What is the News? The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has launched the India-ITU Joint Cyberdrill 2021. What is India-ITU Joint Cyberdrill 2021? The ITU aims to improve the cybersecurity readiness, protection and incident response capabilities of Member States by conducting CyberDrills at the national and regional levels. India-ITU Cyberdrill… Continue reading India-ITU Joint Cyberdrill 2021 commences
Funds for malnutrition scheme under-utilised: data
What is the News? The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has released data on the progress of the Poshan Abhiyan Scheme. What does the data say on Poshan Abhiyan? The funds released under the Poshan Abhiyan Programme which is aimed at curbing malnutrition in the country stand severely under-utilised. Out of the 36… Continue reading Funds for malnutrition scheme under-utilised: data
Parliamentary debates: Significance, issues and the way forward – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Contents1 Introduction2 What is the significance of Parliamentary debates?3 What are the rules and frameworks regarding debates?4 What has been the trend with respect to the Parliamentary debates?5 What are the issues/challenges hindering the debates?6 What are the implications of lack of debates in the Parliament?7 What is the way forward?… Continue reading Parliamentary debates: Significance, issues and the way forward – Explained, pointwise
Climate disasters displace more people than conflicts now
What is the News? The “World Migration Report 2022” has been published. More about the report: It is a biennial report published by the “International Organization for Migration” (IOM) of the UN. The report quoted the regular data collation by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). The 2022 report on global migration focuses on migration… Continue reading Climate disasters displace more people than conflicts now
With India’s demographic transition, come challenges
Source: This post is based on the article “With India’s demographic transition, come challenges” published in Indian Express on 1st December 2021. Syllabus: GS 1 – Population and associated issues. Relevance: To understand the concerns associated with achieving Fertility Rate. News: According to the latest round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS 2019-21), India’s Total Fertility Rates (TFR) has reached… Continue reading With India’s demographic transition, come challenges
Geography Quiz: Economic Geography – Agriculture and Animal Husbandry : 2 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 2nd, 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 2nd, 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | December 1st 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.
Explained: What’s in Uttarakhand’s Char Dham Act, and why it is being withdrawn
Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Char Dham Act?3 What is the controversy?4 What is the step taken by Government? What is the News? Uttarakhand CM has announced the withdrawal of the Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, which was made an act in 2019. The decision will lead to the abolition of Uttarakhand… Continue reading Explained: What’s in Uttarakhand’s Char Dham Act, and why it is being withdrawn
Explained: Barbados – the world’s newest republic
What is the News? Nearly 400 years after the country became a British colony, Barbados has become the world’s newest republic. This was done after Barbados removed Queen Elizabeth II as the head of the state in a ceremony attended by Prince Charles. What is the history of Barbados as a British Colony? Barbados first… Continue reading Explained: Barbados – the world’s newest republic
