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, the World