News Snippet News 1: Purchasing Manager’s Index signals deceleration in pace of manufacturing expansion – (PMI gives an idea about present and future industry conditions which helps Central banks and investors regarding business sentiment) News 2: MGNREGS to fund work to reverse desertification of land across the States – (Combining [...]

News Snippet News 1: Swachh Survekshan survey (Cleanliness survey conducted to measure the sanitation practices being implemented in both urban and rural areas. The points will provide a value contribution) News 2: NRIs to benefit from UAE’s new policy on immigration (Indian diaspora will be benefiting under the new visa [...]

News Snippet News 1: Preventive detention serious invasion of personal liberty News 2: AFSPA extended in Nagaland, Arunachal News 3: SC Collegium recommends transfer of two Chief Justices and elevation of three judges News 4: Core sector slowed to 3.3% growth in Aug News 5:  Centre raises natural gas prices [...]

News Snippet News 1: Current account deficit widened to 2.8% of GDP in Q1 (It is important as it helps us understand a portion of external sector and has come in UPSC prelims 2011 and in UPSC prelims 2020) News 2: Small savings Instruments (Important to know as it comes [...]

News Snippet News 1: Tea exports – (All about tea as it has been asked in UPSC CSE 2022 prelims exam) News 2: India-USA relations update- (Recent developments with regards to Indo-USA relationship) News 3: UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) – (Banning of organizations which seeks to disrupt or disturb sovereignty, public order [...]

News Snippet News 1: Employment Survey – (A survey by Labour Ministry gives a good idea of the employment scenario in India and the sectors responsible for the employment) News 2: India Tourism Statistics – (Gives an idea about which countries are important for Tourism sector) News 3: PM Modi [...]

News 1: OECD flags global recession risk on energy, inflation crisis Background Global economic growth is slowing in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as energy and inflation crisis risk snowballing into recession in major economies. While global growth this year was still expected at 3%, it is now [...]