Incheon Declaration Subject :International Relations Section: International Convention The Incheon Declaration was adopted on 21 May 2015 at the World Education Forum (WEF 2015) held in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The Incheon Declaration constitutes the commitment of the education community to Education 2030 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, recognizing the important […]
Harela Subject : History Section: Art and Culture Villagers across Uttarakhand celebrated Harela, a festival of greenery, peace, prosperity and environmental conservation Harela means ‘day of green’ and is celebrated in the month of Shravan (the fifth month of the Hindu lunar calendar) to worship Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. People across Uttarakhand, […]
Fourteen years after split and Jamiat factions likely to merge Subject: History Section: Modern India Context: first step towards reconciliation came after the rival camp extended him an invitation to attend its general body meeting in Deoband on May 28 The Deoband School The orthodox section among the Muslim ulema organised the Deoband […]
The intellectual troika that helped understand heredity Subject: Science and Technology Section: Biotechnology Mendel propounded that information on “traits” gets passed on from one generation to another as particulate ‘elements’ and traits in the present generation can be traced back to past generations. Galton and his supporters — notably Karl Pearson and W.F.R. […]
Vice-President: The post, the provisions and the past Subject: Polity Section: Executive Context: Elections for Vice-President are scheduled for August 6, with the last date for filing nominations July 19. The role The office of the Vice-president is a unique feature of India, which follows a parliamentary system, and has no exact parallel […]
What will be the impact of euro-dollar parity? Subject: Economy Section: External Sector It means one dollar could buy one euro in the foreign exchange market. For over two decades, it took more than one U.S. dollar to purchase one euro. Just a year ago it took about 1.2 U.S. dollars to purchase […]
Centre intervening to cushion Re slide and boost dollar inflows Subject: Economy Section: External Sector Context: The US dollar has strengthened not only against the Indian rupee but against many other major currencies, an official said, adding that this year the rupee has strengthened against the Euro, the Japanese yen and the British […]
Eleven districts of Bengal reported at least 65 cases of black fever or ‘Kala-Azar diseasein the last couple of weeks Subject : Science and Technology Section : Disease Concept :Kala-azar or Visceral Leishmaniasis is a protozoan parasitic disease, spread by sandfly bites. Sandflies are brown in colour and have hairs on their bodies. The […]
Topic 1: Politics and principles: Do they go together? Topic 2: India need: Population control or Population development?