Relevance: prelims In continuation of the Indian Navy’s overseas deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia, Indian Naval Ship Tarkash made
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Category: General Studies-III
General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.
Water found for first time on potentially habitable planet
Relevance: Prelims: Current Affairs Astronomers have for the first time discovered water vapour in the atmosphere of a distant planet
Continue readingIndia joins global antimicrobial resistance research hub
Relevance: Prelims India has joined the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R and D) Hub as a new
Continue readingMAITREE, the joint military exercise
Relevance: Prelims: Defence Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 between India and Thailand will be conducted at Umroi (Meghalaya) from 16-29 Sep
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The Idea of Common School in the Education Policy: Overlooked
Relevance: Mains: Current affairs analysis: G.S paper III: Education In the 1830s, Horace Mann proposed common schools, that is, tax-funded
Continue readingIndian banking sector: smaller still beautiful
Relevance: Mains: Current affairs: Analysis Over the past decade and a half, India has evidenced several important mergers of public
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National Water Ways: Integrated Transport Network
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Indian Economy: Transport The Government of India is aggressively pushing for the development of inland
Continue readingPublic universities under threat
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Education Why in news? Recently, Romila Thapar and 11 others were asked to submit their
Continue readingIndia’s Economic Revival
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Indian Economy Why in news? Apart from the trade war, media in the United States
Continue readingFiscal Deficit: Analysis
Relevance: Mains: Current affairs analysis News Related The fiscal deficit numbers mentioned in the Union Budget for 2019–20 are doubtful,
Continue readingGM Crops: Herbicide-tolerant
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Indian Economy What is all about? Perhaps, in what could be the world’s first farmer
Continue readingPSU banks recapitalisation: may not spur credit-growth
Relevance: Mains: Current affairs analysis At 10.15% year-on-year (y-o-y), the growth in non-food credit, in the fortnight to August 30,
Continue readingVarious companies are lobbying to push for hybrid paddy seeds in India: Analysis
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Agriculture The Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII), a lobby group for private seed
Continue readingIT, communication: boosts sustainable farming in India
Relevance: Mains: Essay Use of messaging services, web-based applications, capacity building and encouragement of public-private partnership can enable farmers to
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Breaking silos in disaster management
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Disaster And Disaster Management Historically, the agriculture and disaster-management sectors have acted independently. The farming
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