News: Supreme Court of India has recently agreed to hear petitions that were asking for legal action to be taken against the organisers of, and speakers at, the ‘Haridwar Dharm Sansad’, held in Uttarakhand. What happened in the above-mentioned event? Read here. Why some petitioners have sought the intervention of apex court in the… Continue reading A quest for social consensus against hate speech
Act now, recast the selection process of ECs
News: Recently, several instances have cast some doubt on the independence and the impartiality of the Election Commission of India (ECI). For instance: The meeting of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and his Election Commissioner attending an informal meeting with the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Why these instances have called the impartiality and… Continue reading Act now, recast the selection process of ECs
How the Seventh Schedule affects delivery of public goods
News: There is a significant need to reform the 7th Schedule to deliver more powers to local bodies. The 7th Schedule should also incorporate a local body list apart from the Union list, Central list & the concurrent list. Why Seventh Schedule need to be reformed? Obsolete: The principles of 7th schedule were taken from… Continue reading How the Seventh Schedule affects delivery of public goods
Reaping India’s demographic dividend
News: India is in the middle of a demographic transition. This is evident from its declining fertility rate which currently is 2.0, median age of 29 years, and a falling dependency ratio (expected to decrease from 65% to 54% in the coming decade). This provides a window of opportunity towards faster economic growth. … Continue reading Reaping India’s demographic dividend
Origins of the species – On human evolution
News: The understanding of the Human evolution has evolved much more compared to early 20th century due to contributions of Leaky family. The article highlights the contributions made by British-Kenyan Leaky family to the understanding of origins of Homo sapiens. Until about the middle of the 20th century, it was a common belief that Homo sapiens evolved around 50,000-60,000… Continue reading Origins of the species – On human evolution
High-Speed Rail Project and its challenges in India – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction In 2022, as India marks its 75th year of independence, Indians were expected to experience the thrill of a bullet train ride. But the railway minister recently said that the likely date for Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail project has been pushed back by several years—to 2026, perhaps. The project is entangled… Continue reading High-Speed Rail Project and its challenges in India – Explained, pointwise
Mains Guidance Program (MGP) 2022 Cohort 8 | Commencing 23rd Jan. | Enroll now
Dear Friends, We are writing to inform you that we shall be commencing with Mains Guidance Program (MGP) 2022 Cohort 8 from 23rd January in Online & Offline Mode. This program covers your entire GS and Essay syllabus with our online Mentor Guided Test Series and Test Discussions. This year we are also introducing Concept Classes along with MGP Tests to… Continue reading Mains Guidance Program (MGP) 2022 Cohort 8 | Commencing 23rd Jan. | Enroll now
How ForumIAS Blog’s Current Affairs were Useful for aspirants in UPSC Mains 2021 General Studies 2 and 3?
Dear Friends, It’s a moment of joy for us, and equally so for the aspirants who’ve been following our blog initiatives sincerely. Many of the questions that came in UPSC GS Mains 2021 GS Papers 2 and 3 were covered on the ForumIAS blog under various initiatives, like, the 9PM Brief, 7PM Editorial and other initiatives.… Continue reading How ForumIAS Blog’s Current Affairs were Useful for aspirants in UPSC Mains 2021 General Studies 2 and 3?
Disaster Management Quiz: Disaster Management 13 January 2022
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 – January 13th, 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 – January 13th, 2022
