Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 30 Minutes Kindly review each others answers India’s entry to SCO opens up opportunities to ‘Look North’. Critically analyse. India has never made full use of its rights and letting much more water flow to Pakistan… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – February 27th, 2019
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10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : February 26, 2019
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9 PM Current Affairs Brief – February 26, 2019
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7 PM | E-Pharmacy in India | 26 February, 2019
Read In-depth analysis of all the Editorials here Context India’s nascent e-pharma sector is in a state of confusion following the different Court’s judgement on banning the sale of medicines online until the government notified regulations for the industry. It is being argued that the sale of drugs and prescription medicines online is illegal and without… Continue reading 7 PM | E-Pharmacy in India | 26 February, 2019
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Banks may set repo rate as benchmark
Banks may set repo rate as benchmark The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a major change in the way banks price their loans. It said that banks will now have to link the interest rates charged by them on different categories of loans to the external benchmarks instead of the used internal benchmarks.… Continue reading Banks may set repo rate as benchmark
Meghalaya rathole mine tragedy: SC questions need to go on with rescue work but agrees to one ‘last-ditch effort’
Meghalaya rathole mine tragedy: SC questions need to go on with rescue work but agrees to one ‘last-ditch effort’ The Supreme Court has questioned the need to continue with the rescue operations for trapped miners in a rathole mine in Meghalaya. A coal mine in Meghalaya East Jaintia Hills had collapsed which threw light on… Continue reading Meghalaya rathole mine tragedy: SC questions need to go on with rescue work but agrees to one ‘last-ditch effort’
Two crore jobs created in 16 months to December 2018: CSO
Two crore jobs created in 16 months to December 2018: CSO According the payroll data of the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), nearly 2 crore jobs were created during the period from September 2017 and December 2018. The ESIC data is one of payroll numbers released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in its reports.… Continue reading Two crore jobs created in 16 months to December 2018: CSO
Supreme Court to hear challenge to Article 35A from Feb 26-28
Supreme Court to hear challenge to Article 35A from Feb 26-28 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the plea challenging the validity of the Article 35-A, that gives special rights and privileges to the Jammu and Kashmir natives. Article 35-A was incorporated in the Constitution in 1954 through Presidential order. It gives the Jammu… Continue reading Supreme Court to hear challenge to Article 35A from Feb 26-28
IL&FS accounts can’t be NPAs without NCLAT nod
IL&FS accounts can’t be NPAs without NCLAT nod The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has said Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) accounts will not be declared as non-performing assets (NPA) without approval from the appellate tribunal. The order comes after the NCLAT said that subsidiaries of IL&FS would be divided into three categories… Continue reading IL&FS accounts can’t be NPAs without NCLAT nod
