Archives GS-2 RTI Amendment bill passed in Rajya Sabh amid protests The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was passed in the Rajya Sabha EC sets up teams to prove VVPAT mismatch in LS election After reports of mismatches between the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips and the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) count… Continue reading Must Read News Articles-July 26th 2019
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Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – July 26th, 2019
Q.1) “A policy of population control should focus on choice rather than restrictions.” Discuss. The Hindu Q.2) “The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 try to balance altruistic and commercial interests.” Examine. The Hindu Q.3) Discuss salient features of RTI Act, 2005. What are various issues and loopholes in RTI act? The Hindu Q.4) Discuss the 7… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – July 26th, 2019
10 PM Current Affairs Quiz #22 July 25, 2019
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9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 25, 2019
Centre notifies pension scheme for small traders The Union Labour and Employment Ministry has notified the Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan-dhan Yojana 2019. It is a pension scheme for retailers and small traders. The pension scheme assures a minimum monthly pension of ₹3000 per month to small shopkeepers, retail traders and the self-employed people after… Continue reading 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – July 25, 2019
7 PM | Untangling labour laws | 25th July, 2019
Context: labour laws in India and its reforms Labor reforms essentially mean taking steps in increasing production, productivity, and employment opportunities in the economy in such a manner that the interests of the workers are not compromised. Essentially, it means skill development, retraining, redeployment, updating knowledge base of workers-teachers, promotion of leadership qualities, etc. Labor… Continue reading 7 PM | Untangling labour laws | 25th July, 2019
7 PM | Having the last word on ‘population control’ | 25th July, 2019
Context: India’s populationrelated concerns. Present Population: At present, India’s population stands at nearly 134 crore while China is inhabited by nearly 140 crore. Which means in another two years, India will overtake China. There is no denying that urgent and aggressive steps such as strict control policies and linking their observance with incentives are urgently needed to… Continue reading 7 PM | Having the last word on ‘population control’ | 25th July, 2019
Centre notifies pension scheme for small traders
The Union Labour and Employment Ministry has notified the Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan-dhan Yojana 2019. It is a pension scheme for retailers and small traders. The pension scheme assures a minimum monthly pension of ₹3000 per month to small shopkeepers, retail traders and the self-employed people after attaining the age of 60 years once… Continue reading Centre notifies pension scheme for small traders
India rises in global innovation ranking
The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019 has been released. Switzerland has been ranked first in the index. India has improved its ranking by five places to 52nd in 2019 from 57th position in 2018. India has also outperformed on innovation relative to its GDP per capita for nine consecutive years. India has improved its ranking… Continue reading India rises in global innovation ranking
Milky Way’s violent birth decoded
According to scientists, Milky Way was shaped in its present form as a result of collision with another smaller galaxy called Gaia-Enceladus, 10 billion years ago. The study has been based on data from the Gaia space observatory- a space observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA). Gaia seeks to map the positions of more… Continue reading Milky Way’s violent birth decoded
This Indian Ocean snail species may be first victim of deep-sea mining
The scaly-foot snail or Sea Pangolin is the first marine species to be assessed as officially endangered due to the potential threat of deep sea mining. The scaly foot snail is found at three hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. The three vents include Longqi vent field, Kairei vent field and the… Continue reading This Indian Ocean snail species may be first victim of deep-sea mining
