• Specialists in Hyderabad are utilizing customary Warli craftsmanship (Maharashtra) structure to decorate Hyderabad, yet additionally to make mindfulness on significant issues. Warli is a conventional artistic expression of Maharashtra. Its foundations can be followed to as ahead of schedule…
• National e-Governance Division (NeGD) in partnership with National Law Institute University, Bhopal, launched an Online PG Diploma programme on ‘Cyber Law, Crime Investigation & Digital Forensics’ on 9th November 2020. About: • This initiative will offer a nine-month Online…
• The Fifteenth Finance Commission (XVFC) led by Chairman N K Singh, submitted its Report for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 to the President of India. About: • As per the terms of reference (ToR), the Commission was mandated to…
• Minister of Information Technology announced the fourth edition of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020, through a video message. The IMC 2020 is scheduled for 8th -10th December, and will be held virtually this year given the ongoing pandemic.…
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the state-of-the-art office-cum-residential complex of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) at Cuttack on 11th November 2020. About: • Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, also known as ITAT, is an important statutory body in the…
• The saffron bowl, which was so far confined to Kashmir, may soon expand to the North East of India. Plants from seeds transported from Kashmir to Sikkim and acclimatized there are now flowering in Yangyang in the Southern part…
• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed for passenger buses a technology called Fire Detection and Suppression System (FDSS). About: • FDSS technology can detect fire in buses in less than 30 seconds and extinguish it in…
• National Commission for Women (NCW) received over 13,000 complaints of domestic violence during the COVID-induced lockdown (March to September). • UP, Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana and Bihar make 70% of the complaints. Not even 1% of cases have been registered…
Mains Paper 3: Environment Prelims level: National Clean Air Programme Mains level: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment Context: • In February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a ₹4,400 crore package for 2020-21 to tackle air pollution in…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Mains level: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora Context: • Nobody in the world is going to be sad…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Green Firecracker Mains level: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation Context: • In the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it should surprise…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: India and U.S. relations Mains level: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora Context: • The extraordinary and popular Indian interest in the US elections…
