• Kiwis that are wild in the Ziro Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, India are the only certified organic fruit of this type in India. Ziro Valley is located in the Subasili region. Arunachal Pradesh is the 1st state in India…
Mains Paper 2: Health Prelims level: UNEP Mains level: Issues related to the development of social sector/services related to health CONTEXT: • Recently in our society, there is an increasing burden of antimicrobial resistance. WHAT IS ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE? • Antimicrobial…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Purchasing Manager’s index Mains level: Indian economy growth and development and role of GST CONTEXT: • Revenues from the GST crossed the ?1-lakh crore mark for the second month in a row in November.…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Reservation system Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability CONTEXT: • The idea of a caste census is back in the realm of public debate, following the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to…
Mains Paper 1: Society Prelims level: International Day of Persons with Disabilities Mains level: Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism and secularism CONTEXT: • Today, December 3, is the annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES:…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Love-jihad Mains level: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation CONTEXT: • The freedom of conscience means nothing if every act of religious…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Free speech Mains level: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability CONTEXT: • There are lots of issues and controversies surrounding the matters of free speech, when tweets less than 280 characters are enough…
• The International Solar Alliance (ISA) under its ISA care programme, is working on making around 500 hospitals across 47 of the least developed and small island developing member countries run on electricity generated from Sun. Key highlights: • It…
• After tropical cyclone Nivar hit the southern states a week ago, a new storm Burevi is brewing up in BoB. About: • Tropical Cyclones are intense circular storms that originate over warm tropical oceans and are characterized by low…
• India expects to add over 220 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022 and 450 GW by 2030. • Current installed RE capacity is around 90 GW, this includes 36 GW of solar and 38 GW of wind…
• Government is considering a plan to build a 10-gigawatts hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh, following reports that China could construct a super dam on a lower reaches of Brahmaputra river. • Amidst the ongoing border issue with China, damming…
• Maritime Theatre Command (MTC) as first of the five Theatre level commands is scheduled for formation in 2021. Other planned theatre commands include an Air Defence Theatre Command and three commands for land forces. • Theaterisation aims at compiling…