Good evening dear reader. Here is our 9pm current affairs brief for you today GS-1 The plight of Sanitation workers GS-2 NEP: Computational Thinking Precautions during festive season GS-3 Digital payment system in India Durga Puja and Economy 9 PM for Preliminary examination FACTLY 1.The plight of Sanitation workers Source: The Hindu Syllabus: GS-1- Society… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Brief – October 22nd, 2020
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COVID/Corona Vaccine development in India: Progress and challenges
News: At present development of 34 COVID/Corona Vaccine candidates, is at Clinical Trials Level. 8 COVID/Corona Vaccines are on the 3rd stage of Clinical Trials. News developments In India at least 8 COVID/Corona Vaccine candidates are being developed, of there almost 3 vaccine candidates at advanced stages of development. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine or ChAdOx1 is… Continue reading COVID/Corona Vaccine development in India: Progress and challenges
Durga Puja and Economy
How important are festivals for the economy? In 2020, the projected size of the Durga Puja economy could be about 2 lakh crores (13-14% of West Bengal’s GDP). Puja shopping for apparel, shoes, electronic gadgets, spending over idols, pandals, and tourism, all contribute to the economy. Contribution of Durga puja festival to the economy is… Continue reading Durga Puja and Economy
Digital payment system in India
What is the role of RBI in the evolution of digital payment in India? RTGS- This system enables the transfer of money from one bank account to another on a “real-time” and on “gross” basis. Settlement happens in real-time. The large value payments on stock trading, government bond trading and other customer payments were covered… Continue reading Digital payment system in India
Precautions during festive season
What are the views of experts amid festive season? Committee warning – A government-appointed committee of doctors and scientists warned of a rapid surge of 26 lakh Coronavirus cases within a month if people show laxity in following COVID-19 protocol during the upcoming festive season and winter days. Kerala festive example– The epidemic curve of… Continue reading Precautions during festive season
NEP: Computational Thinking
National Education Policy Computational Thinking What is algorithms? How does it translate in the NEP? The notions of calculation and algorithms are as old as mathematics and date back to the early stages of representing numbers and geometrical figures and manipulating them for various uses. All early learning of counting and arithmetic is method-based, and… Continue reading NEP: Computational Thinking
The plight of Sanitation workers
The Hidden World of Sanitation Workers :- What were the demands of civil society? How did the government respond? Civil society started a movement in the 1990s to eradicate dry latrines, the focus now is on manhole deaths and provision of safety equipment to sanitation workers. Several State governments and the previous Central governments have… Continue reading The plight of Sanitation workers
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon (Science & technology)–October 22nd,2020
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10 PM Current Affairs Quiz: October 21st,2020
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9 PM Daily Brief – October 21st, 2020
Good evening dear reader. Here is our 9pm current affairs brief for you today GS-2 1.Implications of Indo – US Defence deals SVAMITVA- Digitization of land records GS-3 Offset Policy in Defence India’s innovation potential and initiatives Fiscal Expansion Response GS-4 Dire need of Police reforms 9 PM for Preliminary examination FACTLY 1.Implications of Indo… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Brief – October 21st, 2020
