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Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2020

Why in News Air Force Sports Control Board was conferred with ‘Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2020’ for the outstanding contribution...

01 Sep 2020 News Analysis

Onam Festival

Why in News Recently, the festival Onam was celebrated across Kerala. Key Points The Festival: Onam is a major harvest festival in Kerala and is...

01 Sep 2020 News Analysis

Core Sector Contracted by 9.6%

Why in News The output of eight core infrastructure sectors dropped by 9.6% in July 2020. It has been a continued contraction for the past five...

01 Sep 2020 News Analysis

Assam Firm on NRC Re-verification

Why in News The Assam government remains firm on its demand of 10-20% re-verification of the nationality claims made by some of the people included...

01 Sep 2020 News Analysis

Inscription from Renati Chola Era

Why in News A rare inscription dating back to the Renati Chola era has been unearthed in a remote village of Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. Key...

01 Sep 2020 News Analysis

GDP Contracted by 23.9% in First Quarter

Why in News According to the recent National Statistical Office (NSO) data, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth contracted by 23.9% in...

01 Sep 2020 News Analysis

Special Open Market Operations by RBI

Why in News Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced several measures to ensure orderly market conditions and smooth financial...

01 Sep 2020 News Analysis

African Baobab Tree

Why in News A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports has found that the tree 'African Baobab' has 168 chromosomes. Previous...

01 Sep 2020 News Analysis

Need For A Fiscal Council

This editorial analysis is based on the article India does need a Fiscal Council which was published in The Hindu on 25th of August 2020. It...

31 Aug 2020 News Editorials

Prelims 2020: Quick revision course

Download Drishti App to join the 60 hours Quick Revision Course for Prelims 2020 -...

31 Aug 2020 Prelims

UN Principles for People with Disabilities

Why in News The United Nations (UN) has released its first-ever guidelines on access to social justice for People with Disabilities (PwD) to make it...

31 Aug 2020 News Analysis

Day 42

Polity: Hot Topics (Big Picture, In-depth, EPW, Yojana) There has been a trend that quite often UPSC asks about the events which have been in the...

31 Aug 2020 60 days refresher

India Pulls Out of Kavkaz 2020

Why in News Recently, India has withdrawn its participation from Kavkaz 2020, a multinational tri-services exercise in Russia, citing Covid-19 as...

31 Aug 2020 News Analysis

ASEAN-India Economic Ministers’ Consultations

Why in News Recently, the 17th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultations was held virtually, co-chaired by India and Vietnam. The meeting was...

31 Aug 2020 News Analysis

Scholarship Schemes in India

Why in News Recently, a multi-crore scam has been reported in the post-matric scholarship scheme for Scheduled Castes (SC) in Punjab. The Central...

31 Aug 2020 News Analysis

Shetrunji and Bhadar Dams of Gujarat

Why in News Due to heavy rains, Shetrunji and Bhadar dams, the two largest reservoirs in the Saurashtra region (Gujarat), have overflowed...

31 Aug 2020 News Analysis

Sub Categorisation of Backward Classes

This editorial analysis is based on the article A Case For Equality which was published in The Indian Express on 29th of August 2020. It analyses...

29 Aug 2020 News Editorials

Identification of Minorities

Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court has sought the Central government's response on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging provisions of...

29 Aug 2020 News Analysis

National Mission for Financial Inclusion

Why in News Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) - National Mission for Financial Inclusion, completed its six years of successful...

29 Aug 2020 News Analysis

Temperature Inversion

Meaning Under normal conditions, temperature usually decreases with increase in altitude in the troposphere at a rate of 1 degree for every 165...

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