Daily Mapping Brahma Taal HarkiDoon Valley Fotoksar Borno Neom Red Sea Daily Facts India and west Asia: In neighbouring United Arab Emirates (UAE), more than 3.4 million Indians work. Overall, an estimated figure of close to nine million Indians work in West Asia, responsible for sending back more than 56% of India’s […]
Answer the following questions in not more than 100 words each. Contents of the answers are more important than their length. All questions carry equal marks 12½*20=250 General Studies 3 Q.1) The nature of economic growth in India in recent times is often described as jobless growth. Do you agree with this view […]
Answer the following questions in not more than 100 words each. Contents of the answers are more important than their length. All questions carry equal marks 12½*20=250 General Studies 2 Q.1) Discuss the possible factors that inhibit India from enacting for its citizens a uniform civil code as provided for in the Directive […]
Subject: Polity Context: JamiatUlema-I-Hind, a muslimorganisation has moved the Supreme Court seeking impleadment in a plea filed by a Hindu organisation, VishwaBhadra Pujari PurohitMahasangh, which has challenged a provision of the 1991 Places of Worship Act. Concept: Passed in 1991, the Act sought to maintain the status quo of the religious shrines as it existed at the time […]
Subject: IR Context: India is looking to post Navy Liaison Officers at the Regional Maritime Information Fusion Centre (RMIFC) in Madagascar and also at the European maritime surveillance initiative in the Strait of Hormuz for improved Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA). Concept: The RMFIC functions under the aegis of the IOC, of which India became an […]
Subject: Arts and culture Context: Prime minister greeted people of Odisha for Raja Parba celebration. Concept: This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to Mother Earth (Bhuma Devi) and womanhood at large. There’s a story associated with this festival is goddess Earth (Bhuma Devi), the consort of Lord Vishnu, undergoes her menstrual cycle during this period. […]
Subject: Science and tech Context: India is using RT-PCR as standard test for COVID. But recently ICMR approved ELISA test kits for Covid-19 developed by two companies. Concept: An ELISA test is of two types depending on the antibodies tested for immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin M (IgM). IgG detects antibodies developed in later stage of infection, […]
Subject: Geography/Science and tech Context: After the onset of southwest monsoon in India, epidemiologists are studying how monsoon will impact coronavirus spread. Concept: Scientists are not sure how the rain might affect virus behavior because of its recent emergence. So the effort is to look for clues in the way other similar viruses behave during […]