News: A Special session of the World Health Assembly was held recently to negotiate the pandemic treaty. The proposal for a new pandemic treaty is mainly championed by the European Union. Read more about this treaty here. What is the current mechanism to deal with any International health emergencies? Currently, Global public health responses are… Continue reading Why WHO’s Pandemic treaty is a smokescreen
On India’s Data Policy – The promise and peril of big data in India’s policy space
News: Even years after India initiated an ‘open data’ policy, openness, of public datasets, is still very rare. Unlike in the West, the statistical ecosystem in India is not such that administrative datasets can be scrutinized by independent researchers and then deployed for policymaking. What are the issues/ challenges in using administrative data for policymaking?… Continue reading On India’s Data Policy – The promise and peril of big data in India’s policy space
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – December 22nd, 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 22nd, 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | December 21st 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 21st, 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 21st, 2021
Multistate cooperatives: Govt plans to amend the Law – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction The central government has decided to amend the Multi State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002 to plug the loopholes in the Act. Further, it has also begun the process of formulating a new cooperative policy, with the newly created Ministry of Cooperation writing to key stakeholders for suggestions. What is… Continue reading Multistate cooperatives: Govt plans to amend the Law – Explained, pointwise
[Download] 9 PM Weekly Compilation – December, 2021 – 3rd week
Hello everyone, We are posting a Compilation of the 9 PM current affairs brief for the 3rd week of the Month of December. Click on the following link to download Download About 9 PM Current Affairs Brief: The idea behind the 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief is to make aspirants aware of the important news from… Continue reading [Download] 9 PM Weekly Compilation – December, 2021 – 3rd week
Economy Quiz: Indian Economy – Infrastructure and Investment – 21 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 21st, 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 21st, 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | December 20th 2021
Hello friends,
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.
