Source: The post what lessons should India learn from shocks in its neighborhood has been created, based on the article “The shock-effects of South Asian tumult” published in “The Hindu” on 14th August 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2-international relations-India and its neighbourhood- relations. Context: The article discusses how India’s foreign policy in South… Continue reading What lessons should India learn from shocks in its neighborhood?
How India’s government is shifting science research towards market-driven goals
Source: The post how India’s government is shifting science research towards market-driven goals has been created, based on the article “Hints of the corporatisation of science research in India” published in “The Hindu” on 14th August 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper3- Science and Technology Context: The article discusses how India’s government is shifting science… Continue reading How India’s government is shifting science research towards market-driven goals
The Supreme Court Ruling on Reservation and Its Implications
Source-This post on The Supreme Court Ruling on Reservation and Its Implications has been created based on the article “The post-Mandal moment is here — and it calls for a new politics” published in “The Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-2- Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections of the population by the Centre… Continue reading The Supreme Court Ruling on Reservation and Its Implications
Modern Poultry Farming
Source-This post on Modern Poultry Farming has been created based on the article “How broiler chicken industry has become India’s most organised and vertically integrated agri-business” published in “The Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-3- Agriculture- Economics of Animal-Rearing. Context– The article examines the Contract Farming Model in India’s poultry industry, where… Continue reading Modern Poultry Farming
Bangladesh and the ‘foreign hand’ bogey
Source-This post on Bangladesh and the ‘foreign hand’ bogey has been created based on the article “C Raja Mohan writes: Bangladesh and the ‘foreign hand’ bogey” published in “The Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-2- India and its Neighborhood- Relations. Context– Indian media suggests that Muhammad Yunus, an economist, caused the fall… Continue reading Bangladesh and the ‘foreign hand’ bogey
Environmental Controversy in the Great Nicobar Island
Source-This post on Environmental Controversy in the Great Nicobar Island has been created based on the article “How a wildlife sanctuary in the Great Nicobar Island was made to vanish” published in “The Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. UPSC Syllabus-GS Paper-3- Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Context-The article highlights how the… Continue reading Environmental Controversy in the Great Nicobar Island
Ballast water Management in India- Significance and Challenges- Explained Pointwise
The ballast water management is in news recently after the case of Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department (WRD) demanding ₹160 crore from the Kamarajar Port in Ennore, Tamil Nadu, for inefficient ballast water management. Tamil Nadu WRD contends that ineffienct ballast water management has led to the growth and proliferation of Mytella strigata, or charru… Continue reading Ballast water Management in India- Significance and Challenges- Explained Pointwise
Indian Ocean Structures Named After Indian Figures
Source- This post on Indian Ocean Structures Named After Indian Figures has been created based on the article “Three Indian Ocean structures named Ashoka, Chandragupt and Kalpataru” published in “Indian Express” on 14 August 2024. Why in News? India has successfully proposed names for three underwater geographical structures located in the Indian Ocean, which have… Continue reading Indian Ocean Structures Named After Indian Figures
INS Arighat
Source- This post on INS Arighat has been created based on the article “India ‘fully ready’ to add to fleet 2nd submarine with nuclear-tipped missiles” published in “Times of India” on 14 August 2024. Why in News? India is on the verge of commissioning its second nuclear-powered submarine, INS Arighat, equipped with nuclear missiles for… Continue reading INS Arighat
Long Range Glide Bomb ‘GAURAV
Source- This post on Long Range Glide Bomb ‘GAURAV has been created based on the article “DRDO carries out flight test of Long Range Glide Bomb ‘GAURAV’ from Su-30 MK-I platform off Odisha coast” published in “Economic Times” on 14 August 2024. Why in News? Recently, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India… Continue reading Long Range Glide Bomb ‘GAURAV
