Current Affairs

Significance for Prelims: Tawang Map Significance for Mains: Threats emerging from Border areas(Indo-China Conflict at LAC).  News: The Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh has long been a theatre for contentious border scuffles. Recently on December 9, Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed in the Tawang sector….

• by:-sharad
• December 19, 2022

Significance for Prelims: Alcohol formation Significance for Mains: Not Much  News: Hooch tragedy in the Saran district of Bihar killed as many as 26 people. This incident  created a political furore in Bihar as liquor is banned in the state. Main reason for killing due…

• by:-sharad
• December 17, 2022

Significance for Prelims: Difference between LAC and LOC. Significance for Mains: Boundary dispute between India and China News: On December 9, Chinese soldiers came to an Indian post on the LAC in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh’s Yangtse region. After that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed the…

• by:-sharad
• December 16, 2022

Significance for Prelims: Concept of ‘ base editing’, CRISPR-cas 9 system  Significance for Mains: Advancement of New Technology.  News: New cancer therapy developed by Scientists from United Kingdom recently reported success in a teenaged girl, Alyssia.  About T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cancer: T-cell acute lymphoblastic…

• by:-sharad
• December 15, 2022

Significance for Prelims: Concept of retail and wholesale inflation Significance for Mains: Impact of high and low inflation and RBI’s stand. News: November retail inflation has fallen below the upper limit of the RBI’s extended comfort zone, i.e. 6%. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s…

• by:-sharad
• December 14, 2022

Significance for Prelims: End-to-end encryption technologies. Significance for Mains: Issues associated with End-to-end encryption technologies. News: Big-Tech companies like Apple, Twitter,  Signal, Whatsapp and Telegram announced end-to-end encryption to protect the data from a breach. But the FBI and other government agencies worldwide are not…

• by:-sharad
• December 13, 2022

Significance for Prelims: Not Much Significance for Mains: ‘ China Test’ for the solution to contemporary India’s principal strategic contradiction.  News: China is emerging as contemporary India’s principal strategic contradiction after the recent Chinese Party Congress(CPC). Every other challenge, be it Pakistan, internal insurgencies, and…

• by:-sharad
• December 12, 2022

News: The Vice President of India recently commented on the ongoing heated debate between the Central government and the Supreme Court over the matter of judicial appointments. National Judicial Appointment Commission: SC in Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAoRA) case/Fourth Judges case, has held the…

• by:-newadmin
• December 10, 2022

News: According to the NGO Oxfam India’s “India Inequality Report 2022: Digital Divide,” rising disparities in India based on caste, religion, gender, class, and geography are worryingly being mirrored in the digital sphere. Key Highlights of the report: Gender Divide: Only one-third of internet users…

• by:-Priya
• December 9, 2022

Significance for Prelims: SAARC and  BIMSTEC Significance for Mains: Issues associated with SAARC & BIMSTEC and way forward.   News: Failure of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation(SAARC) increased the importance of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). …

• by:-Priya
• December 8, 2022