• Public and Private Health Facilities were felicitated with Kayakalp award for high standards of Sanitation and Hygiene. The government had launched a National Initiative ‘Kayakalp’ on 15th May 2015 to ensure hygiene, sanitation and cleanliness in Public Health Facilities…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Mao Zedong Mains level: India and its neighbourhood- relations Context: • Chinese strategists often invent past military triumphs against India. They forget that the age of teaching anyone a lesson is over. •…
Mains Paper 3: Security Prelims level: WhatsApp Mains level: Social Media related issues Context: • WhatsApp in its new privacy policy brought differentiation between “messages with friends or family” and “messages with a business”. • In some conditions, business messages…
Mains Paper 1: History Prelims level: Swami Vivekananda Mains level: Important Personalities Context: • Swami Vivekananda’s birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day in India every year on 12 January. • He is the inspiration behind National Youth Day. In…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: USA politics Mains level: Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other countries Context: • A balance has to be struck between police autonomy and political executive in USA and India. •…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Farm laws Mains level: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System-objectives, functioning, Context: • The Supreme Court passed an interim order in the ongoing contestation between…
Mains Paper 2: International relations Prelims level: SAARC Mains level: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Context: • The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), appears to be all but dead in…
• Union government indicated that it is looking for an early implementation of the four labour codes, and rules to this effect will be ready by the end of January. • Centre is holding a tripartite consultation (involving its officials,…
• Crop insurance scheme The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) successfully completes 5 Years of operations on 13th January 2021. Key achievements: • Average sum insured per hectare has increased from Rs. 15,100 during pre-PMFBY Schemes to Rs. 40,700…
• Speaking at an UNSC meeting organized on the 20th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1373, India proposed an 8-point action plan to ensure effective action against the menace of terrorism. • Resolution 1373, adopted in the wake of 9/11…
• Sugarcane farmers have demanded that sugar mills must pay FRP in one go, however Sugar millers have claimed that higher FRP and SAP is leading to rising cane price payment arrears to farmers. • It is claimed that present…
• The Supreme Court has put a stay on the implementation of the three farm laws until further orders. It has also set up a committee of agricultural experts to facilitate talks between the Centre and farmers’ unions to resolve…
