The Supreme Court has ordered eviction of more than 10 lakh Scheduled Tribe and other forest-dwellers (OTFDs) households from forestlands across 21 states. This comes after their claim as forest dwellers have been rejected under the Forest Rights Act of 2006. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006… Continue reading Lakhs of forest dwellers face eviction
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WHO prescribes ‘aerobics 150’ to stay fit
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has prescribed 150 minutes of weekly physical activity. The WHO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health The WHO has stated that physical inactivity is identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality. Physical Inactivity has major implications for the… Continue reading WHO prescribes ‘aerobics 150’ to stay fit
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 21, 2019
Archives Q.1) Shifting of traditional joint family into nuclear family makes elderly emotionally and financially insecure. Explain Answer: The traditional Indian society with an age-old joint family system has been instrumental in safeguarding the social and economic security of the elderly people. The traditional norms and values of Indian society also laid stress on showing… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 21, 2019
Deadlier version of BrahMos to be tested in three years
The BrahMos Aerospace has been working on a smaller and more lethal version of BrahMos- the BrahMos NG. The BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile. A cruise missile is an unmanned self-propelled (till the time of impact) guided vehicle that sustains flight through aerodynamic lift for most of its flight path. Its primary mission to… Continue reading Deadlier version of BrahMos to be tested in three years
More powers for Assam Rifles in Northeast
The Centre has empowered the Assam rifles to arrest anyone and search a place without warrant in the border districts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram. The Assam Rifles is one of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in India. It came into being in 1835. It is under the administrative control of… Continue reading More powers for Assam Rifles in Northeast
Download 7 PM Compilation January, 2019 (16-31 January, 2019)
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Neptune has a new moon
Scientists have recently theorised the origin of Hippocamp- one among Neptune’s moons. Originally designated as S/2004 N 1 and Neptune XIV, this moon was found in images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2004–05 and 2009. It was then confirmed in further images captured in 2016. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space… Continue reading Neptune has a new moon
Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – February 22, 2019
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 Q.1) critically analyse India’s decision of withdrawal of Most Favoured Nation (MNF) status accorded to Pakistan. Q.2) Do you think Gandhi’s relevance is more today than it was during… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – February 22, 2019
Must Read News Articles – February 22nd, 2019
Archives GS 2 Assam Rifles granted power to arrest anyone in the Northeast Assam Rifles, deployed along the Myanmar border, has been empowered by the Centre to arrest anyone and search a place without warrant in the border districts of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram. Picking sides in West Asia India could find… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 22nd, 2019
10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : February 21, 2019
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