April 14th Current Affairs Quiz
INDIA AMONG LEAST-FREE DEMOCRACIES: FREEDOM IN THE WORLD REPORT 2020
Focus: GS-II Governance Why in news? India has become one of the world’s least free democracies, according to a global survey, which warned that “the Indian government’s alarming departures from democratic norms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could blur the values-based distinction between Beijing and New Delhi.” Details The Freedom in […]
15th April – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents The pandemic and the contours of a health response Economic liberalisation and its faults Invasive, alien, most fearsome The Nihangs: once valiant warriors Explained: Air pollution’s link to the coronavirus pandemic THE PANDEMIC AND THE CONTOURS OF A HEALTH RESPONSE Focus: GS-III Disaster Management India’s worries India is facing the worst public health crisis […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 15 April 2020
Contents U.S. approves 2 missile deals with India ICMR suggests testing of pooled samples Amid lockdown, hunters eye rhino horns Virus infections have ‘certainly’ not peaked yet, warns WHO World Economy to contract by 3% IMF HDFC Chairman Suggestion: Easing 90-day NPA deadline norm U.S. APPROVES 2 MISSILE DEALS WITH INDIA Focus: GS-II International Relations […]
PARENTS’ DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH ESSENTIAL; NPR DATA USEFUL FOR WELFARE SCHEMES: GOVERNMENT
Why in news? The Union Home Ministry has informed a parliamentary panel that it proposes to collect details on additional questions such as “date and place of birth of parents” in the National Population Register (NPR) to “facilitate back-end data processing and making the data items of date and place of birth complete for all […]
PIB 14th April
Contents COVID-19: Initiatives by Smart Cities Press Statement from Central Administrative Tribunal COVID-19: INITIATIVES BY SMART CITIES Focus: GS-III Science and Technology, Disaster Management Initiatives by Smart Cities Vadodara The Vadodara district administration has installed a helium balloon attached with two cameras for surveillance on lockdown violators. Bengaluru Model COVID-19 War Room at Bengaluru – […]