14 Jun 21 Sedition Law
(GS PAPER-2, Fundamental Right Source- Indian Express) Context- Recently, the decision of the Supreme Court has quashed the sedition charges against a senior journalist. Civil society has hailed this as a rootless...
Current Affairs
14 Jun 21 Demand stokes illegal rosewood felling (GS-1, Geography, GS-3, environment and ecology)
Context:- A steep demand in the international market for musical instruments and furniture caused illegal felling of the endangered tropical hardwood tree. What is Evergreen forest:- Conditions for Evergreen Forest:- ...
14 Jun 21 The world is hardly wired for cyber resilience (The Hindu, GS-2, Internal security)
Current Affairs, GS Paper III, Science and technology, Use of technology in the people's lives
0 Comments
Context:- Cyber security means securing cyberspace from attack and economic espionage. Cyberspace is nothing but the interconnectedness of IT infrastructure such as Internet, Telecom networks, computer systems etc. Types of Cyber...
12 Jun 21 Global Liveability Index
(GS PAPER-2, Transparency and Accountability SOURCE- Indian Express) Context- In the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Liveability Index of 140 cities around the world Auckland (New Zealand) has topped the list. Highlights- Global Liveability...
12 Jun 21 Monsoon malady (The Hindu, GS-1, Geography, Issues in urbanisation)
Context:- The monsoon over the greater Mumbai region has come to be characterised by the unsettling annual spectacle of collapsing buildings. An unsafe multi-storeyed building in a core area of...
12 Jun 21 Refocused vaccination campaigns are possible (The Hindu, GS-2, Governance)
Context:- There are many issues regarding the vaccination programme. Here the government couldn’t prioritise the vaccination programme. What are the issues in vaccination:- Less production, More demand. transition from a lack...
12 Jun 21 India’s election in UN Economic and Social Council
(GS PAPER-2, Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings SOURCE- Pib) Context- Recently India has been elected to the Economic and Social Council, which is one of the six main organs of the United Nations,...
12 Jun 21 Centre unlikely to allow return of four Kerala women, who joined IS (The Hindu, GS-2, Internal security, GS-3)
Context:- The four Indian women lodged in an Afghanistan prison are unlikely to be allowed to return to the country. They were accompanied by their husbands to join the Islamic...
11 Jun 21 Election Commissioner
(GS PAPER-2, GOVERNANCE SOURCE- THE HINDU) Context: Recently Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Anup Chandra Pandey was appointed as the new Election Commissioner. It will restore the poll panel to its full strength...
11 Jun 21 Fast Tracking Freight
(GS PAPER-3, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SOURCE- THE HINDU) Context- Recently, NITI Aayog and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has released a Fast Tracking Freight report in India. A Roadmap for Clean and Cost-Effective...