WITH LAND RIGHTS, BUT NO LAND
Context: Tribal politics in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir was focused on the twin issues of political reservation and enactment/extension of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006. Relevance: GS Paper 2: Welfare Schemes (centre, states; performance, mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for protection of vulnerable sections); Mains Questions: What are the […]
THE MIGRANT WORKER AS A GHOST AMONG CITIZENS
Context: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the world’s most stringent lockdown on March 24, 2020 with barely four hours-notice, lakhs of migrant workers across the country found themselves trapped in a novel situation: their livelihood in the city was gone, but they could not return to their native villages. Relevance: GS Paper 2: Welfare […]
DANGEROUS SUGGESTION
Context: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and ex-deputy governor Viral Acharya argued against allowing companies to own banks because it would allow non-financial businesses to gain easy access to financing and encourage connected lending and because it could lead to further concentration of economic and political power in certain business houses. Relevance: GS Paper 2: […]
CYCLONIC STROM “NIVAR”
Focus: GS1: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. Why in News? PM speaks to TN CM and Puducherry CM regarding the situation in the wake of Cyclone […]
SIR CHOTU RAM JI
Focus: GS 1;The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country. Why in News? PM Pays Tribute to Sir Chotu Ram Ji on His Birth Anniversary About Sir Chotu Ram Ji Sir Chhotu Ram was a prominent politician in British India’s Punjab Province, an ideologue of the peasants of […]
LACHIT BORPHUKAN JI
Focus: GS 1;The Freedom Struggle — its various stages and important contributors/contributions from different parts of the country. Why in News? PM pays tribute to Lachit Borphukan on Lachit Diwas About Lachit Borphukan Ji The Lachit Borphukan (24 November 1622 – 25 April 1672) was a commander and Borphukan (Phu-Kon-Lung) in the Ahom kingdom, located in present-day Assam, India. He was known […]
RE-INVEST 2020
Focus: GS 3;Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Why in News? Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the virtual 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-Invest 2020). Please click on this link and Refer detailed Explanation about RE-Invest 2020.
NITI AAYOG REPORT ON NUTRITION TARGETS
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? The National Nutrition Mission or the Poshan Abhiyaan — the world’s largest nutrition programme for children and mothers — must be stepped up in order to meet the targets set by the Centre to reduce stunting, wasting, and anaemia by 2022, warns a report by NITI Aayog with […]
PERMANENT COMMISSION: WOMEN ARMY OFFICERS MOVE SC
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Women Army officers moved the Supreme Court to debunk the defence establishment’s announcement that 422 of 615 women officers screened have been found “fit” for a permanent commission. Details Women Army Officers said the announcement regarding “fitness” for permanent commission was more optics than substance. The said that […]
SENTINEL-6 SATELLITE
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? Recently, Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Details Sentinel-6-Satellite is a part of the mission dedicated to measuring changes in the global sea level. The mission is called the Jason Continuity of Service […]