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AFSPA 18 Jan 2019 14 min read Last Updated: August 2022 For Prelims: Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). For Mains: Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, Northeast Insurgency. Why in News? Recently, the Union Government has partially withdrawn the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 from…
Universal Basic Income (UBI) 21 Jan 2019 15 min read Last Updated: October 2022 For Prelims: Universal Basic Income (UBI) For Mains: Universal Basic Income (UBI): Arguments in Favour of and Against UBI, Challenges, Potential of UBI, Examples from Around the World, Myths, Steps that can be taken, Related to UBI Universal Basic Income is…
Tourism in India 23 Jan 2019 7 min read Why in News? Growth of 5.6% in Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during the period January-November 2018, as compared to the same period of the previous year. Tourism in India (in brief) India attracted lot of travelers in the past due to its fabled wealth. Visit of…
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy 30 Jan 2019 9 min read Last Updated: January 2023 For Prelims: Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), Open Acreage Licensing Programme (OALP). For Mains: Drawbacks of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP), Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP): Functions, Challenges, Advantages. What is Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy? India…
Chit Fund 22 Feb 2019 8 min read Last Updated: October 2022 For Prelims: Chit Funds For Mains: Chit Funds: Different Types, Reasons to use Chit Funds, Regulations, Need of Stricter Regulations, Steps that can be taken. Why in News? In 2019, Parliament passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019. It streamlined operations of collective…
Cross-Border Terrorism 25 Feb 2019 14 min read Last Updated: December 2022 For Prelims: Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), The Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, Indian Border, National Investigation Agency (NIA), Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT), LoC (Line of Control) and LAC (Line of Actual Control). For mains: Cross-Border Terrorism, Factors Facilitating Cross-Border Incursion, Cross-Border…
National Supercomputer Mission 08 Mar 2019 11 min read Why in News? India recently awarded French technology firm Atos the contract to build a network of 70 supercomputers across India under the National Supercomputing Mission. The first supercomputer designed and built under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) by C-DAC at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi…
Fifth Generation (5G) Cellular Technology 18 Mar 2019 11 min read Why in News? Worldwide, chipmakers and smartphone companies are conducting trials of 5G technology based services that are going to hit the globe in 2019. India has also set up a high-level forum to develop a roadmap for adopting 5G in the country and…
Groundwater Crisis in India 20 Mar 2019 7 min read Why in News? New research has shown that the largest groundwater depletion in the world is happening in the parts of northern India. Delhi is the epicentre of this fast-developing crisis, and it’s getting worse by the day. Groundwater is the water that seeps through…
Electric Vehicles (EVs) 22 Mar 2019 15 min read Last Updated: January 2023 For Prelims: Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric vehicles (FAME), FAME II, National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage, National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP). For Mains: Electric Vehicles (EVs): Origin in India, Need, Challenges, Significance, Steps that can be taken….