Contents1 What is the news?2 What is Greater Maldive Ridge (GMR)?3 What did the scientists find out about Greater Maldive Ridge (GMR)?4 What is the significance of this study? What is the news? Researchers have traced the tectonic evolution of the Greater Maldive Ridge(GMR). What is Greater Maldive Ridge (GMR)? Greater Maldive Ridge (GMR) is… Continue reading Unraveling tectonic evolution of Greater Maldive Ridge in western Indian Ocean can reconstruct Gondwanaland break up & dispersal
Drone mapping: One in six villages covered in India, shows data
What is the news? The government has announced the SVAMITVA Scheme in 2020 to map land data, create maps and digitize land parcels across the country’s 660,000 villages. The government’s target is to complete the process by 2025. However, the progress on the scheme has been very slow. What is the progress of the SWAMITVA… Continue reading Drone mapping: One in six villages covered in India, shows data
India – Myanmar relations | Timeline
India-Myanmar relations are rooted in shared historical, ethnic, cultural and religious ties. The geographical proximity of the two countries has helped develop and sustain cordial relations and facilitated people-to-people contact. India and Myanmar share a long land border of over 1600 km and a maritime boundary in the Bay of Bengal. A large population of… Continue reading India – Myanmar relations | Timeline
Online gaming in India | Timeline
The online gaming industry in India is home to over 275 gaming companies, more than 15,000 game developers, and around 300 million gamers. A 2019 survey by the U.S.-based Limelight Networks found that India had the second-largest number of gamers after South Korea. According to a report, the number of online gamers in India grew from ~250 million gamers in… Continue reading Online gaming in India | Timeline
[Download] 10 PM Monthly Compilation | January, 2022
Hello everyone, We are posting the Monthly Compilation of the 10 pm Current Affairs Quiz –January 2022. Download using the link given below: Download The 10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz is focused on the current affairs of UPSC Prelims. It consists of 10 questions based on the daily current affairs. To download previous compilations – Click Here
[Questions] Mains Marathon I Daily Answer Writing I Feb 18, 2022
Good Morning Friends, Following are today’s Mains Marathon Questions. About Mains Marathon – This is an initiative of ForumIAS to help/aid aspirants in their writing skills, which is crucial to conquering mains examination. Every morning, we post 3 questions are based on current affairs. The questions framed are meaningful and relevant to the exam. Write your answers… Continue reading [Questions] Mains Marathon I Daily Answer Writing I Feb 18, 2022
Economy Quiz: Economy – Feb 18th 2022
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we are posting today’s prelims marathon. Under Prelims marathon initiative, we on a daily basis are posting 10 MCQs. MCQs are framed based on the predefined syllabus topic.
The idea is to keep the number of MCQ questions to a practicable level so that you do not spend an extra minute than required, and have a maximum output for the UPSC Prelims Exam 2021.
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – Feb 18th, 2022
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 – Feb 18th, 2022
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |February 17th, 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.
Questioning the ban on online gaming platforms
News: The Karnataka High Court has delivered a judgement striking down major portions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021. This law was introduced to ban online gambling and skill-based gaming platforms like rummy, poker and fantasy sports that involved risking money on an uncertain event. Apart from Karnataka, a similar law introduced by the… Continue reading Questioning the ban on online gaming platforms
