Tracking India’s Growth Trajectory Context: Examination of India’s Q1 FY24 GDP growth, highlighting complexities in its calculation, inflation challenges, tax revenue patterns, and government expenditure’s impact on the economy About the GDP calculation The conventional way to assess a country’s economic s... .Read more
Updated on 30 September, 2023 GS3 Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Economy Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
Panel suggests GPS trackers to reduce overcrowding in prisons Context: A parliamentary panel has recommended ankle trackers or bracelets on prison inmates to reduce overcrowding in prisons. Recommendations of the Parliamentary Panel The Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs, which presented its report said that technology ca... .Read more
Updated on 30 September, 2023 GS2 Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Governance Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
SC to hear challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act Context: A Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud decided to hear from October 17 a series of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. About Citizenship Act, 1955 It provides for acquisition and... .Read more
Updated on 21 September, 2023 GS2 Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Polity Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
Oldest yet Fossils of a Plant-Eating Dinosaur found in Rajasthan Context: In a paper published recently in Scientific Reports, scientists from IIT Roorkee have characterized dinosaur fossils from the Middle Jurassic period, found in the Thar desert near the Jaisalmer Basin by the Geological Survey of India. About the discovery... .Read more
Updated on 21 September, 2023 GS3 Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Science and Technology Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
Constitution Bench to examine validity of extending quota Context: A Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud decided to examine if clockwork extensions granted to reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Lok Sabha and the Assemblies were constitutionally valid. Th... .Read more
Updated on 21 September, 2023 GS2 Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC Polity Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC
Three years of the Abraham Accords Context: This week marks an important milestone for West Asia and North Africa: three years since the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, under the auspices of the U.S. government. Three months later, in December 2020, Morocco joined the pro... .Read more
Updated on 21 September, 2023 GS2 Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC International Relations Mains Prelims Important article IPS IAS UPSC