Relevant for General Studies Paper 2 & 3 In theory, it would be cost-effective for MSMEs to use e-platforms and
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Category: General Studies-III
General Studies-III: Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management.
Explanations: Space debris from Indian satellite: NASA’s worry, and why risk is low
Relevant for General Studies & Essay. According to the European Space Agency, there are about 34,000 objects of size 10
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How India can increase its farm productivity
Relevant for General Studies Paper 3, Sociology & Essay. Addressing the knowledge gap among smallholders can significantly improve productivity, farmer
Continue readingHow India’s economy smoothly navigated troubled waters
Relevant for GS P3 & Essay: The economic outlook is gloomy. However, let me start on a positive note. The
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An attempt to understand and contextualise farmer suicides
Relevant for Sociology, Essay & GS Paper 3:- There is much discourse on both the issue of agrarian distress and
Continue readingNASA’s InSight spacecraft lands on Mars after six-month journey
Relevant for General Studies:- Pasadena, California (US): A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the
Continue readingIndia signs shipping information exchange pact
Relevant for GS Paper 2:- India has signed an agreement to join the Trans Regional Maritime Network (T-RMN), aimed at
Continue readingCoal is the junk food of global energy
Relevant for GS Paper 3 & Essay:- Coal is an anachronism that also happens to be the single largest source
Continue readingNew direct tax code won’t change income tax slabs, rates
Relevant for GS Paper 2:- New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parting shot in policymaking before 2019 Lok Sabha elections—the draft direct tax
Continue readingWorkers’ safety code excludes more workers than it includes
Relevant For Sociology & GS P 2:- The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has been trying to introduce major reforms
Continue readingWhat can India teach us about start-ups?
Relevant for Sociology, GS & ESSAY:- The role of entrepreneurship and start-ups in job creation has a long intellectual tradition.
Continue readingIt’s time for another referendum on Brexit
Relevant for General Studies-Paper 2:- With less than six months to go before Britain is slated to leave the European
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India protests move to launch plurilateral negotiations at global trade body
Relevant for GS P2 & GS P3 :- India has inveighed against a “new round” of trade talks without
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Credit Registry:- The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, may need to be amended to facilitate the setting of a
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NDRF NDRF:- The Union government has declared the Kerala floods a “calamity of severe nature”. What are the classifications of
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