The Group of Seven(G7) summit was held in Biarritz,France.During the summit,US President has said the US and China will be resuming trade talks shortly. The US and China are negotiating a trade deal that would end the trade war between both the countries that has been escalating since last year. Trade war is a situation… Continue reading G7 Summit: signs of hope as Donald Trump says U.S.-China trade talks are on
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Exchange rate driven by capital flows, says RBI
According to Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor,India’s foreign exchange reserves are borrowed reserves and not built out of export surplus.This means that exchange rate dynamics in India is driven by capital flows rather than current account balances. Current account includes export and import of goods and services while Capital account includes inflow and outflow… Continue reading Exchange rate driven by capital flows, says RBI
Daily Quiz #22 UPSC Prelims Marathon – August 27, 2019
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Must Read News Articles-August 27th 2019
GS-2 PM rejects scope for third party mediation in Kashmir Trump: Discussed issue with Modi — India, Pakistan can resolve it on their own Plea in Supreme Court seeks online RTI portals in States The Supreme Court asked the Centre and 25 States to respond to a writ petition for a direction to establish Right… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-August 27th 2019
10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #21 August 26, 2019
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Daily Quiz #21 UPSC Prelims Marathon – August 26, 2019
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9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 26, 2019
G-7 summit Indian Prime Minister (PM) will be attending the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France. Although India is not a member of the G7 group, Indian PM would be attending the Summit as a special guest on the invitation of French President. The G-7 was created in 1975 as an annual gathering of political leaders… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 26, 2019
Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – August 26th, 2019
Q.1) “India’s Afghanistan foreign policy has been successful in instilling a sense of confidence among Afghanistan about India.” In light of this discuss whether India should intervene militarily in Afghanistan? The Hindu Q.2) “India and China shares age old bilateral relations, which were, deteriorated only in past few decades.” Comment. The Hindu Q.3) Discuss the… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – August 26th, 2019
7 PM | A bottom-up approach to conservation | 26th August, 2019
Context: Devolution of power to protect the Western Ghats About the Western Ghats: One of the 34 Biodiversity hot spots of the world, the Western Ghats, together with the west coast form an important ecological region, springing from the Arabian Sea coast to the montane heights of over 2,000 m. The Western Ghats straddle the… Continue reading 7 PM | A bottom-up approach to conservation | 26th August, 2019
TEMPLATES
NASA will study the formation of new stars under a program called Targeting Extremely Magnified Panchromatic Lensed Arcs and Their Extended Star Formation, or TEMPLATES. The program has four main goals: a) Measure how many new stars are forming, to determine how rapidly galaxies form stars, b) Map the star-formation rate in four selected galaxies,… Continue reading TEMPLATES
