24th March – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents: The age of the neoliberal virus A pandemic, an economic blow and the big fix Lockdown and beyond: Governments must aid people For a new generation of heroes in court COVID-19: Many tasks at hand Long live the nation-state: The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated THE AGE OF THE NEOLIBERAL VIRUS Focus: GS-III Disaster Management […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 24 March 2020
Contents: ‘Curfew-like’ restrictions enforced across State Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill without debate Rajya Sabha passes six Bills on last day of session Pandemic is accelerating, says WHO Scientists identify drug candidates against virus Centre amends law to enable excise duty increase on fuel RBI advances second tranche of OMO ‘CURFEW-LIKE’ RESTRICTIONS ENFORCED ACROSS STATE […]
TIME RUNNING OUT TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Why in news? The Future of Earth, 2020,’ which was released here on Thursday by the South Asia Future Earth Regional Office, DIVECHA Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science lists Failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation Extreme weather events Major biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse Food crises Water crises as the five […]
EXPERTS’ MEET TO DISCUSS RESTORATION OF SUN TEMPLE
Why in news? A plan to restore and preserve the nearly 800 Year old Konark Sun temple in Odisha would be drawn up soon, after a two day conference of experts at the end of the month The 13th century temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, had been filled with sand and sealed by the […]
USTR TAKES INDIA OFF DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIST
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has published a notice, amending lists of developing and least-developed countries that are eligible for preferential treatment with respect to CVD investigations. The U.S. government has changed an administrative rule making it easier for it to impose countervailing duties (CVDs) on goods from India and certain […]
PUBLISH CRIMINAL HISTORY OF CANDIDATES, SC ORDERS PARTIES
Why in news? The Supreme Court ordered political parties to publish the entire criminal history of their candidates for Assembly and Lok Sabha elections along with the reasons that goaded them to field suspected criminals over decent people The information should be published in a local as well as a national newspaper as well as […]
HOMO LUZONENSIS: NEW HUMAN SPECIES FOUND IN PHILIPPINES
There’s a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that’s been found in the Philippines. It’s known as Homo luzonensis, after the site of its discovery on the country’s largest island Luzon. Its physical features are a mixture of those found in very ancient human ancestors and in more recent people. […]
STORM CIARA
Storm Ciara is an extratropical cyclone, and the third named storm of the 2019–20 Ireland, Netherlands and UK windstorm season. Ciara brought heavy rain and severe winds across much of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden and other northern regions in Europe. Extratropical Cyclone An extratropical cyclone (also called a mid-latitude cyclone) is a type of […]
HAMPI
Why in news? Supreme court has supported the move of demolishing restaurants near Hampi by Karnataka government Details: The directions under The Mysore Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1961 was followed by Karnataka Government More about Hampi: Modern era Group of Monuments at Hampi site in Ballari district and […]
MLAS WITH CRIMINAL CASE IN DELHI LA
Why in news? 61% of newly elected MLAs declared criminal cases as opposed to 34% in 2015 The seventh Delhi Assembly have almost double the number of MLAs who have declared criminal cases against them compared to the sixth Assembly that was elected in 2015 According to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms […]