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 The Hindu newspaper. This saves the time and effort of students in identifying useful and important articles. With newspaper websites requiring a paid subscription beyond a… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles – Oct 7th 2023
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz -October 6 –2023
Dear Friends,
We are posting 10 PM Current Affairs MCQs for today. On a daily basis, we post 10 MCQs, based on daily current affairs from PIB, The Hindu, Indian Express, DTE, TOI, and Live Mint.
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – October 6th, 2023
Dear Friends, We have initiated some changes in the 9 PM Brief and other postings related to current affairs. What we sought to do: Ensure that all relevant facts, data, and arguments from today’s newspaper are readily available to you. We have widened the sources to provide you with content that is more than enough… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – October 6th, 2023
If Indian troops are removed, Maldives will lose a diplomatic card to balance China
Source: The post is based on the article “If Indian troops are removed, Maldives will lose a diplomatic card to balance China…it will also distance France and US” published in The Times of India on 6th October 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – International Relations – Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and/or affecting… Continue reading If Indian troops are removed, Maldives will lose a diplomatic card to balance China
Educating our security chieftains
Source: The post is based on the article “Educating our security chieftains” published in Business Standard on 6th October 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Issues Related with Education Relevance: concerns with Professional Military Education (PME) in India News: In May 2013, the then Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, laid the foundation stone of the Indian… Continue reading Educating our security chieftains
Mess-y Education- Segregating students by food creates a terrible learning environment
Source: The post is based on the article “Mess-y Education- Segregating students by food creates a terrible learning environment. IIT-B must do better” published in “Times of India” on 6th October 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Governance- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education. News: The article discusses a situation at IIT… Continue reading Mess-y Education- Segregating students by food creates a terrible learning environment
No country for old women
Source: The post is based on the article “No country for old women” published in “The Hindu” on 6th October 2023. Syllabus: GS1- Society- population and associated issues News: The graphically illustrates the challenges faced by India’s growing elderly population, particularly women, in areas such as health, daily activities, and financial stability. It also highlights… Continue reading No country for old women
Defusing the ticking time bomb called diabetes
Source: The post is based on the article “Defusing the ticking time bomb called diabetes” published in “The Hindu” on 6th October 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Governance- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, News: The article discusses the rising issue of diabetes and obesity in India, linked to the high… Continue reading Defusing the ticking time bomb called diabetes
Equality and identity- Equitable distribution of resources must not be by accentuating caste identity
Source: The post is based on the article “Equality and identity- Equitable distribution of resources must not be by accentuating caste identity” published in “The Hindu” on 6th October 2023. Syllabus: GS1- Society- population and associated issues & GS2- polity- caste survey News: The article discusses a detailed caste survey in Bihar, India, revealing that… Continue reading Equality and identity- Equitable distribution of resources must not be by accentuating caste identity
Govt issues guidelines to prevent suicide among students
Source: The post is based on the article “Govt issues guidelines to prevent suicide among students” published in “Indian Express” on 5th October 2023 What is the News? The Union Ministry of Education has released draft guidelines to prevent student suicides in schools. These guidelines are titled UMMEED (Understand, Motivate, Manage, Empathise, Empower, Develop). What… Continue reading Govt issues guidelines to prevent suicide among students
