Source: The post is based on the article “Reducing Army presence in J&K hinterland: A thaw in the Valley” published in Business Standard on 21st February 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 – Security challenges and their management in border areas. Relevance: About withdrawing soldiers from J&K. News: Discussion has begun on reducing the presence of Army troops… Continue reading Reducing Army presence in J&K hinterland: A thaw in the Valley
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land degradation: Saving the land for better use
Source: The post is based on the article “Saving the land for better use” published in Business Standard on 20th February 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 – Environment and Bio-diversity Conservation. Relevance: About land degradation in India. News: “Arresting land degradation” was included among the top priorities by the G20 Working Group on Environment and Climate Sustainability. In… Continue reading land degradation: Saving the land for better use
Judgement reserved – Too early to celebrate the lithium find
Source: The post is based on the article “Judgement reserved – Too early to celebrate the lithium find” published in Business Standard on 20th February 2023. Syllabus: GS 1 – Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent). Relevance: About Lithium reserves. News: Recently, a vast deposit of lithium ores… Continue reading Judgement reserved – Too early to celebrate the lithium find
Billionaire Raj: The rise of India’s multi-business conglomerates
Source– The post is based on the article “Billionaire Raj: The rise of India’s multi-business conglomerates” published in the Business Standard on 18th February 2023. Syllabus: GS3- Indian economy Relevance: Wealth concentration News- Recently, two announcements of the past few days grabbed attention. One was Tata-owned Air India’s eye-popping order for 470 passenger planes. The second… Continue reading Billionaire Raj: The rise of India’s multi-business conglomerates
Missing link in UGC’s foreign university plans to set up campuses in India
Source– The post is based on the article “Missing link in UGC’s foreign university plans to set up campuses in India” published in the Business Standard on 18th February 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Issues related to development and management of education Relevance: Higher education News- Recently, UGC unveiled draft norms for allowing foreign universities to set up… Continue reading Missing link in UGC’s foreign university plans to set up campuses in India
Freedom and the big freeze
Source: The post is based on the article “Freedom and the big freeze” published in Business Standard on 17th February 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Governance Relevance: chilling effect and its impact News: The article discusses the way the government is trying to curtail the freedom of media and NGOs. What is the chilling effect and civic… Continue reading Freedom and the big freeze
Urbanisation and urban dynamics
Source: The post is based on the article “Urbanisation and urban dynamics” published in Business Standard on 16th February 2023. Syllabus: GS 1 – Urbanization Relevance: Urbanization and Urban dynamics News: The article discuses about urbanization urban dynamics and also provides that how these two are inter related. What is urbanisation and urban dynamics? Urbanisation is not… Continue reading Urbanisation and urban dynamics
R&D: An inside job – For innovation to power economic growth, Indian industry must raise its investment in in-house R&D five-fold
Source: The post is based on the article “R&D: An inside job – For innovation to power economic growth, Indian industry must raise its investment in in-house R&D five-fold” published in the Business Standard on 16th February 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 – Development and employment. Relevance: About R&D investment in India. News: India lags in Research and… Continue reading R&D: An inside job – For innovation to power economic growth, Indian industry must raise its investment in in-house R&D five-fold
Data embassies may only be allowed to store non-personal information
Source: The post is based on the article “Data embassies may only be allowed to store non-personal information” published in Business Standard on 15th February 2023. What is the News? The Government of India is likely to allow only non-personal datasets to be stored in data embassies. Note: Non-personal data refers to any dataset that… Continue reading Data embassies may only be allowed to store non-personal information
Boosting productivity – Nano-fertilisers will improve efficiency
Source: The post is based on the article “Boosting productivity – Nano-fertilisers will improve efficiency” published in the Business Standard on 15th February 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 – Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies. Relevance: About advantages of Nano-fertilisers. News: Recently, the government approved the commercial release of nano-DAP (di-ammonium phosphate). The first batch of… Continue reading Boosting productivity – Nano-fertilisers will improve efficiency
