January 2023

UPSC Syllabus 2025: IAS Syllabus for Prelims & Mains Exam The UPSC 2024 mains examination is over. So it is high time for the candidates who are aiming for the UPSC 2025 examination. The candidates from this year who could not make this year would try this coming year with a lot more preparation and […]

  The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accorded approval to capital acquisition proposals of the three Services worth approximately ₹13,165 crore.   Important Highlights: The key proposals include helicopters, guided munitions and rocket ammunition. Of these, procurements worth ₹11,486 crore were from domestic sources. “Looking into the need of the Indian Army

  Doctors in the Capital are reporting fevers due to common cold, flu, typhoid, sporadic cases of malaria, and the occasional case of scrub typhus, aside from dealing with cases of mosquito-borne dengue which are on the rise. Dengue Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in all regions in recent years. Dengue virus

Output from India’s eight core sectors accelerated for the second successive month in August, rising 11.6%, compared to a 6.9% contraction recorded a year ago, with four sectors registering strong double-digit growth although crude oil and fertilisers output declined.   Important Highlights The August output was 3.9% higher than pre-COVID levels, compared to July which recorded a

In a historic move, the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the first antimalarial vaccine, as mankind enters a key turning point in a battle waged relentlessly over decades between man and mosquito, the vector.   Important Highlights At a press conference that went live on social media, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: “The long-awaited malaria vaccine for children

  Bolstered by prolonged stay-at-home periods, especially during the pandemic, the consumption of videos online has exploded in India, according to a new study by Bain and Company.   Important Highlights: As per the report — ‘India Online Videos–The Long and Short of It’, the online video user base in the country has scaled to more than

  Bolstered by prolonged stay-at-home periods, especially during the pandemic, the consumption of videos online has exploded in India, according to a new study by Bain and Company.   Important Highlights: As per the report — ‘India Online Videos–The Long and Short of It’, the online video user base in the country has scaled to more than

  A milestone global deal to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% and make it harder to avoid taxation has been agreed after Ireland, Estonia and Hungary signed up to an accord, which U.S. President Joe Biden said levelled the playing field.   Important Highlights The deal aims to end a four-decade-long “race to the

  The digital divide caused by online classes will defeat the fundamental right of every poor child to study in mainstream schools.   Important Highlights The Supreme Court ruled how the right to education of little children now hinges on who can afford “gadgets” for online classes and who cannot. Little children whose parents are too poor to afford laptops,