• ATL App Development Modules On July 10, 2020, ‘ATL App Development Modules’ was launched for school children across the country in line with the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative to transform school students from smartphone-based applications users into innovative smartphone-based applications…
• American space agency NASA is planning to land the first woman on the Moon by the year 2024 under the Artemis lunar exploration program. What is Artemis? • In 2011, NASA began the ARTEMIS (Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics…
• The Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR) at the University of Toronto, Canada recently released a study titled ‘Snakebite Mortality in India: A Nationally Representative Mortality Survey’. Key findings: • India recorded 1.2 million snakebite deaths in the 20-year…
• Recently, Nepal blocked the transmission of all private TV news channels barring Doordarshan from India after one channel aired highly objectionable content defaming Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. • Nepal government expressed that it will not allow foreign…
• A new study published in The Lancet has concluded that herd immunity against Covid-19 is difficult to achieve based on estimates of seroprevalence for the entire Spanish population. About: • It is a large-scale seroepidemiological study, and concluded that…
• Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship today launched Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee-Employer Mapping (ASEEM) portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities. About: • The portal will map details of workers based on regions and local industry demands…
• WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. About: • The Panel will be co-chaired by former Prime Minister of…
Mains Paper 4: Ethics Prelims level: Companies Act 2013 Mains level: Role of independent directors as per companies act 2013 Context: • In the aftermath of several corporate frauds and mis-governance witnessed world over, various authorities introduced provisions giving statutory…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Extrajudicial killing Mains level: Impact of Extrajudicial killing in the system of governance Context: • The Uttar Pradesh Police’s account of the killing of Kanpur gangster Vikas Dubey on Friday, even if taken at…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Committee for the Reform of Criminal Laws Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • Home Ministry has formed a ‘Committee for the Reform of Criminal Laws’. • An apparent short…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Context: • The government needs to borrow and spend more now in order…
Mains Paper 3: Environment Prelims level: cool roofs programme Mains level: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment Context: • India is among the most rapidly urbanising countries in the world. • In 2018, nearly 34% of the country’s…
