Source: The post is based on the article “Saving the world – DART can reduce risks from meteors” published in the Business Standard on 30th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3: Awareness in the fields of Space. Relevance: About DART Mission. News: NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft has collided with the asteroid Dimorphous. Contents1 What is the… Continue reading Saving the world – DART can reduce risks from meteors
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The right corporate culture would end moonlighting
Source: The post is based on the article “The right corporate culture would end moonlighting” published in the Livemint on 30th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3: Indian economy and employment. Relevance: About Moonlighting. News: Wipro has sacked 300 employees it found guilty of working for its competitors. This triggered the ‘moonlighting’ debate. Contents1 What is moonlighting?2 Why moonlighting is… Continue reading The right corporate culture would end moonlighting
A costly decision – Extension of PMGKAY should have been avoided
Source: The post is based on the article “A costly decision – Extension of PMGKAY should have been avoided” published in the Business Standard on 30th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3: Indian economy. Relevance: About extending PMGKAY. News: Recently, the government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase VII) for a further period of 3… Continue reading A costly decision – Extension of PMGKAY should have been avoided
Foreign trade: Going beyond a phrase
Source: The post is based on the article “Foreign trade: Going beyond a phrase” published in the Business Standard on 29th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Relevance: About India’s foreign trade policy. News: Recently, India’s foreign trade policy, 2015 was extended by six months at a time… Continue reading Foreign trade: Going beyond a phrase
False dichotomies of education that we must strive to overcome
Source: The post is based on the article “False dichotomies of education that we must strive to overcome” published in the Livemint on 29th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 -Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education. Relevance: To balance various dichotomies of education. News: Education should develop children’s capacity to question things in… Continue reading False dichotomies of education that we must strive to overcome
Matter of degrees: UGC should think more on allowing four-year undergraduates to enrol for PhDs
Source: The post is based on the article “Matter of degrees: UGC should think more on allowing four-year undergraduates to enrol for PhDs” published in The Times of India on 29th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 -Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education. Relevance: About UGC’s decision to allow UG Degree holders to… Continue reading Matter of degrees: UGC should think more on allowing four-year undergraduates to enrol for PhDs
Symptoms of climate change are real
Source: The post is based on the article “Symptoms of climate change are real” published in the Business Standard on 28th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Climate Change. Relevance: About climate change. News: The resurgence of the monsoon at a time when it should normally have retreated from the northwest highlighted the impacts of climate change. The… Continue reading Symptoms of climate change are real
Sittanavasal, a Jain heritage site in Tamil Nadu, battles the elements
Source: The post is based on the article “Sittanavasal, a Jain heritage site in Tamil Nadu, battles the elements” published in The Hindu on 25th September 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 About Sittanavasal3 About Sittanavasal’s painting works4 About Sittanavasal’s inscriptions What is the News? At least three-fourths of the art in Sittanavasal is either damaged or vandalised.… Continue reading Sittanavasal, a Jain heritage site in Tamil Nadu, battles the elements
Greying threat: India must have its version of China’s fusion of civil and military in naval deployment
Source: The post is based on the article “Greying threat: India must have its version of China’s fusion of civil and military in naval deployment” published in The Times of India on 26th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security. Relevance: To build India’s grey-zone capabilities.… Continue reading Greying threat: India must have its version of China’s fusion of civil and military in naval deployment
Open networks are good but only if they are regulated
Source: The post is based on the article “Open networks are good but only if they are regulated” published in Livemint on 26th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. Relevance: To understand the need for ONDC. News: The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is being hailed as… Continue reading Open networks are good but only if they are regulated
