News: Economists view trade openness as one of the most critical elements in a country’s development policy. Why India should review its trade protectionist policies? The principle of comparative advantage: Freeing up trade moves a country towards specialization in products. This encourages the country to move towards products with low output costs and move away… Continue reading Why We Must Trade Freely
Transfer as punishment
News: Recently, the Supreme Court collegium recommended the transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court to the Meghalaya High Court. Read more: There’s a need for transparency in transfer of judges What are the questions raised by the transfer? Read here: A routine matter or a punishment post? What does the Memorandum of Procedure for… Continue reading Transfer as punishment
Targeting food: Gujarat civic bodies’ unjustifiable action on vendors selling non-veg fare must be rolled back
News: Gujarat civic bodies recently targeted street vendors selling non-vegetarian food on unreasonable grounds. In another incidence, Haryana’s local actions enforced a ban on meat shops during festivals despite no state-level directions on the issue. What is the issue? Ahmedabad civic body’s town planning committee announced a drive against non-vegetarian street food vendors on the complaints… Continue reading Targeting food: Gujarat civic bodies’ unjustifiable action on vendors selling non-veg fare must be rolled back
More a private sector primer than healthcare pathway
News: NITI Aayog recently released the document “health insurance for India’s missing middle”. Contents1 About the document2 What are the existing health insurance programs?3 What does the report suggest for in-patient care? 3.1 Challenges associated4 What does the report suggest for outpatient care?4.1 Challenges associated5 Why is this report flawed? About the document Read here: NITI… Continue reading More a private sector primer than healthcare pathway
S-400 Triumf Missile system – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Contents1 Introduction2 What is the S-400 Triumf missile system?3 Why India purchased the S-400 missile system?4 What are the issues associated with India’s S-400 purchase?5 Can India face sanctions under CAATSA?6 What is the way forward? Introduction Deliveries of S-400 Triumf Missile defence system to India have been commenced by Russia.… Continue reading S-400 Triumf Missile system – Explained, pointwise
Geography Quiz: Climatology : 18th November 2021
Hello friends,
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 – November 18th, 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 – November 18th, 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | November 17th 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 – November 17th, 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 – November 17th, 2021
There’s a need for transparency in transfer of judges
News: Supreme Court collegium recommended the transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court to the Meghalaya High Court. Chennai bar commission has in fact raised many valid questions. Read here: A routine matter or a punishment post? What does the constitution say about the transfer of high court judges? Article 222:It deals with the transfer… Continue reading There’s a need for transparency in transfer of judges
