G20 FMCBG MEETING
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs participated in the 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting. Details and Highlights The G-20 FMCBG meeting was held to discuss the global economic outlook amid evolving COVID-19 pandemic crisis along with other G20 Finance Track priorities for […]
INDO-US STRATEGIC ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
Focus: GS-II International relations, GS-III Environment and Ecology Why in news? India and the United States have announced new areas of research on: Transformational power generation based on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycles and advanced coal technologies, including carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). U.S. – India Strategic Energy Partnership (SEP) review meeting co-chaired by […]
HIRING OPTIMISM GROWS AS DEMAND GATHERS PACE
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Why in news? India’s formal jobs market seems to be stabilizing and hiring is expected to pick up over the 6-month period after July 2020. However, the recovery seems to be uneven with most opportunities emerging from sectors that were least affected by the coronavirus lockdown. Details Several industries such as […]
FAULTS AT THE FOOT OF THE HIMALAYA DISCOVERED
Focus: GS-I Geography, Prelims Why in news? Data from an oil and gas exploration company has now helped geologists discover a series of faults at the foot of the Himalaya. This fault system in the southeastern region of Nepal has the potential to cause earthquakes in the densely populated country. How were the fault lines […]
TRANSMISSION OF CORONAVIRUS ACROSS THE PLACENTA
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology Why in news? A study has found evidence that confirms vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus from the mother to the foetus. What is said regarding the transmission so far? Transmission through droplets and contact with contaminated surfaces seem to be the major routes of novel coronavirus spread. The World Health […]
GROWERS WARY OF RUBBER ACT’S REPEAL
Focus: GS-III Agriculture Why in news? Concerns are being raised as the Centre plans to repeal the Rubber Act of 1947. What are the concerns? The very existence of the Rubber Board, the system of licensing, extension, replanting, research, subsidies, control over export-import and a host of other support systems depend on the Act. Withdrawal […]
PRIVATE UNITS VOICE CONCERN OVER IMPORTS OF SMALL ARMS
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy, Internal Security Challenges Why in news? With Army taking a decision to order another 72,400 assault rifles from Sig Sauer of the U.S., domestic small arms manufacturers have expressed concern over continuing imports. Details The official said Indian companies are not considered for deals through Fast Track Procurement (FTP), which is […]
CHINA HAS CROSSED ITS 1960 CLAIMS ALONG THE LAC
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Chinese troops are currently present on the north bank of Pangong Lake in Ladakh in an area that is beyond what even China described as its official boundary during talks with India in 1960. Details The records contradict China’s current claims of where the Line of Actual Control […]
UN DRAFT DECLARATION AND INDIA’S DEMAND FOR REFORM
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? The final draft of the Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the U.N. favours a softer approach to the process of the expansion of membership. The Declaration is a powerful reiteration of the U.N.’s founding principles that brought a new world order 75 years ago […]