Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Guidelines to Support Artisans in Beekeeping & Pottery Activities released Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Industries In news The Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME, has announced new guidelines to support …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Foundation day of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) celebrated Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Welfare Schemes In news The foundation day of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) was recently …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 passed Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Health In news Parliament passed the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 recently. Key takeaways The bill amends the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) States advised to stamp International Convention of Road Traffic Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Infrastructure In news The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has advised the States and Union Territory administrations to …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Standards for Safety Evaluation 0f Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Energy Resources In news The Standards for Safety Evaluation of Hydrogen Fuel Cells vehicles were recently notified. Ministry: The …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020 passed Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Economy In news Parliament has passed the Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020 with the Rajya Sabha …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) FinCEN and FIU-IND Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – International Relations & GS-III – Money Laundering In news Recently, over 2100 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) were filed by banks with the United States Department of the Treasury’s …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) The Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020 (CAROTAR, 2020) to come into force  Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Policies and interventions; International Relations In news The Customs (Administration of …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Parliamentary Committee Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Polity & Governance In news Recently, the Opposition had demanded that agriculture Bills be referred to a Select Committee of Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Five Star Villages Scheme launched Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Welfare Schemes In news Five Star Villages scheme has been launched recently. Ministry: The Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications.  Key takeaways Aim: …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) India joins Djibouti Code of Conduct/ Jeddah Amendment (DCOC/JA) Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – International Relations In news India has joined the Djibouti Code of Conduct/ Jeddah Amendment, DCOC/JA, as an Observer. Important …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) India elected as the member of the Commission on Status of Women Part of: GS Prelims and GS-I – Society; Women Empowerment & GS-II – International Relations In news India has been elected as the …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2020 passed Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Health In news Recently, Indian Parliament has passed the National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2020 and the National Commission for Indian …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Space In news Analyses of signals from gravitational waves detected in 2019 at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), the USA and the detector Virgo …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) UN Special Rapporteurs on EIA 2020 Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Global Groupings & GS-III- Environment In news Recently, a group of Special Rapporteurs to the United Nations (UN) has expressed concerns over …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Wireless fibre: Need of the hour Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III- Technology; IT In news To bridge digital divide, such technologies such as wireless fibre need to be tapped into. Wireless fibre uses a …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Turkey- Russia Military Drill in Eastern Mediterranean announced Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- International Relations In news Recently, Turkey has announced that Russia will hold live-fire naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean.  Already there …

Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Report on Literacy Rate released  Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Education In news Recently, the report on ‘Household Social Consumption: Education in India as part of 75th round of National Sample Survey – from …