25 May 21 BASE EFFECT
GS PAPER- 3 ECONOMY SOURCE- ARTHAPEDIA CONTEXT- The base effect refers to the impact of the rise in price level (i.e. last year's inflation) in the previous year over the corresponding rise in...
Current Affairs
25 May 21 Singapore approves Covid Breath
(GS PAPER 2, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SOURCE: THE HINDU) Context: Singapore has approved a covid breath test which detects covid-19 and shows the accurate results in less than a minute. Who developed the test? The test...
25 May 21 74th World Health Assembly
(GS PAPER- 3 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SOURCE: THE HINDU) Context: Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chairman of WHO Executive Board, Dr Harsh Vardhan, chaired 74th World Health Assembly in virtual mode Key points: ...
25 May 21 UNESCO grants World Heritage Site tag (Indian express, History, GS-1)
Context:- UNESCO grants World Heritage Site tag to 14 forts of shivaji maharaj Maharashtra government has nominated the 17th century’s 14 Forts of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for UNESCO grants World...
25 May 21 Expanding the scope of POCSO(The Hindu, Polity, GS-2)
Context:- POSCO act which was enacted to save children from sexual abuse still find itself insufficient to deal with the historic cases. Though before the POSCO act there were some...
25 May 21 A single global tender for vaccine procurement (The hindu, governance, GS-2)
Context:- Pandemic which is devastating now can be restricted through the vaccine but a myopic vision about the vaccination programme hit the economies of scale as well as availability. Issue:- Central...
25 May 21 A September exit, Afghanistan at the crossroads(The Hindu, GS-2, International relations)
Context:- Peace process in afghanistan, as USA wants withdrawal of it’s forces in sept 11, now will take place in Istanbul. Parties will be Afghanistan, Turkey, China, Taliban, pakistan and...
24 May 21 Guarantor beware(Polity, GS-2, Law, The Hindu)
Context:- The Supreme Court judgment of:- upholding creditors’ right to proceed against personal guarantors to loans provided by them to a corporate borrower. This will help in lifting the uncertainty...
24 May 21 Deflating India’s COVID black market boom(Governance, GS-2,The Hindu)
Context:- Covid-19 which has devastated medical supply has also made black economy thrive. This black market acts like a blood succor. So we will talk about how we can undo...
24 May 21 Recalibrate growth, reprioritise expenditures(GS-3, The Hindu, Economy)
Context:- COVID-19 second wave has devastated indian society and particularly the economy by successive lockdown and economic activity restrictions. This led to erosion of central government capacity and it’s income...
