Relevance: Prelims: Governance: Vulnerable sections Why in news? • The Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER) has
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Current Affairs
Rebate of State Levies Scheme
Relevance: Prelims: Governance Why in news? • Garment and made-up exporters who have Rebate of State Levies (ROSL) Scheme arrears
Continue readingGlobal Report on Internal Displacement 2019
Relevance: Prelims/Mains: G.S paper II: Polity: International Introduction: IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) released its report on the displacement of
Continue readingCOVID-19 and Social Recession: Effecting Mental and Physical health
COVID-19 and Social Recession: Effecting Mental and Physical health Relevance: Sociology: Thinkers: Emile Durkheim: Social Integration: Individual & Society & G.S
Continue readingCOVID-19 & Ozone layer
Relevance: Prelims: Environment Why in news? • The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) announced that a hole in
Continue readingMulti-system inflammatory state
Relevance: Prelims: Science Why in news? • UK’s Paediatric Intensive Care Society (PICS) said it had observed an “apparent rise”
Continue reading(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom) USCIRF Annual report 2020
Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has downgraded India to the lowest
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New list of cyclone names Relevance: Prelims: GeographyWhy in news? • The India Meteorological Department (IMD) released a new list
Continue readingCOVID-19 & Democracy on a tightrope: Opinion
COVID-19 & Democracy on a tightrope: Opinion Relevance: G.S paper II: Polity And governance: India and its neighborhood- relations. • Bilateral,
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Role of local government systems to combat COVID-19 in India Relevance: (iv) Politics and Society: (a) Nation, democracy and citizenship. (b)
Continue readingIndia signs loan with ADB to support India’s COVID-19 immediate response
Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? • The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a
Continue readingGlobal Terrorism Index
Relevance: Prelims: International Why in news? NITI Aayog has questioned the methodology adopted by Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2019 to
Continue readingDysfunctions of Covid19 Lockdown for Population Dynamics-UN Report
Dysfunctions of Covid19 Lockdown for Population Dynamics-UN Report Relevance: Sociology: Population Dynamics: (a) Population size, growth, composition and distribution. (b) Components of
Continue readingAntiviral drugs Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine: Threat to environment
Relevance: Prelims/Mains: G.S paper III: Environment Why in news? Both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, pose serious chronic threat to the aquatic
Continue readingBasaveshwara
Relevance: Prelims: National Why in news? • Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a host of leaders in offering homage to
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