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 – August 2nd 2021
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Strategic Mistakes and Handling Tricky Questions + Registrations
Dear Friends, In my career as a Mentor, sometime in 2016, my colleague told me that about a girl who insisted on a one-on-one session with me. “But we do not have a place to sit in Rajinder Nagar”, I said. “She has been insisting. See if you can help.” Help I did. I remember… Continue reading Strategic Mistakes and Handling Tricky Questions + Registrations
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz | July 31 2021
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – July 31st, 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 31st, 2021
UNESCO study calls for sensitive reporting of rape cases
Source: The Hindu What is the news? A study on ‘Sexual Violence and the News Media: Issues, Challenges and Guidelines for Journalists in India’ has recommended that, nationally, a charter for news reporting of rape and sexual violence can be established by news industry leaders, which would ensure accountability and commitment to sensitive reporting of… Continue reading UNESCO study calls for sensitive reporting of rape cases
Visualising the Himalaya with other coordinates
Source: The Hindu Relevance: The countries in the Himalayas has to look beyond geopolitics and security to protect the interest of humanity Synopsis: Looking at the Himalayas only through the prism of geopolitics and security concerns ignores its other crucial frameworks. Introduction: India and other countries lying in the Himalayas is so far has been examining the… Continue reading Visualising the Himalaya with other coordinates
Leveraging traditional lo-tech innovations to fight climate change
Source: TOI Relevance: Understanding the role of traditional ecological practices as a sustainable solution to climate change problem. Synopsis: Indigenous technological innovations backed by traditional ecological knowledge is the way forward to fight climate change. Problem with high-tech High-tech solutions to climate change are based on an idea of abundance of resources, money and unrestricted… Continue reading Leveraging traditional lo-tech innovations to fight climate change
Patchwork progress
Source: The Hindu Synopsis: The Government has recently introduced changes to 1961 Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation law. Background Read here: https://forumias.com/blog/changes-to-deposit-insurance/ Benefits for depositors: Added Points As per RBI data, ₹76.21 lakh crore or almost 51% of deposits are now insured, but 98.3% of all accounts have balances of ₹5 lakh or less,… Continue reading Patchwork progress
