2022-09-16T06:04:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: GST Council is a fledgling but vibrant institution, says FM Background: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is still a fledgling five-year old institution that has yet to become well-settled but acts as [...]
2022-09-14T13:49:43+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Background: – Urban flooding is a problem long associated with Mumbai. With a steady increase in the occurrence and severity of extreme weather events, Mumbai has lost that relative exclusivity, with Chennai and now Bangalore revealing a propensity to be flooded. […]
2022-09-13T23:47:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
The story so far: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, September 2, defended the windfall tax imposed by the Centre on domestic crude oil producers, saying that it was not an ad hoc move but was done after full consultation with the industry. […]
2022-09-13T23:35:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: ‘India may need up to 28 GW in new coal-fired plants by 2032’ Background: India may need up to 28 gigawatts of new coal-fired power plants by 2032 to meet power demand that is [...]
2022-09-13T07:59:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP and IR|
The Issue: – 1) Britain took control of the area known as Palestine after the ruler of that part of the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire, was defeated in World War One.2) The land was inhabited by a Jewish minority and Arab majority. 3) Tensions between the two peoples grew [...]
2022-09-12T14:58:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: ‘Adopt a TB patient’ drive mitras Background: The Union Health Ministry’s “adopt a TB-patient” (Ni-kshay Mitra) initiative, and it was to fill the critical “community” element into India’s fight towards eliminating TB by 2025 [...]
2022-09-10T13:13:03+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Eurozone to coordinate fiscal, monetary policy on inflation Background: Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Friday to act together to protect households and companies from soaring energy prices, coordinating their support policies with the [...]
2022-09-10T04:46:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: Monetary tools alone cannot tame inflation Background: Nirmala Sitharaman in the meet “Taming Inflation”, spoke about the monetary tools role in controlling inflation. She expressed that while an increase in interest rate forms a [...]
2022-09-13T05:27:02+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: India eyes IMF support ahead of G20 chair Background: India will soon be taking over the G20 chair in December where the agendas such as debates and climate change will be discussed while India [...]
2022-09-08T16:23:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Daily Current Events|
UPSC/STATE PSC The Hindu & Indian Express News 1: India gets its first nasal COVID19 vaccine 1) Bharat Biotech’s ChAd36-SARS-CoV-S COVID-19 (Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectored) recombinant nasal vaccine has been approved by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for primary immunization against COVID-19 in [...]
