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India’s Taliban Challenge

This article is based on Taliban has taken Kabul. Delhi must watch, not pronounce doom which was published in the Indian Express on 16/08/2021. It...

17 Aug 2021 News Editorials

Draft 'Indira Gandhi Urban Credit Card Scheme'

Why in News On August 16, 2021, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot approved the draft of 'Indira Gandhi Urban Credit Card Scheme, 2021' for...

17 Aug 2021 State PCS Current Affairs

National Gene Bank

Why in News Recently, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished...

17 Aug 2021 News Analysis

Slender Loris

Why in News Recently, some environmentalists demanded that Tamil Nadu’s Kadavur Reserve Forest be declared as a Wildlife Sanctuary in order to...

17 Aug 2021 News Analysis

Taliban Controls Kabul

Why in News Recently, the Taliban has seized Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, raising questions over the US and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty...

17 Aug 2021 News Analysis

TAPAS Initiative

Why in News Recently, the Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment has launched an online portal TAPAS (Training for Augmenting Productivity and...

17 Aug 2021 News Analysis

National Commission for Minorities

Why in News Recently, the Delhi High Court directed the Centre to nominate persons to all the vacant positions in the National Commission for...

17 Aug 2021 News Analysis

Soilless Farming Techniques

Introduction Soilless Cultivation generally refers to any method of growing plants without soil as a rooting medium. Need of Soilless...

17 Aug 2021 Paper 3

Agriculture Through Agri-tech: GM Crops

This article is based on Driving a 2nd green revolution via agri-biotech which was published in The Hindu Business Line on 15/08/2021. It talks...

16 Aug 2021 News Editorials

Tulsi Jayanti

Why in News On the occasion of Tulsi Jayanti, a two-day program focused on devotional music, dance and dialogue was organized by the Culture...

16 Aug 2021 State PCS Current Affairs

Cave Lion

Why in News Recently, scientists have found two nearly perfectly preserved cave lion cubs which lived 28,000 years ago, nicknamed Boris and...

16 Aug 2021 News Analysis

Al-Mohed Al-Hindi Exercise: India-Saudi Arabia

Why in News Recently, India and Saudi Arabia started their first-ever Naval joint exercise called the Al-Mohed Al-Hindi Exercise. The decision on...

16 Aug 2021 News Analysis

IBSA Forum

Why in News Recently, India organized the IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) Tourism Ministers’ virtual meeting. India is the current...

16 Aug 2021 News Analysis

Van Dhan Producer Companies

Why in News The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has planned to set up 200 ‘Van Dhan’ producer companies in all the 27 states in the next five...

16 Aug 2021 News Analysis

IndiGau

Why in News Recently, National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad has launched a chip called IndiGau. It is India’s first...

14 Aug 2021 News Analysis

Human Development Product (HDP)

This article is based on We need a way to measure true human progress which was published in the Indian Express on 14/08/2021. It talks about the...

14 Aug 2021 News Editorials

India Needs an Updated Flood Map

Why in News Recent occurrences of heavy rainfall leading to flooding across India have shown that flood-prone areas in the country go beyond those...

14 Aug 2021 News Analysis

Four New Ramsar Sites: India’s Wetlands

Why in News Recently, four more Indian sites - two each from Haryana and Gujarat - have been recognised as wetlands of international importance...

14 Aug 2021 News Analysis

Greater Adjutant Storks (Garuda)

Why in News Recently, Bihar has decided to tag greater adjutant storks locally known as ‘Garuda’ with GPS trackers to monitor their...

14 Aug 2021 News Analysis

Vehicle Scrapping Policy Launched

Why in News Recently, the Prime Minister while addressing the Investor Summit in Gujarat via video conferencing launched the Vehicle Scrapping...

14 Aug 2021 News Analysis