What is the News? The Union Labour Ministry has revised the Wage Rate Index by setting the new base year at 2016 which will replace the old series with base of 1963-65. What is the Wage Rate Index? Wage Rate Index is a vital economic indicator that measures changes in the wage level in selected… Continue reading What the new wage rate index series means for salaries?
First of the four ships under Survey Vessel (Large) project for Indian Navy launched in the presence of Raksha Rajya Mantri at GRSE, Kolkata
What is the News? The Indian Navy has launched Sandhayak, a survey vessel, in Kolkata. What is Sandhayak? ‘Sandhayak’ is one of the first of the four Survey Vessels (Large) projects being built for the Indian Navy. Developed by: Defence Public Sector Undertaking, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Limited. Purpose: To conduct a full-scale… Continue reading First of the four ships under Survey Vessel (Large) project for Indian Navy launched in the presence of Raksha Rajya Mantri at GRSE, Kolkata
Poverty ratio 32.75% in rural areas against 8.81% in urban: NITI report
What is the News? Recently, Niti Aayog has released India’s first National MPI (multidimensional poverty index). The index is based on the findings of the fourth National Health Family Survey (2015-16). This index calculated the poverty ratio on the basis of three dimensions of MPI– health, education, and standard of living — with each having a… Continue reading Poverty ratio 32.75% in rural areas against 8.81% in urban: NITI report
Judicial Infrastructure, a neglected case
What is the News? The Chief Justice of India has proposed the creation of a National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India (NJIAI) to address neglected judicial infrastructure in the country. What is the state of judicial infrastructure in India? Firstly, the total sanctioned strength of judicial officers in the country is 24,280 but the number… Continue reading Judicial Infrastructure, a neglected case
India’s First private Cryogenic Engine – Hyderabad-based rocket men aim for the stars
What is the News? Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based space technology startup, has successfully test-fired the Dhawan-1 engine and is planning to launch Vikram-1 and Vikram-2 launch vehicles in a few years. What is Dhawan-1? Dhawan-1 is India’s first privately developed, fully cryogenic rocket engine. It runs on two high-performance rocket propellants — liquid natural gas… Continue reading India’s First private Cryogenic Engine – Hyderabad-based rocket men aim for the stars
Economy Quiz: Indian Economy – National Income Accounting : 6 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.
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Omicron likely to cause re-infections, surge in cases, say experts
What is the news? The new variant of COVID-19 i.e. Omicron is spreading across India. The experts say that the surge is likely due to reinfections (people getting infected with the virus again) and even vaccinated people getting infected. What are the concerns about this variant? More transmissible than Delta. This is evident from the… Continue reading Omicron likely to cause re-infections, surge in cases, say experts
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – December 6th, 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 6th, 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | Revision Test | December 5 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.
Important Species | Biodiversity | Updated for UPSC Prelims
Species in News for UPSC Prelims On this page, you can read all the important species in news for Prelims 2022. You can provide feedback for the upcoming material in this series. We will keep this page updated. Basic Concepts of Biodiversity and other aspects of environment – Click Here Basics of IUCN list, WPA… Continue reading Important Species | Biodiversity | Updated for UPSC Prelims
