1.Right of Persons with disabilities Bill, 2014 passed by Rajya sabha: The UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION on RIGHTS of PERSONS WITH DISABILITY(UNCRPD) is a human right treaty under the UNO which seeks to provide dignity,respect, rights to people with disability. In 2007, India became a signatory to UNCRPD and under it [...]

Harmful Algal Blooms Background :- The Ministry of Earth Science has been actively working with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA towards strengthening of ocean observations in the Indian Ocean with a view to improve understanding ocean process for better forecasting capabilities including studying the Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB). [...]

Background :- President of India recently presentted Shilp Guru Awards and National Awards to Master Craftspersons at Rashtrapati Bhavan. *The craft and the associated region is important. […]

Note :- This was given as part of our essay series and publishing for all to benefit. Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know, whether you did or not. Integrity is a firm adherence to a code of moral values which go hand-in-hand with [...]

He was probably a socialist by instinct, but without its rigid orthodoxies. He felt that a capitalist with a benevolent heart was the right answer. Those who profess the ideas of “nation-state”, usually brand Gandhi as an “Anarchist” due to his ideas of self sufficient villages , decentralized economy  and [...]

  GS II Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Delhi Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Management Adopted The first International Agrobiodiversity Congress (IAC) held in New Delhi has adopted New Delhi Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Management. […]

*Note- This is an excerpt of the speeches made by different dignitaries.This is not a typical editorial instead an account of most important things of those speeches.The editorial discusses just about everything with related to agriculture  and by the end of it you will be able to answer many question [...]

Background :- The United Nations conference on climate change now under way in Marrakech, Morocco, has the ambitious task of drawing up the first steps on enhanced finance and technology transfer, which is vital to advance the Paris Agreement that entered into force on November 4. […]

The Panchsheel or “Five Principles of Peaceful Existence” was a joint statement issued during Chinese premier Zhou Enlai’s visits to India in 1954. It was the period marking end of colonialism and emergence of new nations in Asia and Africa. These five principles were as follows: […]

Disclaimer:- For past few days we have been publishing editorials which are not similar to our usual editorials (taken from NEWS) , instead they were given as questions in our Mains Test series.The idea to publish them is to help the Mains candidates to have a quick grasp over few [...]