Go For The Money: Other higher education institutions should follow IIT Bombay’s example, make aggressive fundraising efforts

Source: The post is based on the article “Go For The Money: Other higher education institutions should follow IIT Bombay’s example, make aggressive fundraising efforts” published in The Times of India on 22nd June 2023 Syllabus: GS 2 – Education. Relevance: About fund crunch in Higher Educational Institutes. News: Nandan Nilekani donated $38. 5 million to his alma mater IIT Bombay. This… Continue reading Go For The Money: Other higher education institutions should follow IIT Bombay’s example, make aggressive fundraising efforts

Marx, Mao And The Bhadralok – On West Bengal election violence

Source: The post is based on the article “Marx, Mao And The Bhadralok” published in The Times of India on 21st June 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Governance – Electoral Reforms Relevance: concerns over violence in West Bengal during elections News: The article highlights the concerns over violence in elections in West Bengal. What are the concerns… Continue reading Marx, Mao And The Bhadralok – On West Bengal election violence

Dead Wrong – Telangana charging the deceased with UAPA brings to life how the most severe laws are casually misused by govts

Source: The post is based on the article “Dead Wrong – Telangana charging the deceased with UAPA brings to life how the most severe laws are casually misused by govts” published in The Times of India on 21st June 2023 Syllabus: GS 3 – Security Issues. Relevance: About misuse of stricter laws. News: In Telangana, police charged the two dead… Continue reading Dead Wrong – Telangana charging the deceased with UAPA brings to life how the most severe laws are casually misused by govts

Coach Red – Kota-type exam prep factories help students clear tough entrance tests, but at great future cost

Source: The post is based on the article “Coach Red – Kota-type exam prep factories help students clear tough entrance tests, but at great future cost” published in The Times of India on 20th June 2023 Syllabus: GS 2 – Education. Relevance: About coaching factories. News: India’s 23 IITs are its most internationally respected higher education brand. Of the… Continue reading Coach Red – Kota-type exam prep factories help students clear tough entrance tests, but at great future cost

Indian Dollar Transfers That Beat Some GOI Welfare Spends

Source– The post is based on the article “Indian Dollar Transfers That Beat Some GOI Welfare Spends” published in The Times of India on 20th June 2023. Syllabus: GS3 – Indian Economy – Money and Banking News- The article emphasis the importance of reducing the cost of remittances. Contents1 What is the news related to?2… Continue reading Indian Dollar Transfers That Beat Some GOI Welfare Spends

Indian Dollar Transfers That Beat Some GOI Welfare Spends

Source: The post is based on an article “Indian Dollar Transfers That Beat Some GOI Welfare Spends” published in The Times of India on 20th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Indian Diaspora Relevance: benefits of remittances for India and associated challenges News: India leads globally in remittance receipts, surpassing Mexico and China and it has reduced… Continue reading Indian Dollar Transfers That Beat Some GOI Welfare Spends

Three years after Galwan, disengagement has not been followed by resolution

Source: The post is based on the following article “The Stories On China That India Will Miss” published in The Times of India on 19th June 2023 “Three years after Galwan, disengagement has not been followed by resolution” published in the Indian Express on 19th June 2023 Syllabus: GS 2 – India and its neighbourhood- relations. Relevance: About India – China border dispute.… Continue reading Three years after Galwan, disengagement has not been followed by resolution

Greenwashed – Aravalis to Goa, rules are being tweaked to allow ecologically dangerous projects and mining

Source: The post is based on the article “Greenwashed – Aravalis to Goa, rules are being tweaked to allow ecologically dangerous projects and mining” published in The Times of India on 19th June 2023 Syllabus: GS 3 – Environment and Bio-diversity Conservation. Relevance: About protecting Indian hill ranges. News: A recent study found that India might lose 22% of Aravallis, India’s oldest… Continue reading Greenwashed – Aravalis to Goa, rules are being tweaked to allow ecologically dangerous projects and mining

Birth Of The Matter – Single persons are denied the right to be surrogate parents on fact-free, not-quite-scientific & vague moral grounds

Source: The post is based on the article “Birth Of The Matter – Single persons are denied the right to be surrogate parents on fact-free, not-quite-scientific & vague moral grounds” published in The Times of India on 19th June 2023 Syllabus: GS 2 – mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections. Relevance: About Regulation of… Continue reading Birth Of The Matter – Single persons are denied the right to be surrogate parents on fact-free, not-quite-scientific & vague moral grounds

Hotspot Minsk – Russia’s likely delivery of tactical nukes to Belarus will set a dangerous, destabilising global precedent

Source: The post is based on the article “Hotspot Minsk – Russia’s likely delivery of tactical nukes to Belarus will set a dangerous, destabilising global precedent” published in The Times of India on 16th June 2023 Syllabus: GS 2 – Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests. Relevance: About Russia – Belarus nuclear deal.… Continue reading Hotspot Minsk – Russia’s likely delivery of tactical nukes to Belarus will set a dangerous, destabilising global precedent

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