Context: Pollution in Delhi and stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana. More in news: Pollution levels in Delhi peaked to a three-year high on Sunday. According to the Central Control Room for Air Quality Management, the level of particulates measuring less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM 2.5) reached an unprecedented high of 560 micrograms per cubic… Continue reading 7 PM | Let’s pay the price of clean air | 5th November, 2019
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7 PM | Niti Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Programme is a laboratory for governance reform| 4th November, 2019
Context: NITI Aayog’s Transformation of Aspirational Districts Programme More in news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 6 will review the performance of 30 of the 117 most underdeveloped districts in the country on various indicators such as health, nutrition, education and agriculture. These districts were identified by the Niti Aayog and come under the… Continue reading 7 PM | Niti Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Programme is a laboratory for governance reform| 4th November, 2019
7 PM | Quantum Computer Supremacy | 1st November, 2019
Context: Quantum Computers More in news: Megacorps such as Microsoft, IBM, and Google have been working on quantum computers. Google and NASA have just announced that they have achieved ‘quantum supremacy’. Their quantum computer solved a problem in 200 seconds that would take the world’s fastest supercomputer 10,000 years. Computer: A computer is a programmable machine.… Continue reading 7 PM | Quantum Computer Supremacy | 1st November, 2019
7 PM | UN Reforms: Its time India should get seat in UNSC | 31st October, 2019
Context: United Nation (UN) Reforms More in news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a keynote address at the high-profile Future Investment Initiative (FII), dubbed as ‘Davos in the desert’. He pressed for the United Nations reforms while expressing regret over some “powerful” countries using the global body as a “tool” rather than an “institution” to… Continue reading 7 PM | UN Reforms: Its time India should get seat in UNSC | 31st October, 2019
7 PM | Single Use Plastics: Challenges and way forward | 30th October, 2019
Context: Single Use plastic. More in news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a dramatic announcement on August 15, 2019, that India would eliminate single-use plastics by 2022. In another statement on October 2, Gandhi Jayanti, PM said that single-use plastics (SUPs) will be phased out by 2022, and officials indicated that states will play a major role… Continue reading 7 PM | Single Use Plastics: Challenges and way forward | 30th October, 2019
7 PM | Prince and the PM| 29th October 2019
Context: India-Saudi Arabia Relations More in news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Riyadh on a two-day visit, during which he is scheduled to attend the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s high-profile annual financial conference and hold bilateral talks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He will deliver the keynote… Continue reading 7 PM | Prince and the PM| 29th October 2019
7 PM | Cutting risk: On India’s anti-polio drive | 26th October, 2019
Context: Declaration of global eradication of wild poliovirus type 3. More in news: World Polio Day is celebrated on 24 October annually to raise awareness about the polio disease and efforts for eradication. Global eradication of wild poliovirus type 3 declared on World Polio Day Polio: Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease, which… Continue reading 7 PM | Cutting risk: On India’s anti-polio drive | 26th October, 2019
7 PM | Good report card: On ease of doing business | 25th October, 2019
Context: World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report 2020. More in news: India jumps to 63rd position in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2020 report India has moved 14 places to be 63rd among 190 nations in the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking released on 24th October 2019. Ease of Doing Business… Continue reading 7 PM | Good report card: On ease of doing business | 25th October, 2019
7 PM | The IMF should take over Libra and make the most of the idea | 24th October, 2019
Context: Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra. More in news: Social media giant Facebook had planned to launch a new digital currency, called Libra, in 2020. Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe, Mercado Pago and eBay have abandoned the Facebook-led corporate alliance underpinning Libra. Thus, the Libra Association is fragmenting. Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the House Committee on Financial Services on… Continue reading 7 PM | The IMF should take over Libra and make the most of the idea | 24th October, 2019
7 PM | A more equal friendship | 22nd October, 2019
Context: Changing dynamic between India, China and Nepal. More in news: The Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Kathmandu on his return trip from India on October 12 and 13, 2019. Xi stated that Nepal and China are strategic partners. However until now, only India was regarded as Nepal’s strategic partner. Nepal: Locked between Tibet and… Continue reading 7 PM | A more equal friendship | 22nd October, 2019
