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 the time and effort of students in identifying useful and important articles. With newspaper websites… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles – May 20, 2022
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |May19-2022
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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.
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – May 19th, 2022
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 – May 19th, 2022
PM inaugurates country’s first 5G testbed
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is a 5G Testbed?3 What is 5G?4 What is 5Gi Technology? What is the News? The Prime Minister has inaugurated India’s first 5G testbed facility. What is a 5G Testbed? The 5G testbed has been developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by eight institutes led by IIT Madras. Purpose:… Continue reading PM inaugurates country’s first 5G testbed
DRDO & Indian Navy conduct successful maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile off Odisha coast
What is the News? The Defence Research and Development Organization(DRDO) and Indian Navy have successfully conducted the maiden flight test of an indigenously-developed Naval anti-ship missile. What is the Naval anti-ship missile? Developed by: Defence Research and Development Organization(DRDO) for the Indian Navy. Features: The missile has a weight of 380 kg and a range… Continue reading DRDO & Indian Navy conduct successful maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile off Odisha coast
The State of Inequality in India Report released
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the State of Inequality in India Report?3 What are the key findings of the report?4 What are the recommendations given by the report? What is the News? The State of Inequality in India Report has been released. What is the State of Inequality in India Report? Released by:… Continue reading The State of Inequality in India Report released
India has world’s highest number of children with severe acute malnutrition: UNICEF
What is the News? UNICEF has released a report titled “Severe wasting: An overlooked child survival emergency”. What is Severe Wasting? Wasting is defined as low weight-for-height. It is the most visible and lethal type of malnutrition. It affects over 45 million children under age 5. Severe wasting is also known as severe acute malnutrition… Continue reading India has world’s highest number of children with severe acute malnutrition: UNICEF
Explained: What are RFID tags that will be used to track Amarnath pilgrim
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is Radio Frequency Identification(RFID)?3 What are the different types of RFIDs?4 How do RFIDs work?5 Where are RFIDs commonly used? What is the News? After a high-level security review for the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra, the government has decided to track all pilgrims using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. What… Continue reading Explained: What are RFID tags that will be used to track Amarnath pilgrim
Lessons for today from India’s 2006 wheat crisis
News: India faced a wheat crisis in 2006. The present article lists out the reasons that caused it and lessons that can be learnt. The author is this article was appointed as the Secretary of Food and Public Distribution during that time. What was the situation in 2006 and the reasons behind it? – Centre… Continue reading Lessons for today from India’s 2006 wheat crisis
The UN report that highlights India’s vulnerability to drought
News: Recently, the Droughts in Numbers, 2022 report was presented by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Contents1 What is the Drought in Numbers Report? 2 What is UNCCD’S COP15? 3 What are the findings of the report? 4 Other aspects What is the Drought in Numbers Report? The report is a collection of data on the… Continue reading The UN report that highlights India’s vulnerability to drought
