CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 19, Feb 2021

For : GS-2: PolityCONTEXT:An environmentalist, a lawyer and an engineer came on Delhi Police radar after a toolkit was shared by Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg in support of the ongoing farmers protests on the capital's outskirts.ABOUT GRETA ‘TOOLKIT&rs

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 19, Feb 2021

For : GS-3-EconomyCONTEXT:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ and laid the foundation stone of two bridges in Assam.MAHABAHU-BRAHMAPUTRA’ PROGRAMME:It will strengthen water connectivity by Brahampurta water through port-l

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 19, Feb 2021

For : GS-3: Economy, Infrastructure, GS-2: Polity, Centre-State relationCONTEXT:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a bevy of infrastructure projects in Kerala, including the 2,000-MW Pugalur-Thrissur high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission corridor.

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 18, Feb 2021

For: GS-3: Science & Technology, IPRsCONTEXT:Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc pages on Thursday after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a dispute with the Australian government over paying for

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 18, Feb 2021

For : GS-2: Polity and ConstitutionCONTEXT:The Supreme Court Thursday sought response from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking voting rights through postal ballot for people stationed outside their constituency.The petition sought voting rights for all mig

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 18, Feb 2021

For : GS-2: International Relations, International InstitutionCONTEXT:Biden government has reversed Trump’s move to withdraw from organisation.TRUMP Withdrawal from WHO:WHO as puppet of China: Trump had pulled the U.S. out of the WHO, which he had called a ‘

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• 18, Feb 2021

For : GS-2: International RelationCONTEXT:Signalling a closer alignment with other partners, India officially used the term “Quad” for the first time to describe its grouping with theUS,Australia andJapanIt is increasingly being seen as a possible co

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 18, Feb 2021

For : GS-3: Science & TechnologyCONTEXT:Indian Army is in the process to revamp its communication systems by procuring Very/Ultra High Frequency (V/UHF)Manpack SDRs under Make-II category.BACKGROUND:Communication is vital and critical to all military operations. 

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 18, Feb 2021

For : GS-3: EnvironmentCONTEXT:Over 120,000 people died in India (54000 in Delhi alone) in 2020 as a result of air pollution and related problems, according to the Greenpeace Southeast Asia Analysis of IQAir data.ABOUT GREENPEACE REPORT:The report titled “Greenpeace: C

• Be N By IAS, Delhi
• 17, Feb 2021

For : GS-3-EnvironmentCONTEXT:Scientists from Aaranyak, Panthera, and WWF-India have developed a model called ‘Spatial Mark-Resight’ (SMR) to precisely estimate the population size in areas sustaining a mix of rosette and melanistic individuals.Among the wild cats,