Social Media & hate speech Impact of social media: Social media spreads messages way faster than other forms of mass media. Nearly 60,000 posts are shared on Facebook in just one second across the globe. Nearly 8,00,000 messages are sent in just one second across WhatsApp. Almost 70,000 searches are made on Google in just one second. How social… Continue reading Social Media and hate speech
Issue of Hate speech in India
In News- Sudarshan TV case will have several implications for the regulation of free speech. What is hate speech? The term hate speech is understood as any kind of communication in speech, writing or behaviour that attacks or uses pejorative or discriminatory language with reference to a person or a group on the basis their collective identity, be it race,… Continue reading Issue of Hate speech in India
Guru shishya parampara scheme
Guru Shishya Parampara Scheme Government of India and Department of Culture launched a Scheme called ‘Guru Shishya Parampara Scheme’through Zonal Cultural Centre to preserve and promote rare and vanishing art forms whether classical or folk/tribal. Objective of the scheme was to nurture the young talents to acquire skills in their chosen field of art through some… Continue reading Guru shishya parampara scheme
CPI-IW: Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
The Labour and Employment Ministry on Thursday revised the base year of the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) from 2001 to 2016. Why the base year for the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers(CPI-IW) has been changed? Due to the changing consumption pattern, more weightage has been given to spending on health, education,… Continue reading CPI-IW: Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon (History, Art & Culture)| October 26th 2020
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Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 26th October 2020
Good Morning dear reader. We are posting Today’s Must Read Current Affairs Articles below: GS Paper – 1 GS Paper – 2 Why US President poll matters to India Syllabus Topic – Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora REINVENTING NON-ALIGNMENT Syllabus Topic – Bilateral, regional and… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 26th October 2020
10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: October 25th 2020
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Download EPIC! | September 2020
Click Here to Download – EPIC! Magazine for September 2020 Dear Forumites, The fifth edition of EPIC! Magazine comes at the culmination of the Civil Services Preliminary Examination of 2020. For those aspirants, who have cleared the prelims should now focus on mains, and here EPIC! Magazine provides an issue-based analysis of mains related topics.… Continue reading Download EPIC! | September 2020
[Downloads] Prelims Marathon Compilation – October, 2020 – 2nd week
Hello everyone, We are posting compilation of Prelims Marathon for the month of October, 2020 – 2nd week Click on the following link to download Prelims Compilation for the month of October, 2020 – 2nd week About Prelims Marathon Daily Prelims Marathon is focussed on UPSC Prelims 2020. Under this initiative, we post, daily 10… Continue reading [Downloads] Prelims Marathon Compilation – October, 2020 – 2nd week
Ports for foreign trade during Ancient times
During Gupta period, there was a flourishing external and internal trade. The trades were carried both by land and rivers. During this period the wealth of the Roman Empire reached India through the ports of Kalyan, Chaul, Broach, and Cambay in Western India. Tamralipti was an important port in Bengal. It carried on trade with… Continue reading Ports for foreign trade during Ancient times
