News: While it is right to be concerned about cryptocurrency, but RBI’s move to ban crypto and refer it to the Ponzi scheme lacks balance. Read here: The Cryptocurrency deception How crypto is beneficial? Crypto could save in remittances transfer as India received 87 bn dollars and remittance charge alone cost 30,000 crores. Crypto with near-zero fees… Continue reading RBI ought to take a balanced view on cryptocurrency
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Winds of Change in Urban India that demand close investigation
News A recent analysis has shown that wind speed in major Indian cities has been slowing down consistently and significantly over several decades. The average wind speed has fallen by 47% in Hyderabad, 47% in Bengaluru, 46% in Kolkata What are the causes of this decrease? While the exact explanation of this phenomenon is not… Continue reading Winds of Change in Urban India that demand close investigation
Where Are Our Qiaos & Wangs?
News: Former Indian foreign secretary and China expert Vijay Gokhale, in his recent book on Tiananmen, made the observation on military power and intellectual power. He mentioned it is the intellectual power that Beijing is most afraid of as a challenge. In this regard, the author of the article advocates scaling up strategic thinking capabilities… Continue reading Where Are Our Qiaos & Wangs?
A world Fragmented by divergences in data regulation
News In the current times, Data is the new oil, and across the globe, various countries have been using very different approaches to manage this resource. Justice Srikrishna Committee Report of 2018 also mentions this divergence between the US, European and Chinese approaches, which is only increasing with passing time. Contents1 What are the different… Continue reading A world Fragmented by divergences in data regulation
The Ukraine war, India and a stand of non-alignment
News: World is criticizing Russia over its actions on Ukraine. What are the concerns of Russia? It is clear that NATO expansion to Russian borders is a legitimate security threat for Russia. President of Ukraine should have been more careful in devising a formula to lean towards the west and ease Russian concerns at the… Continue reading The Ukraine war, India and a stand of non-alignment
Location/IR/Geography Quiz-March 2, 2022
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.
10 PM Daily Current Affairs Quiz |March 1,2022
Hello friends,
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.
9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – March 1st, 2022
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… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – March 1st, 2022
Reporting Cyberattacks
News Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is likely to come up with new cyber security regulations. These regulations are likely to put the onus organisations to report any cybercrime that may have happened against them, including data leaks. Such provision is part of the Data Protection Bill 2021 and European Union General Data Protection… Continue reading Reporting Cyberattacks
Debunking Russia’s international law justifications
News: Russian invasion of Ukraine is not justified under any circumstance. Russia has disrespected the UN charter and many other international laws. Contents1 What is the belief of Russia?2 Why the Russian actions are not justified?3 Why International Criminal Court is unable to exercise its jurisdiction?4 What should global community do? What is the belief of… Continue reading Debunking Russia’s international law justifications
