Source: The Hindu Contents1 What is the News?2 About the Study:3 Key Findings of the study:4 What are Microplastics? What is the News? A Study titled ‘Quantitative analysis of Microplastics along River Ganga’ has been released by a Delhi-based environment NGO, Toxics Link. About the Study: The study was carried out in collaboration with the… Continue reading Analysis by NGO reveals microplastics in Ganga
EU’s carbon border tax – Explained, pointwise
Contents1 Introduction2 About EU’s carbon border tax3 Rationale behind the tax4 How the carbon border tax will work?5 Countries that might be impacted6 Why is India opposing it?7 Issues/concerns/challenges8 Suggestions/Measures9 Conclusion Introduction In March 2021, the EU Parliament had adopted a resolution to implement a ‘Carbon Border Adjusted Mechanism’ (CBAM), pertaining to which proposed that… Continue reading EU’s carbon border tax – Explained, pointwise
Geospatial Technologies for the Water Sector in India
Source: PIB What is the news? The Director-General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga has recently released a report titled ‘Potential of Geospatial Technologies for the Water Sector in India’. Geospatial technology is a term used to describe the range of modern tools contributing to the geographic mapping and analysis of the Earth. The… Continue reading Geospatial Technologies for the Water Sector in India
Indian Economy Quiz: Agriculture | 23 July, 2021
Only 2 Days left for SFG 2021 – Level 3 Entrance Test | Register Now
Dear Friends, SFG 2021 Level 3 – The last SFG for Prelims 2021 – a daily marathon PRELIMS TEST SERIES that ensures complete syllabus coverage. Students will be required to report at 7 AM every day 6 days a week to write an hour-long test based on a pre-planned syllabus, followed by a discussion on the same. SFG is… Continue reading Only 2 Days left for SFG 2021 – Level 3 Entrance Test | Register Now
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – July 23rd 2021
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 – July 23rd 2021
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | July 22 2021
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – July 22nd, 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 – July 22nd, 2021
India must directly engage with Taliban 2.0
Source: The Hindu Relevance: India’s future Afghan policy in the light of American exit from Afghanistan. Synopsis: India must reset its Afghan policy. Engagement with Taliban is a reality which cannot be ignored. Contents1 Background2 What should India do?3 Evolution India’s Taliban policy4 Rationale behind indirect talks5 Why India should engage the Taliban directly?6 Way… Continue reading India must directly engage with Taliban 2.0
Power hurdles: Consumers need to wait before they can choose supplier
Source: Business Standard Relevance: Challenges ahead of draft Electricity Bill, 2021. Synopsis: The latest amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003 seek to abolish the power distribution license. Further, it will allow any company to supply electricity in an area. However, these amendments might not be enough to remove existing obstacles in the power sector. Background: The… Continue reading Power hurdles: Consumers need to wait before they can choose supplier
