Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: PMJAY scheme Mains level: Limitations of insurance-driven health infrastructure in India Context: • The treatment of Covid-19 was brought under ‘Ayushman Bharat’ (or the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana) exactly two months back, and…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Rent-seeking tendency Mains level: Limiting to welfare measures in Hindi heartland states in India Context: • The massive stimulus given to the economy in the wake of COVID-19 is largely a supply-side management measure,…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Parliament Mains level: Technology inclusion in Indian Parliament to deliver a system of governance Context: • Parliaments in democracies around the world are meeting and questioning their governments on their responses to the COVID-19…
Mains Paper 3: Environment Prelims level: World Environment Day theme 2020 Mains level: Environment conservations and awareness Context: • Since 1974, World Environment Day has been celebrated every year on June 5 is known as the most renowned day for…
( This One liners and other current affairs are available on youtube – ) • The International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is annually observed by United Nations on 4 June. It was established in 1982 in…
• The International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is being observed on 4 June. About: • The International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is annually observed by United Nations on 4 June. • It was established…
• The Union Cabinet has given its approval to rename Kolkata Port as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. About: • The Kolkata Port is the first Major Port as well as the only riverine port of the country. • It came…
• The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing the MoU between the Government of India and Bhutan on Cooperation in the areas of Environment. About: • The MoU will cover the following areas of the environment: (1) Air;…
• Union Government has launched a new initiative SWADES- Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support to conduct a skill mapping exercise of the returning citizens under the Vande Bharat Mission. About: • This is a joint initiative of the…
• The World Bank released its Global Economic Prospects (GEP) June 2020 report. Key highlights of the report: • The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have “severe” short and long-term effects on economic growth. • Current estimates show that 60…
• Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) downgraded the Government of India’s foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings to “Baa3” from “Baa2”. It stated that the outlook remained “negative”. About: • The latest downgrade reduces India to the lowest investment grade of…
• China under the multi-billion-dollar CPEC will set up a 1,124-megawatt power project in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. • Despite India’s objection to it, the details of the Kohala hydropower project was presented in the 127th meeting of the Private Power and…
