• 30th edition of the Indo-Thai CORPAT (Indo-Thai Coordinated Patrol) was conducted in November 2020. This is a cooperative exercise between the Indian Navy and the Thai Navy. The Indian navalshipKarmuk, which is a native missile “Corvette” participated in the…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Time Use Survey Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • The all India Time Use Survey, 2019 has just been published by the Government of India. • As a survey…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Paid-up capital Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Context: • Investors in Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB), especially minority shareholders, have valid reasons to be…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Climate change Mains level: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests Context: • Six years ago, on November 12, 2014, President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping…
Mains Paper 2: International Prelims level: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Mains level: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests Context: • Last week, 15 East Asian countries agreed to take their economic integration several…
Mains Paper 2: National Prelims level: Manuel Scavenging Mains level: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Digital in India Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability Context: • Affordable smartphones and Internet access have made India a digital nation with an estimated 750 million connections and a thriving…
• Tamil Nadu is readying contingency plans to face Cyclone ‘Nivar’. The meteorological department has said that Nivar may make a landfall. About: • The Bay of Bengal will see its second Severe Cyclone of the year, after Super Cyclone…
• The projects were approved under Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) of Ministry of Food Processing Industries. About: • CEFPPC scheme is for creation of processing and preservation capacities and modernisation/ expansion of existing food processing units…
• India at the 3rd PCA-India Conference has highlighted how “upholding of international law is central to India’s diplomacy”. Further, India supports the PCA and its mandate to resolve international disputes. About: • PCA was established by the Convention for…
• Government is planning to link e-courts with land records and registration databases of Department of Land Resources. • As per an estimate, about 7.7 million people in India are affected by conflict over 2.5 million hectares of land, threatening…
• A report by Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health underlined the need of bio-safety to prevent the world community from any activity signalling bio-terrorism. Various suggestion by panel includes: • To strengthening disease surveillance, training and capacity building for management…
