Contents1 What is the News?2 What are Neo Banks?3 What is the difference between Neo Banks and traditional Banks?4 Can Neo Banks replace Traditional Banks?5 What are the challenges that they face? What is the News? Neo-Banks bridge the gap between the services that traditional banks offer and the evolving expectations of customers in the… Continue reading Explainer: Neo Banks vs Traditional Banking
PM inaugurates InFinity Forum, a thought leadership Forum on FinTech
What is the News? The Prime Minister has inaugurated InFinity Forum, a thought leadership Forum on FinTech. Click Here to read about the InFinity Forum Contents1 What is Fintech?2 What are the pillars of Fintech?3 India’s Financial Inclusion Initiatives with the help of Fintech 4 Suggestions to improve FinTech What is Fintech? Fintech (finance and technology)… Continue reading PM inaugurates InFinity Forum, a thought leadership Forum on FinTech
Longest in-country migration route of lesser florican from Rajasthan tracked
What is the News? A recent study has for the first time tracked the longest in-country migration route of lesser Floricans from Rajasthan to Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district. About the study The study on the Lesser Florican Migration Route has been launched as part of the bustard recovery programme which is a conservation initiative for the… Continue reading Longest in-country migration route of lesser florican from Rajasthan tracked
India revokes PepsiCo’s potato patent
Contents1 What is the News?2 Background3 What has been done now?4 What is the significance of this decision? What is the News? The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights (PPV&FR) Authority has revoked a PVP (Plant Variety Protection) certificate granted to PepsiCo India Holding (PIH) on a potato variety (FL-2027) on multiple grounds. Note:… Continue reading India revokes PepsiCo’s potato patent
Explained: Why Centre has refused to accept Paika revolution as first war of independence
What is the News? The government of India has said that the Paika rebellion cannot be called the first War of Independence At present, the Indian Mutiny or Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 is called the first war of Independence against British Rule. What is the Paika Rebellion? Read more: About Paika Rebellion What is the… Continue reading Explained: Why Centre has refused to accept Paika revolution as first war of independence
Bills to extend tenures of CBI, ED chiefs introduced in Lok Sabha
What is the News? The Government of India has introduced the two Bills — Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021 and The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the Lok Sabha. The Bill seeks to extend the tenure of the CBI and ED chief to a maximum of five years from the present… Continue reading Bills to extend tenures of CBI, ED chiefs introduced in Lok Sabha
Dam Safety Bill,2019 – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Contents1 Introduction2 What is the need for the Dam Safety Bill?3 Aim of the Dam Safety Bill4 Salient provisions of the Dam Safety Bill5 What are the advantages of the Dam Safety Bill?6 What are the challenges associated with the Dam Safety Bill?7 What should the government do? Introduction Recently, the… Continue reading Dam Safety Bill,2019 – Explained, pointwise
Geography Quiz: Indian Geography – Map Based Questions from India & World : 4 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.
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – December 4th, 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 4th, 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | December 3rd 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.
