News: Indians have to be critical about celebrating every time an NRI gets to head a giant corporation. There is a need to look at the kind of company they are running, the nature of products, or their business practices. About Indian’s performance in a global arena One should recognize the achievements or the hard… Continue reading Celebrating NRI success: When ‘national pride’ trumps obvious questions
“Chinese Project at Balochistan port: local protests, global concerns”
News– Since November, there have been continuous protests in Gwadar, Baluchistan against mega-development plans of the port city as a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. About Baluchistan- Baluchistan is among the least developed even though it is the most resource-rich of Pakistan’s four provinces. The main means of livelihood for people in the region is fishing. What are Indian Specific concerns of India? … Continue reading “Chinese Project at Balochistan port: local protests, global concerns”
“Future of jobs: Modernised labour market require social security”
News-Pandemic has led to dramatic increase in employees working remotely particularly in white collar jobs. What are the other changes to the work models? With the normalisation of work from home model, companies have also started providing work contracts and complementarity flexibilities. It means they are offering different combinations of flexi-work and financial security and medical benefits s per the combination. For instance, HUL has launched ‘U-Work’… Continue reading “Future of jobs: Modernised labour market require social security”
[Yojana December Summary] Capacity Building of PSUs – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Contents1 Introduction2 About CPSUs3 Why capacity building of PSUs is required?4 What steps the government has taken towards the capacity building of PSUs?5 What are the benefits of capacity building of PSUs?6 What are the challenges faced in the capacity building of PSUs?7 What reforms are necessary for the capacity building… Continue reading [Yojana December Summary] Capacity Building of PSUs – Explained, pointwise
[Download] Prelims Marathon Weekly Compilation – December, 2021 – 1st week
Hello everyone, We are posting a compilation of Prelims Marathon for the month of December 2021 – First week. Click on the following link to download Download About Prelims Marathon Daily Prelims Marathon is focused on UPSC Prelims 2020. Under this initiative, we post, daily 10 MCQs, based on the provided weekly schedule. For More… Continue reading [Download] Prelims Marathon Weekly Compilation – December, 2021 – 1st week
Economy Quiz: Indian Economy – Inflation & Unemployment – 11 December 2021
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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.
About the foreign aids: Imagine: The common good
News: In recent years, Canada, Australia, and the UK have merged their independent aid ministries with their foreign ministries. Germany and other countries are also considering such a merger. Contents1 What are the reasons behind the merger?2 About the types of aid3 What is the impact of framing aid to fulfil national objectives?4 Does the… Continue reading About the foreign aids: Imagine: The common good
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – December 11th, 2021
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 – December 11th, 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | December 10th 2021
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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 – December 10th, 2021
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 and… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – December 10th, 2021
