Source: Down To Earth What is the News? The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released the report titled ‘Transparency Index — Rating of Pollution Control Boards on Public Disclosure’. About CSE Transparency Index: The index assessed the data disclosure performance of 29 state pollution control boards and six pollution control committees from across… Continue reading How transparent are India’s pollution control boards?
Government of India developed robust mechanism for Online Trading of Energy Saving Certificates
Source: PIB What is the News? The Ministry of Power issued more than 57 lacs Energy Saving Certificates to 349 industrial units because they saved more energy than the targets. These units will be able to trade certificates through Power Exchange Portal to those units that could not achieve their targets. About Perform, Achieve and… Continue reading Government of India developed robust mechanism for Online Trading of Energy Saving Certificates
An ancient Dravidian language link with the Indus Valley civilisation
Source: Indian Express What is the News? A new research paper published in the journal ‘Nature’ has provided some interesting new insight into the linguistic culture of the Indus Valley Civilization. About Indus Valley Civilization: Indus Valley civilization is the oldest urban civilization discovered to date. It flourished in the basins of the Indus River… Continue reading An ancient Dravidian language link with the Indus Valley civilisation
Data science and digital coding could soon be the new English
Source: Livemint What is the news? World Economic Forum (WEF) recently came out with its report titled – The Future of Jobs. Significance The report tries to answer this question – will Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technology take over our jobs? Findings Double-disruption: Automation, in tandem with the COVID-19 recession, is creating a ‘double-disruption’ scenario for… Continue reading Data science and digital coding could soon be the new English
Explained: Ozone pact in climate fight
Source: Indian Express What is the news? India recently ratified the Kigali Agreement to the Montreal Protocol after 5 years of negotiation. It is expected to help energize collective global effort to address global warming as well as climate change. Background: In 1989 Montreal Protocol was signed to protect the ozone layer of the upper… Continue reading Explained: Ozone pact in climate fight
How can the new rebate scheme help exporters? (On RoDTEP scheme)
Source: Livemint What is the news? Recently, the Commerce Ministry released details of new scheme RoDTEP scheme to help exporters to stay competitive and increase exports at a time when there is an increase in demand from developed economies. Background Read here: Govt notifies RoDTEP rates, guidelines How does the new scheme work? The refund… Continue reading How can the new rebate scheme help exporters? (On RoDTEP scheme)
SC: Arrest shouldn’t be done as routine
Source: Times of India What is the news? According to Supreme Court, arbitrary arrest should not be done when the accused is cooperating in the probe and there is no reason to believe that s/he will abscond or influence the investigation. Context The court passed the order on a plea of an accused seeking anticipatory… Continue reading SC: Arrest shouldn’t be done as routine
Miscellaneous Quiz: Various Security Forces & Their Mandate & Miscellaneous | 20 August, 2021
Hello friends,
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 – August, 2021 – 2nd week
Hello everyone, We are posting a compilation of Prelims Marathon for the month of August 2021 – Second week. Click on the following link to download Prelims Compilation for the month of August 2021 (Second Week) About Prelims Marathon Daily Prelims Marathon is focused on UPSC Prelims 2020. Under this initiative, we post, daily 10… Continue reading [Download] Prelims Marathon Weekly Compilation – August, 2021 – 2nd week
Must Read Current Affairs Articles – Aug 20th 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 – Aug 20th 2021
