• Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa announced his resignation from the top post on 26 July 2021, when his government completed 2 years in the state after being elected to power in the year 2019. The 78-year-old Yediyurappa, often…
• Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers informed Parliament that India will explore indigenous deposits of phosphatic rock, a step towards becoming AatmaNirbhar in fertilizer production. About: • Phosphorus rocks or phosphate rocks are unprocessed ores. • Phosphate rock deposits…
• NASA is set to launch the large infrared James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) touted as the “premier observatory” of the coming decade later this year. About: • Considered the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope, JWST will study various…
• Dholavira, the archaeological site of a Harappan-era city, received the UNESCO world heritage site tag. About: • While Dholavira became the fourth site from Gujarat and 40th from India to make the list, it is the first site of…
• The reorganized Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme will be implemented in all states/UT in 2018-19. It was introduced in 2018. It is a Centrally-funded programme. The primary goal is to strengthen Panchayati Raj institutions in order…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Emigration Bill 2021 Mains level: Issues related to Public Policies Context: • In this article, the author highlights the provisions of the new Emigration Bill 2021 and its lacunae in various aspects. • Emigration…
Mains Paper 2: International relations Prelims level: Afghanistan Mains level: India and its neighbourhood relations Context: • Recently, the US troops departed from the biggest airbase in Afghanistan after the 20-year-long war, effectively ending their military operations in the country.…
• Uzbekistan hosted a high-level International Conference titled “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities” at Tashkent, recently. About: • The conference was an initiative of the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. • Delegates from over 40 countries…
• The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare provided details about the SAANS campaign recently. What is Pneumonia? • Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. • The air sacs…
• The central government last week decided to declare the “84 kos parikrama marg” around Ayodhya a national highway. About: • Road Transport and Highways Ministry has issued Draft Notification declaring ‘Chaurasi Koshi Parikrama Marg’ as National Highway in the…
• Mirabai Chanu from Imphal won the silver medal and became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games 2020 in the Women’s 49kg category. Zhihui Hou of China won the gold medal in the women’s…
• The Government of India informed Lok Sabha that it has decided as a matter of policy not to enumerate caste-wise population other than SCs and STs in Census. Subsequently many leaders demanded a caste-based census. About: • Every Census…
