Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Neyveli thermal power station Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • Two deadly industrial disasters, in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, leading to the loss of at least eight lives…
• The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a new plan for governments worldwide that outlines policies and investments for making energy systems cleaner and more resilient. • The plan will focus on a series of actions that can be taken…
• The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Shri Hardeep Singh Puri launched the sixth edition of the annual cleanliness survey of urban India, the toolkit for Swachh Survekshan 2021. The survey…
• Assam keelback has recently been rediscovered after 129 years in Arunachal Pradesh. About: • The scientific name is Herpetoreas pealii. • It is commonly known as Assam keelback; Peal’s keelback. • It is a species of snake in the…
• Iran has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump and has requested the Interpol to issue a “Red Notice” and detain him and others who they believe carried out the drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassem…
• PM Modi’s official page on Chinese social media website Weibo went blank with the removal of his photograph and all 115 posts made over the past five years. About: • Sina Weibo is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website. Weibo…
• Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic. Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that was responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic. About: •…
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has operationalised the Rs 30,000 crore special liquidity scheme for NBFCs and HFCs. The cabinet had given its nod to the scheme on May 21, and now the RBI has notified it. About:…
• Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic. Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that was responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic. About: •…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana Mains level: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes Context: • Rice and wheat stocks in…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Foreign direct investment Mains level: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors Context: • Competition for foreign investment is intensifying, spurred on by national campaigns to shift supply chains and the urgent…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: COVAXIN Mains level: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health Context: • India’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine (COVAXIN) developed by a Hyderabad-based company in collaboration with the ICMR is…
