Contents1 What is the News? 2 Report on Global Wealth: 3 Covid-19 Impact on Indian Adults: 4 India’s Wealthiest: 5 Gini Coefficient of India: What is the News? Credit Suisse has released a report titled Global Wealth Report 2021. Key Takeaways from the Global Wealth Report 2021: Report on Global Wealth: The aggregate global wealth has risen by $28.7 trillion… Continue reading Covid leaves Indian adults poorer by 6.1% in 2020: Credit Suisse
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Digital Agristack for Farmers
Contents1 Synopsis: 2 About Agristack: 3 Significance of Agristack: 4 Concerns associated with Agristack: 5 Way Ahead: Synopsis: The agricultural ministry is working towards creating a Digital Agristack for farmers. It will collect granular data to provide growers with a range of customized services like input quantity, output choice, potential market etc. About Agristack: The project will collect granular data to provide growers with a… Continue reading Digital Agristack for Farmers
Covid-19 vaccines: EU ignores India, S Africa’s patent waiver plea at WTO
Synopsis: The European Union has presented a declaration to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that overlooks the goals of India and South Africa’s combined request for an intellectual property (IP) waiver on Covid-19 pharmaceuticals and vaccines. Introduction Despite the fact that the waiver idea has the support of over 100 countries, the EU has been opposing… Continue reading Covid-19 vaccines: EU ignores India, S Africa’s patent waiver plea at WTO
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – June 24th 2021
Good Morning dear reader We are posting Today’s Must Read Current Affairs Articles below: About Must Read News Articles: Must Read News Articles is an initiative by Team ForumIAS to provide links to the most important news articles of the day. It covers several newspapers such as The Hindu, Indian Express, Livemint, etc. This saves… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles – June 24th 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | June 23 2021
Good Evening Friends, We are posting today’s 10pm Current Affairs Quiz Prelims Previous Year Sub Wise Quiz [WpProQuiz 2616]
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – June 23, 2021
Mains Oriented Articles GS Paper 2 What the law says on compensation for Covid deaths What can we do to avoid the third wave of Covid? Countering a political act that has a legal garb Why does China consistently beat India on soft power? Need to rethink discriminatory policy The farmers’ protest began a year… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – June 23, 2021
Draft e-commerce rules and their challenges – Explained, pointwise
Contents1 Introduction2 About the Draft E-commerce rules3 Need for the draft e-commerce rules4 Advantages of the draft e-commerce rules5 Challenges with the draft e-commerce rules:6 Conclusion7 Sources Introduction The government has proposed changes to the e-commerce rules under the Consumer Protection Act to make the framework under which firms operate more stringent. It comes 11 months… Continue reading Draft e-commerce rules and their challenges – Explained, pointwise
Bt Cotton adoption in Punjab has resulted in net economic, environmental benefits: Study
Context: Bt cotton’s positive and negative impacts, a recent study titled ‘Long-term impact of Bt cotton: An empirical evidence from North India’ has said its adoption in Punjab in the past over a decade has resulted in net economic and environmental benefits. Bt Cotton in India Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton has been commercially grown in India for the past 19 years. The Genetic… Continue reading Bt Cotton adoption in Punjab has resulted in net economic, environmental benefits: Study
Corpses did not add to Ganga pollution: Centre
Do corpses increase pollution level in Ganga? Context: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) informed that the Floating bodies are not the reason for pollution in Ganga. About the study: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has received a complaint from a citizen. He alleged that the disposal of bodies in and around the river would not only pollute the river… Continue reading Corpses did not add to Ganga pollution: Centre
Social media is a distraction, undeserving of so much sound and fury
Context: Recently, government withdrew Twitter’s safe harbour status, and In the Parliament standing committee on IT, Members of parliament reportedly “grilled” Twitter officials. Author argues that too much attention is being given to Twitter. Why government shouldn’t focus too much on Twitter? Source of fake and unverified info: Twitter is a chaotic echo chamber, which is not a source of verified information. Twitter and social… Continue reading Social media is a distraction, undeserving of so much sound and fury
