Context: Durbar Move is a bi-annual shifting of the Civil Secretariat and other offices of the state government from Jammu
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EXPERIMENT WITH SUMMER SOYABEAN, TO BOOST FARMERS EARNINGS
Why in news? Farmers in Maharashtra have experimented with growing soyabean as a summer crop, which could set a new
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PERSONALITY TEST – INTERVIEW 2020: SUPER 100 SOCIOLOGY RELATED PRACTICE QUESTIONS
EXPECTED QUESTIONS FROM SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ISSUES FOR UPSC-CSE INTERVIEW-2020 QUESTIONS What do you study in Sociology as discipline? (ANSWER:
Continue readingA POST-COVID FISCAL FRAMEWORK FOR INDIA
Why in news? Government should plan to gradually improve its primary balance. This would protect against the risk of the
Continue readingFOOD WASTAGE PROBLEM IN INDIA
Context According to the Food Waste Index Report 2021 published by the United Nations Environment Programme, 50 kg of food
Continue readingONE HEALTH’ VISION TO TACKLE THE CRISIS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC
Why in news? ‘One Health’ initiatives, by their multidisciplinary nature, entail working across ministries and navigating tacit institutional hierarchies and
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COVID-19 AND PALESTINIANS IN LEBANON
CONTEXT COVID pandemic, economic crisis, few rights: Things are getting harder and harder for displaced Palestinians in Lebanon. One reason
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HOW DOES THE PRE-PACK UNDER INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE WORK?
Context: Experts noted that the pre-pack provisions introduced by the central government also provided for adequate protection to ensure the
Continue readingWHY FOREST FIRES BREAK OUT IN THE SPRING, AND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN SO FREQUENT THIS YEAR.
Context Since the start of 2021, there has been a series of forest fires in Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland-Manipur border, Odisha,
Continue readingRTE BIAS AGAINST PRIVATE NON-MINORITY INSTITUTIONS
Context: Not only has RTE unreasonably differentiated between minority and non-minority schools without any explicable basis, there is also no
Continue readingTHE PLIGHT OF A TEACHER – A GLIMPSE INTO THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा ग्रुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥ Needless to say that everyone is
Continue readingCOVID-19: HOW CHILDREN’S EDUCATION BECOME A SIDELINED PRIORITY
A group of civil society organizations have launched a national campaign on education titled “Hamari Maang: Achha School, Sudharatmak Shiksha”.
Continue readingDIGITAL WALLET AND INSECURITIES
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper III: Cybersecurity Why in news? As Mobikwik episode shows, shooting the messenger, the one who raises
Continue readingINDIA ON PAKISTAN’S BILATERAL TRADE
Relevance: Mains: G.S paper II: International relations ; G.S paper III: Economy Why in news? Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Continue readingPANDEMIC SENT MIGRANTS HOME: MGNREGS SCHEME ANALYSIS
Why in news? As tens of thousands of migrants returned to their villages following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the national
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