GS II Topic- Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources   A new chapter in antibiotic resistance Indian researchers have isolated a strain of E.Coli bacteria, carrying a new gene (mcr -1), described previously as ‘truly pan-drug resistant’. It is resistant to [...]

GS III Topic: Disaster and disaster management. Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction  The three-day Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) 2016 came to an end with the adoption of the ‘New Delhi Declaration’ and the ‘Asian Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework’. It will be [...]

GS II topic- Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. Diluting the land accusation law   Faced with its inability to amend the historic Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, the  government at the Centre is encouraging States to [...]

GS II Topic  Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e‐governance‐ applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. The need for  an Uniform Asylum Law Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti’s request for asylum in India has prompted calls for a uniform and apolitical asylum law. That [...]

GS II Topic: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. Vigilance Awareness Week, 2016 The Indian Railways  has observed of Vigilance Awareness Week, 2016 with a Pledge taking ceremony by Officers and staff.   […]

Karnataka forest encroachments outpace reclamation efforts:- […]

GS II Topic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. New technology to check illegal mining. The government has launched the Mining Surveillance System (MSS). MSS is a satellite-based monitoring system which aims to establish [...]

GS  II Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.  Exim Bank’s signed an MoU with New Development Bank   […]

Paper 2 Topic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. Global Hunger Index According to the latest Global Hunger Index data, hunger levels in [...]

International Day of the Girl Child – October 11 British Petroleum abandons Great Australian Bight drill plans British oil giant BP Tuesday ditched plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight after reviewing its global exploration programme, a decision environmentalists hailed as a victory for the pristine wilderness. [...]