Good Morning dear reader We are posting Today’s Must Read Current Affairs Articles below: 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… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles – Sep 15th 2021
[UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #152 : R.N. Choubey Board, Maharashtra Home State, Running, cooking Hobbies
Date of Interview: 2nd Sept. Board: R. N. Choubey sir Background: M.Sc Mathematics from BITS Pilani Hobbies: Running, cooking Home State: Maharashtra To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2020, visit this page Chairman Tell me your academic and work experience in 1 minute. (Didn’t need that long! LOL) How did you get interested in Mathematics when… Continue reading [UPSC Interview 2020] – Transcript #152 : R.N. Choubey Board, Maharashtra Home State, Running, cooking Hobbies
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | 14 September 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 – September 14th, 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 – September 14th, 2021
Govt. curbs funding for 10 climate change, child labour NGOs
What is the news? Recently the government curbed the funding for a group of ten American, Australian and European NGOs dealing with environmental, climate change and child labour issues. A similar incident also happened in the past when the government restricted Greenpeace (The International NGO) from receiving foreign funds. What were the instructions given by… Continue reading Govt. curbs funding for 10 climate change, child labour NGOs
Not just groundwater, fluoride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal
Contents1 What is the news?2 Background3 What are the three stages to fluoride toxicity? 4 What are the harmful effects of the Fluoride contamination? 5 What are the methods to control fluoride contamination? What is the news? A new study has pointed out that crops and vegetables that use fluoride-contaminated groundwater have been contributing to an increase in consumption of… Continue reading Not just groundwater, fluoride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal
Climate change could cause 216 mn to migrate: World Bank
What is the news? As per the report of the World Bank, climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes by 2050 and create migration hot spots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap. Climate change is a powerful driver of internal migration… Continue reading Climate change could cause 216 mn to migrate: World Bank
Cybersecurity can be made agile with zero-shot AI
Synopsis: Zero shot AI model can help to develop a robust and adaptive cybersecurity defence against new attacks. What makes AI a reliable tool in cybersecurity? The ability to learn from large volumes of data and find patterns of abnormal behaviour makes AI and particularly machine learning (ML) attractive in cybersecurity. ML algorithms can be… Continue reading Cybersecurity can be made agile with zero-shot AI
Urban safety net: On urban-MGNREGA
Synopsis: Instead of going forward with the ‘urban-MGNREGA’, the government needs to focus on coming up with new ideas to alleviate the condition of the urban poor. Introduction Recent data from both the private and public sector has revealed that there is considerable distress within India’s labour force. This distress has manifested in an increase… Continue reading Urban safety net: On urban-MGNREGA
Criticism of the IBC’s recovery record is unwarranted
Synopsis: The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which was promoted as a panacea to the problem of bad loans, has been attacked as being ineffective at best and counterproductive at worst. It requires a more nuanced debate. Introduction In recent months, a landmark economic reform of the last decade has come under criticism from various… Continue reading Criticism of the IBC’s recovery record is unwarranted
