Contents1 What is the news?2 About the State of the Education Report (SOER) for India3 What are the key findings of the State of the Education Report (SOER) 2021?4 What are the key recommendations of the SOER report? What is the news? United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recently released its 2021… Continue reading India’s school system faces acute shortage of teachers, says UNESCO report
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41 Industrial Parks identified as “Leaders” in the Industrial Park Ratings System Report
Contents1 What is the news? 2 What are the key findings of the IPRS 2.0 Report? 3 What is the significance of the IPRS 2.0 Report? 4 What is the Industrial Park Rating System (IRPS) exercise? What is the news? The 2nd edition of the Industrial Park Rating System (IPRS) Report was launched by the Department for Promotion of… Continue reading 41 Industrial Parks identified as “Leaders” in the Industrial Park Ratings System Report
Srei’s fall and the sorrysaga of shadow lenders
What is the news? After the 2018 collapse of IL&FS and 2019 collapse of DHFL, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has added the Kolkata-based Srei Group to the country’s list of failed non-bank lenders. The regulator superseded the boards of two non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd and Srei Equipment Finance Ltd.… Continue reading Srei’s fall and the sorrysaga of shadow lenders
Govt proposes changes to Forest Conservation Act
Contents1 What is the news? 2 What amendments have been proposed? 3 What is the definition of forest land?4 What is the rationale behind introduction of draft amendment? What is the news? The Centre has proposed an amendment to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, to liberalize forest laws. The ministry sent all states a copy of… Continue reading Govt proposes changes to Forest Conservation Act
Some dope on law: Decriminalise cannabis, rework NDPS Act, for investigative focus on hard drugs supply
What is the news? The arrest and custodial interrogation of celebrity attendees of a cruise party has reopened the debate over criminalisation of cannabis. What is the status of cannabis regulation in India? India criminalised cannabis under American pressure in 1985 through the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. As per GoI surveys, even after three decades of criminalization of cannabis, ganja… Continue reading Some dope on law: Decriminalise cannabis, rework NDPS Act, for investigative focus on hard drugs supply
Bilateral exercises: JIMEX and EXERCISE MITRA SHAKTI
Contents1 What is the news?2 About Mitra Shakti3 About JIMEX4 Other exercises between India and Japan What is the news? India take part in 5th edition of India – Japan Maritime Bilateral Exercise, JIMEX and 8th edition of India-Sri Lanka bilateral joint exercise Mitra Shakti this week. About Mitra Shakti 8th edition of India-Sri Lanka bilateral joint military… Continue reading Bilateral exercises: JIMEX and EXERCISE MITRA SHAKTI
Nobel Prize for Physics Goes to 3 for Climate Discoveries
What is the news? Nobel Prize for physics 2021 has been awarded to scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi. This is the first time climate scientists have been awarded the Physics Nobel. About the discovery Manabe and Hasselmann were cited for their work in “the physical modeling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming”. Manabe demonstrated how an increase in the amount of carbon… Continue reading Nobel Prize for Physics Goes to 3 for Climate Discoveries
Health Benefit Package under Ayushman Bharat revised
What is the news? The National Health Authority (NHA), the apex body for implementing Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), has revised the Health Benefit Package (HBP) Master under the scheme. About the revised changes in the Health Benefit Package In the revised version of the Health Benefit Package (HBP 2.2), new… Continue reading Health Benefit Package under Ayushman Bharat revised
History Quiz: Medieval History – Delhi Sultanate 7th October 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.
Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Launches Rewarding Scheme for Grant of Award to the Good Samaritan who has saved life of a victim of a fatal accident involving a motor vehicle
Contents1 What is the news?2 Who is a Good Samaritan?3 What is the Good Samaritan Law?4 What is the rewarding scheme all about?5 How the Good Samaritan will be selected? What is the news? Recently, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has issued Guidelines for the Scheme for grant of Award to… Continue reading Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Launches Rewarding Scheme for Grant of Award to the Good Samaritan who has saved life of a victim of a fatal accident involving a motor vehicle
