16 Sep 21 First in person Quad Meeting. (GS 2; Bilateral Grouping)
Context: Recently, the US announced that the first in-person meeting of the Quad countries is going to be held in New York, US. The heads of all the four countries...
Current Affairs
16 Sep 21 Bihari Cultural heritage:-Losing significance of cultural sweets of Bihar (Art and culture, GS-1))
In India, our cultural heritage has been more significant for a long time. Sweets of Bihars have been famous not only in India but also in the world for the...
16 Sep 21 Sino-India relation (GS-2, international Relations)
For the current Chinese leadership, the 21st century is destined to be China’s alone, with India to be shown its place Fifteen months after the clashes between Chinese and Indian soldiers...
16 Sep 21 Ramappa Temple : Its cultural Significance (gs-1, Culture))
Introduction :-Rudreshwara, popularly known as Ramappa Temple, is located in the village of Palampet approximately 200km north-east of Hyderabad, in the State of Telangana. It is the main Shiva temple...
16 Sep 21 ‘Know the enemy, know self’ is sound professional advice (GS-3, Security)
It can be achieved if the national leadership and military education system have access to full-time domain specialists. Indian Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur(retd.) has opined that the members of both...
15 Sep 21 Behind the great Indian Internet shutdown(The Hindu, GS-2, Governance)
Context:- The Supreme Court of India on January 10, 2020, held that access to information via the Internet is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution. This was in the...
14 Sep 21 In Manipur, a case for asymmetric federalism(GS-2, Federalism)
Context:- Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Council (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was introduced in the Manipur assembly. People from hill areas of manipur is protesting against this bill because this bill...
13 Sep 21 Centre reduces the rate of duty on Crude Palm Oil, Crude Soyabean oil and Crude Sunflower Oil (Economics, Governance, GS-2,3))
Context:-In order to ensure availability of edible oil to consumers at fair prices, Government of India has further reduced the standard rate of duty on Crude Palm Oil, Crude Soybean...
13 Sep 21 Centre Revises “Transport and Marketing Assistance” (TMA) scheme (The Hindu, GS-2)
Context:- Centre has revised "Transport and Marketing Assistance" (TMA) scheme for Specified Agriculture Products’. In February 2019, the Department of Commerce had introduced ‘Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) for Specified...
13 Sep 21 Haryana govt. says uncultivable land outside Old Gurugram not Aravalis (GS-3, Environment)
Context:- The Haryana government has advised the district committees for ‘ground truthing’ of National Conservation Zone in the districts falling in the National Capital Region to not consider gair...
