13 Feb 21 OTT Platforms: Need regulation?
Context Recently, the I&B ministry has decided to bring the OTT(Over the top) platforms under the purview of a regulating policy. In November 2020, the OTT platforms were brought under...
Current Affairs
13 Feb 21 Retiring Members of Rajya Sabha
Context- Rajya Sabha bid farewell to four retiring members with the deputy Chairman Harivansh heaping lavish praise on the leader of the opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad About Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha...
13 Feb 21 Inter Caste Marriage- A Way to Eliminate Caste Distinction
Context: The Supreme Court quashed the petition related to declaring marriage illegal, filed by the family whose daughter fled from Bengaluru to Delhi to marry her lover. Observation of Supreme Court: ...
12 Feb 21 National AYUSH Mission
Context: National AYUSH Mission which is a centrally sponsored scheme is being implemented by Central government through States/UTs for development and promotion of Ayurvedic medicine. Provisions for the promotion for Ayush System...
12 Feb 21 A resilient future for Uttarakhand
Why is Uttarakhand vulnerable? ->Uttarakhand is located in the midst of young and unstable mountains which are subjected to intense rainfall. ->The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment Report (2019) -> one-third of the...
12 Feb 21 Cryptocurrency
What is cryptocurrency It is a digital currency in the form of a code, sender and receivers identity can be hidden even a probe can’t through light on identities Bitcoin...
12 Feb 21 In Biden’s policy pursuit, the world order challenge
Issue: During campaign Biden was vocal about restoring JCPOA with Iran which the USA had left during the Trump era. Now work on this is very slow Problem Biden will reverse...
12 Feb 21 The agonising cost of ham-handed development
Issue: Recent disaster in Uttarakhand due to avalanche ->Some people argue that it is because of haphazard development. ->Why haphazard development in Uttarakhand. It is devbhumi, which has many pilgrimage centre These...
12 Feb 21 India’s Digital Services Tax: Discriminatory?
Context: Recently, a United States Trade Representative (USTR) investigation found India’s Digital Services Tax (DST) to be biased. It mentioned that the tax is not consistent with prevailing principles of...
12 Feb 21 PRELIMS FACTS 12 FEBRUARY 2021
International Day of Women and Girls in Science:11 February. In December 2015, The United Nations adopted a resolution to celebrate February 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls...