What is a QR Code? Comparison of QR Code vs Barcode rMQR (Rectangular Micro QR Code) Practice Mock Question (MCQ) What is a QR Code? QR code stands for Quick Response code, and it is a two-dimensional barcode that [...]
Economy 18/Jan/23 Environment 18/Jan/23 Polity 18/Jan/23 Misc 18/Jan/23 Economy 18/Jan/23 EcoPill1D-Insurance/ pension/ financial inclusion: RESERVE Bank of India (RBI) has cautioned states against reverting to the old pension scheme (OPS), else it can become a major risk in [...]
Column: Rule 267, problems areas in federalism Read this column to improve vocabulary EcoPil4B-Sectors of Economy- Ease of Doing Biz: Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill -it aims to decriminalise the minor offences in the Press and Registration [...]
ball by ball commentary NOTIMP: SERVICES AND AGRICULTURE AID GROWTH High input prices hurt growth down to 6.3% ball by ball commentary NOTIMP: Why 10-quarter high farm growth of 4.6% raises some questions Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 amended the [...]
- ISRO’s 1st launch of 2022: EOS-04 satellite using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C52) from Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. 1,700kg EOS-04 satellite to the placed in sun-synchronous polar orbit, some 529 km from the Earth's surface. sun-synchronous polar orbit is [...]
Polity: Rights issue /freedom of speech/ movie making: defence ministry refused a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for a movie showing “GAY relationship between an Army officer and a local Kashmiri boy”. Defence ministry can do so for protecting the [...]
- History/Culture: 10th century Vedic philosopher and social reformer Ramanujacharya. Born in 1017 in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. February 2, 2022: 1,000th birth anniversary of Ramanujacharya. Statue of Equality near Hyderabad. Made up of ‘panchaloha’, a combination of five [...]
Polity: secularism/Rights issues- Freedom of religion, dress and beard: Article 25(1) of the Constitution guarantees the “freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practise and propagate religion”. It is also a negative liberty — means that the [...]
Election: criminalisation of politics: supreme Court bench found nine political parties – Congress, BJP, JD(U), RJD, LJP, CPI(M), CPI, RLSP and NCP – guilty of contempt for not following in letter and spirit its 2020 direction to publish details [...]
6-Rights-Issue?: Caste census: every Census until 1931 had data on caste. However, in 1941, caste-based data was collected but not published. Then every Census in independent India from 1951 to 2011 has published data on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled [...]
6-Corona?: Vaccine Nationalism / FakeNews: Russian Cyber groups targeted audiences in India, Latin America and US to spread misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines developed by British AstraZeneca and American Pfizer on Facebook. [रशियन हैकर्स द्वारा अमेरिकी और ब्रिटिश कोरोना वेकसिन [...]
Appointment: Appointment: Karnataka new chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai replaces B S Yediyurappa. Books-Authors: Books: Indian-Origin British novelist Sunjeev Sahota is among 13 authors longlisted for this year's Booker Prize for fiction for China Room. [though he could not win [...]
Bio-Diversity: Great Indian Bustards (GIBs): There are four bustard species in India- i) MacQueen’s bustard, ii) lesser florican iii) Bengal florican, (iv) Great Indian Bustards (GIBs). GIB are largest in size compared to other three varieties. GIB prefer grasslands [...]