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Coronavirus impact on environment

Coronavirus impact on environment

Corona virus impact on environment According to WHO, Increasing incidents of virus outbreaks are due to The destruction of wild habitat, forest and their food sources for urbanisation, mining, industry and agriculture expansion means pathogen once confined to wild are…

MGNREGS needs extension

MGNREGS UPSC

MGNREGS needs extension In the last two months(May- June 2020) majority of the poor rural households have nearly completed their full quota of employment under the MGNREGS scheme. According to the finding, 8.4 lakh poor households have completed at lest…

Extending postal ballot to senior citizens

Extending postal ballot to senior citizens

Extending postal ballot to senior citizens. The EC notified amendments to the Conduct of Election Rules on June 19, extending the postal ballot facility — that so far was available only for armed forces personnel and government servants posted abroad —…

The World Drug Report

The World Drug Report

The World Drug Report World Drug Report is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Afghanistan is the largest producer of opium constituting 84% of global production. The main opiate trafficking flows originate from three key…

Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha The origin of the second Chamber can be traced to the Montague-Chelmsford Report of 1918. The Government of India Act, 1919 provided for the creation of a ‘Council of State’ as a second chamber of the then legislature…

Moplah Rebellion of 1921

Moplah Rebellion of 1921

Moplah Rebellion of 1921 The centenary of Moplah rebellion is approaching this year and the decision to make a movie on the subject has erupted controversy in Kerala. Moplah rebellion of 1921 happened in Malabar was arguably the greatest challenge…

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System China successfully launched the last satellite of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS). The satellite, the 55th in the family of BeiDou that means “Big Dipper” in Chinese, was successfully sent into space by a Long March-3B…

New US Visa Order

New US Visa Order

New US Visa Order U.S. President Donald Trump has suspended foreign work visa. It includes the H-1B, H-2B, J, and L nonimmigrant visa programmes. The proclamation comes into effect from June 24. It will be effective until December 31, 2020.…

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Financial Action Task Force FATF

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body that was established by the G-7 Summit held in Paris in 1989 to examine and develop measures to combat money laundering. In 2001, the FATF…

Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse
An annular solar eclipse will occur on June 21,2020 and the people in India will be able to catch this annual celestial event in action..