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We are posting the 10 PM current affairs quiz for today. Under our 10 PM current affairs quiz initiative, we are posting 10 MCQs sources from news articles, on a daily basis. MCQs in this initiative are sourced from PIB, The Hindu, Indian Express, etc.
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 – April 25th, 2022
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Olga Tellis vs Bombay Municipal Corporation Judgment?3 Questions before Supreme Court: 4 What were the State Government’s arguments?5 What was the ruling of the Supreme Court? What is the News? The Supreme Court Judgment in the “Olga Tellis vs Bombay Municipal Corporation,1985” may become a game-changer in the… Continue reading Understanding the Olga Tellis judgment
What is the News? The European Parliament and European Union(EU) Member States have announced that they have reached a political agreement on the Digital Services Act(DSA). What is the Digital Services Act(DSA)? Purpose: The Act is a set of rules on intermediaries’ obligations and accountability across the single market and ensures higher protection to all… Continue reading Digital Services Act(DSA): Explained: European Union ground rules for Web
Contents0.1 What is the News?0.2 What does the China-Solomon Islands security deal contain?1 What is the significance of this deal?1.1 What are the concerns raised by other countries?1.2 How will this deal impact India?1.3 What is Solomon Islands? What is the News? China’s government has signed a security deal with the Solomon Islands. What does… Continue reading Explained | Why has the China-Solomon Islands deal become the latest flashpoint between China and the U.S.?
Context: Recently, the NITI Aayog released a draft battery-swapping policy pertaining to two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and e-rickshaws. The draft policy aims to address some key concerns within the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem. What is the objective of the draft policy? It will promote adoption of EV. It would lower dependencies on fossil fuels and reduce the… Continue reading On Electric Vehicle adoption in India: The right push
Context: In a rapidly changing world, there is a need to talk about skill development and predicting where jobs will be in 2032. What are the challenges wrt job creation? It is difficult to predict what jobs will be created in the long run. Also, India’s mental models for skill related policies were not only… Continue reading Changing the skill development model
Context: India is searing. Large parts of the country are in the grips of unbearable heat and heatwaves. It’s not supposed to be like this in March and April. Such heat is usually expected in May and June – the year’s hottest months. But this temperature anomaly is not unexpected. In fact, various IPCC reports… Continue reading Living in hothouse India: We have entered a new age of heat extremes. Concrete and glass-heavy urban buildings are a major hazard
Context: Thermal power plants in India are once again struggling with coal inventory dipping to critical levels. A similar coal crisis had surfaced in India in October last year. Given that both coal mining and logistics through railways are dominated by GoI-owned enterprises, it reflects poorly on official management of an essential economic input. Contents1… Continue reading That coal feeling: Shortage of rail wagons is one reason for dipping power plant inventory. But problem goes further
News: Recently, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) froze assets of Amway India worth ₹758 crore. The federal agency issued a statement, alleging that the company was perpetrating a “scam” by running a pyramid “fraud” in the guise of direct-selling MLM network. The new members, it said, are not buying the products to use those, but to… Continue reading Amway a Ponzi scheme? ’Buyer beware’ won’t do
