Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

24-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

Amazon fires: A matter of deep concern

Relevance: mains: G.S paper III: Environment Context Over the last several days, the Amazon rainforest has been burning at a

24-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

Disintegration of the USSR (1991)

Relevance: mains: G.S paper I: World History The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a loose confederation of 15 republics

24-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

National Cyber Security Policy 2013

Relevance: mains: G.S paper III: Internal Security The National Cyber Security Policy 2013 aims at (1) Facilitating the creation of

24-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

24th Meeting of Western Zonal Council

Relevance: prelims/mains: G.S paper II: Indian Polity Union Home Minister, chaired the 24th meeting of the Western Zonal Council at

24-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

Henley Passport Index

Relevance: prelims/mains: G.S paper II: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. The Henley Passport Index is the original ranking of

23-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

Kutch desert was once a forest: Fossils study

Relevance: Prelims A team of Indian and French researchers have concluded that the hot arid desert of Kutch was once

23-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

Glaciers: Erosion and Deposition

Relevance: Mains: G.S paper I: Geography What is a Glacier? Glaciers are a mass of ice moving under its own weight. They are

23-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

India-Afghanistan Relations

Relevance: mains: G.S paper II: International Relation The US withdrawal from Afghan not only affects Indian policy on Afghan but

23-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

Liquidation of financial firms

Relevance: mains: G.S paper III: Indian Economy Context The liquidity and solvency issues plaguing the non-banking financial sector continue unabated.

23-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

Job Creation through garment exports

Relevance: mains: G.S paper III: Indian economy: Employment Context Rapid creation of productive and better paying jobs reduces poverty. It

23-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

India’s engagements in the Indian Ocean

Relevance: mains: G.S paper II: International relation Context India is setting a high tempo of naval operations in Asia. In

23-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

M-sand Policy

Relevance: Prelims/mains: G.S paper I: Geography In three months, Tamil Nadu will put in place an M-sand policy to promote

23-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS

NISHTHA: Teachers’ Training Programme

Relevance: prelims/mains: G.S paper II: Schemes and policies intervention The Union Human Resource Development Minister has launched ‘National Initiative for School Heads and

22-Aug-2019 TriumphIAS