Editorials/Opinions Analyses for UPSC – 26 May 2021
Contents How vehicle tracking could curb tax evasion? Deflating India’s COVID black market boom How vehicle tracking could curb tax evasion? Context: In a move that is expected to help curb tax evasion, Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities will now be able to track real-time data of commercial vehicle (CV) movement on highways by […]
How vehicle tracking could curb tax evasion?
Context: In a move that is expected to help curb tax evasion, Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities will now be able to track real-time data of commercial vehicle (CV) movement on highways by integration of the e-way bill (EWB) system with FASTag and RFID. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Transparency & Accountability Measures, Government […]
Deflating India’s COVID black market boom
Context: With the second wave of infections and the rise in COVID-19 positive cases in India, the necessity for integral medicines, hospital beds and oxygen supplies has gone up incrementally. In such a situation, the boom in black-market sale of essential needs such as medicines and oxygen tanks has emerged as most reprehensible is the […]
Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Exam – 26 May 2021
Contents India’s new IT rules of intermediaries One Stop Centres (OSCs) across 10 missions for women Panel to define offences of speech, expression India’s new IT rules of intermediaries Context: Social media giant Facebook said it aimed to comply with the provisions of India’s new IT rules of intermediaries, which come into effect on 26th […]
Panel to define offences of speech, expression
Context: A panel constituted by the Union Home Ministry to suggest reforms to the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) is likely to propose a separate Section on “offences relating to speech and expression.” Relevance: GS-II: Polity and Governance (Freedom of Speech, Government Policies & Interventions, Issues arising out of the design and implementation of such […]
One Stop Centres (OSCs) across 10 missions for women
Context: The Central government will set up One Stop Centres (OSCs) across 10 missions (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada and Singapore) to provide assistance to Indian women who are survivors of gender-based violence. Relevance: GS-II: Social Justice (Issues related to women, Welfare Schemes) Dimensions of the Article: […]
India’s new IT rules for intermediaries: Information Technology Rules, 2021
Context: Social media giant Facebook said it aimed to comply with the provisions of India’s new IT rules of intermediaries, which come into effect on 26th May 2021. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has notified Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 in February 2021. Relevance: GS-II: Polity and […]
26th May 2021 Current Affairs Quiz
PIB 26th May 2021
BUDDHA PURNIMA Focus: GS I- Ancient History Why in news? Vice President greeted the nation on the eve of Buddha Purnima. About Gautam Buddha: Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha at Lumbini near Kapilavastu (in present Nepal) in 566 BC. He was the son of Suddhodhana and Mahamaya. Suddhodhana was the chief of the Sakya […]