Mains Paper 4: Ethics Prelims level: Social and emotional learning Mains level: Emotional intelligence Context: • While the policy notes numeracy and literacy as its central aims, SEL should be an equally important goal as it supports skills such as…
• The 18th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Consultations were held virtually on 14th September. The economic ministers of the 10 ASEAN countries attended the meeting. Among different things, the ministers actively mentioned the early commencement of the ASEAN India Trade…
• The WLAD (World Lymphoma Awareness Day) is observed globally on September 15 every year. The day is dedicated to raising cognizance about lymphoma and the particular emotional and psychosocial challenges dealing with sufferers and caregivers struggling from extraordinary varieties…
• The Ministry of Labour and Employment conducted a sensitization programme about the features and benefits of the recently launched e-SHRAM portal for creating a national database of unorganized sector workers. About the Portal: • The Ministry of Labour and…
• To commemorate the ongoing 4th Rashtriya Poshan Mah, the Food and Public Distribution Department of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the Ministry of Women and Child Development together organized a webinar on rice fortification.…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: FAME-II Mains level: Developments in the electric vehicle segment. Context: • Regarding two-wheeler electrification in India, things are in the right direction. And their sales in India are likely to at least double in…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Free Trade Agreement Mains level: India and its FTAs Mechanism Context: • To fast-track, its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with several nations, India is keen to conclude an early harvest trade deal with…
• NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) in partnership with Fiserv Inc. to launch the plug-and-play RuPay savings card stack, ‘nFiNi’. nFiNi is a ready stack of offerings required for fintechs and banks to difficulty RuPay credit cards and will…
• The RBI and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have announced a project to link their respective fast payment systems, Unified Payments Interface and PayNow. The linkage is targeted for operationalisation by July 2022. • PayNow is the fast payment…
• Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu paid floral tributes to Mahakavi Subramania Bharati to mark the death centenary of the poet and freedom fighter. About Subramania Bharati • C. Subramaniya Bharathi (also known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar) was born in the Tamil…
• LCA Tejas-Mk2 will be introduced in 2022, with the first flight scheduled for early 2023, according to the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA). • The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) will be introduced in 2024, with the first flight scheduled…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Shanghai group Mains level: International and regional groupings Context: • Incoming days the Shanghai Cooperation Organization going to hold meet in Tajikistan to discuss and take action on the Afghan situation. About Shanghai…
