Context The government is planning to set up a committee for an institutional framework on large-scale adoption of electric vehicles in India as a viable clean energy mode chiefly for shared mass transport to help bring down alarming levels of pollution in big cities. The new initiative The government think-tank NITI Aayog has sought comments… Continue reading Electric mobility in India: a viable option?
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Download: ForumIAS PIB Bimonthly Compilation – November 1st-15th, 2017
Download PIB Compilation for the month of November 1st-15th, 2017 (Important for UPSC Prelims and Mains Preparation) below: Click Here to Download PIB Compilation for the month of November About PIB: The Press Information Bureau (PIB) is the nodal agency of the Government of India to disseminate information to the print and electronic media on government policies, programmes, initiatives and… Continue reading Download: ForumIAS PIB Bimonthly Compilation – November 1st-15th, 2017
Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – November 20
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 Indian courts’ are well known for pendency of cases. In this context, highlight the reasons for pendency of cases. How case management system can be useful in reducing the… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – November 20
9 PM Current Affairs Brief – 19th November, 2017
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Must Read News Articles – November 20
Archives GS 2: International relations: Next Door Nepal: Whose dam is it, anyway?(Indian Express) Budhi Gandaki project has become a battleground for Indian, Chinese interests. ‘Bodh Gaya attack was to avenge Rohingya killings’(The Hindu) The Juvenile Justice Board that held an 18-year-old boy guilty of planting explosives at the Bodh Gaya temple complex in Bihar in… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – November 20
Must Read News Articles – November 19
Archives GS: 2 International relations: Pakistan’s Jadhav dilemma(The Hindu) As officials of the Foreign Office, the Law Ministry, the Interior Ministry and the military met in the office of Attorney-General Ashtar Ausaf last month, they had two proposals on their hands. One was to allow consular access for Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian national sentenced to… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – November 19
10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : November 18
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9 PM Current Affairs Brief – 18th November, 2017
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7 PM Daily Editorials Brief – November 18, 2017
Read In-depth analysis of all the Editorials here Source : Economy gets Moody’s thumbs up(The Hindu), Timely recognition: on the Moody’s upgrade(The Hindu) And A step up(Economic times) Analysis : Moody’s upgrades India’s ratings to Baa2 Source : SC for nationwide ban on furnace oil, pet coke(The Hindu) Analysis : Ban on the use of pet coke and furnace oil
Moody’s upgrades India’s ratings to Baa2
Context Moody’s has today upgraded the Government of India’s local and foreign currency issuer ratings to Baa2 from Baa3 and changed the outlook on the rating to stable from positive. Moody’s has also upgraded India’s local currency senior unsecured rating to Baa2 from Baa3 and its short-term local currency rating to P-2 from P-3 What… Continue reading Moody’s upgrades India’s ratings to Baa2
