Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: National Skill Development Corporation Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to development and employment Context: • Covid-19 continues to ravage lives and destroy economies, causing disruption that will change the world forever. •…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: Health start-up Mains level: Describe the role of tech start-up to build public healthcare infrastructure Context: • Covid-19 has exposed the gaps in public healthcare infrastructure and human resources, if this hadn’t already been…
Mains Paper 2: National Prelims level: Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act of 1979 Mains level: Migrant workers occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions provisions and significance Context: • The issue of migrant workers has evoked widespread debate in the development discourse…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: PPE Mains level: Social issues Context: • As Delhi heads for a case load of half a lakh and 80 per cent of ICU beds are filled, the health crisis is being intensified with…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: India-China relations Mains level: About recent clashes with Chinese troops in Galwan of Valley of eastern Ladakh and its implications on India China relations Context: • In pushing India to a tipping point,…
• The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati in association with RR Animal Healthcare Ltd and Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) developed low-cost diagnostic kits. These are Viral Transport Media (VTM) kits, RT-PCR kits, and RNA isolation kits. The…
• A MoU has been signed between Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to engage SIDBI as the Implementation Agency for PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) – a Special…
• The Government of India and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a $750 million “COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Programme” to assist India to strengthen its response to the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable…
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining. About: • A two-stage e-auction is being adopted for the allocation of mines. The decision was part of the announcements made by the Centre…
• The World Sickle Cell Day is being observed on June 19, 2020. It is observed each year to raise public awareness about the sickle cell disease and its treatment methods. Sickle Cell Anaemia: • It is characterized by a…
• Recently, the Supreme Court refused to order a stay on work for the Central Vista project with the Centre stating that there was no violation of process in the grant of clearances for the Rs 20,000-crore redevelopment project. About…
• The recent Kodumanal excavation where 10 pots and bowls were excavated. These items were placed outside three-chambered burial cists. This threw light on burial rituals and the concept of an afterlife in megalithic culture. • Researchers identified 250 cairn-circles…
