What is the News? According to reports, China has constructed a second village along the disputed border in Arunachal Pradesh. However, the Indian Army has said that the location of this enclave was north of the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in Chinese-held territory. Moreover, this strategy of construction of villages shows China’s salami-slicing tactics to… Continue reading Second Chinese village along Arunachal border: Satellite images
RBI working group warns on digital lending by big tech players
What is the News? A working group set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed stricter norms for digital lenders. Background RBI had constituted the working group on digital lending including lending through online platforms and mobile apps under the chairmanship of Jayant Kumar Dash, Executive Director, RBI. The working group was… Continue reading RBI working group warns on digital lending by big tech players
Personal guarantors may be part of cross-border insolvency framework under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
What is the News? The government is planning to bring personal guarantors for corporate debtors under the purview of the cross-border insolvency regime. What is Cross Border Insolvency? Cross border insolvency denotes the treatment of financially burdened debtors where: the assets are in more than one country (or) creditors are in more than one country.… Continue reading Personal guarantors may be part of cross-border insolvency framework under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
Government will repeal all 3 farm laws: Modi
What is the News? The Prime Minister has announced that the government has decided to repeal the three controversial farm laws passed in the Monsoon Session of Parliament in September 2020. What were the three farm laws that have been repealed? Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act,… Continue reading Government will repeal all 3 farm laws: Modi
Coal Ministry Accelerates Sustainable Development Efforts: Constitutes Sustainable Development Cell
What is the News? The Ministry of Coal has accelerated the establishment of the Sustainable Development Cell. What is the aim of the Sustainable Development Cell? Aim: To promote environmentally sustainable coal mining in the country and to address environmental concerns during mining operation and till the decommissioning or final closure of mines. What are… Continue reading Coal Ministry Accelerates Sustainable Development Efforts: Constitutes Sustainable Development Cell
ASER Survey and issues in school education – Explained, pointwise
For 7PM Editorial Archives click HERE → Introduction Recently, the 16th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) survey 2021 has been released. Unlike other ASER reports that are focused on learning outcomes, 2020 and 2021 reports are focused on rural school education levels in a post-pandemic world. It also captures trends during the early phases of partial school… Continue reading ASER Survey and issues in school education – Explained, pointwise
Geography Quiz: Landforms formed due to erosion and depositional agents : 19th November 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.
[Download] Prelims Marathon Weekly Compilation – November, 2021 – 2nd week
Hello everyone, We are posting a compilation of Prelims Marathon for the month of November 2021 – Second week. Click on the following link to download Download About Prelims Marathon Daily Prelims Marathon is focused on UPSC Prelims 2020. Under this initiative, we post, daily 10 MCQs, based on the provided weekly schedule. For More… Continue reading [Download] Prelims Marathon Weekly Compilation – November, 2021 – 2nd week
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – November 19th, 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 19th, 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | November 18th 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.
