Powering reforms

Source: The post is based on the article:“Powering reforms”, published in the Business Standard on 10th August 2022. “Power plays”, published in The Times of India on 10th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 Infrastructure; Energy News: Recently, The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was tabled in the Lok Sabha, and it was immediately sent to the Standing… Continue reading Powering reforms

Fair trial goes beyond courts, to the police and media

Source: The post is based on the article “Fair trial goes beyond courts, to the police and media” published in The Hindu on 10th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges. Relevance: About the information leak from police and its impact by poor media ethics. News: Recently, the… Continue reading Fair trial goes beyond courts, to the police and media

New terms of trade

Source: The post is based on an article “New Terms of Trade” published in the Business Standard on 8th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 Effects of Liberalization on the Economy, Changes in Industrial Policy and their Effects on Industrial Growth. Relevance: External Sector; Foreign Trade Policy, Free Trade Agreements News: In the last fiscal year,… Continue reading New terms of trade

The employment-income crisis

Source: The post is based on an article “The employment-income crisis” published in the Business Standard on 8th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development, and Employment. Relevance: Jobless growth in India and associated reforms News: India is the fastest growing large economy in the… Continue reading The employment-income crisis

Experts Explain: What it will take to fulfill India’s solar power dream

Source: The post is based on the article “Experts Explain: What it will take to fulfill India’s solar power dream” published in the Indian Express on 9th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.. Relevance: About the challenges faced by solar PV manufacturing in India. News: From less than 10 MW… Continue reading Experts Explain: What it will take to fulfill India’s solar power dream

India’s tax-GDP ratio may be too high

Source: The post is based on an article “India’s tax-GDP ratio may be too high” published in the Indian Express on 8th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 The Union Budgeting in India Relevance: Tax/GDP Debate News: In a recent web publication, the IMF published its World Revenue Longitudinal Data set for all countries, from 1990-2019.… Continue reading India’s tax-GDP ratio may be too high

About Gregor Mendel and criticisms against his work: Judging the fudging of data

Source: The post is based on the article “Judging the fudging of data” published in The Hindu on 8th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Awareness in the field of biotechnology. Relevance: About the contribution of Gregor Mendel and the issues surrounding fudging of data. News: Recently the 200th birth anniversary of Gregor Mendel, the ‘father of modern… Continue reading About Gregor Mendel and criticisms against his work: Judging the fudging of data

Tapping technology to check minor mineral plunder

Source: The post is based on the article “Tapping technology to check minor mineral plunder” published in The Hindu on 8th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation. Relevance: About illegal mining of minor minerals News: The United Nations Environment Programme, in 2019, ranked India and China as the top two countries where illegal… Continue reading Tapping technology to check minor mineral plunder

Explained: as India strengthens its climate targets, a look at the progress so far, what’s new

Source: The post is based on an article “As India strengthens its climate targets, a look at the progress so far, what’s new” published in the Indian Express on 6th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 Ecology and Environment Relevance: India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) News: Recently, India has updated its Nationally determined commitments (NDC)… Continue reading Explained: as India strengthens its climate targets, a look at the progress so far, what’s new

Towards a super vaccine

Source: The post is based on an article “Towards a super vaccine” published in The Times of India on 6th August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 science and technology – new developments in the field of biology Relevance: Biological Disaster; Monkeypox and Covid-Pandemic News: On July 23, WHO declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International… Continue reading Towards a super vaccine

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