GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Pollution related issues. Context: Water supply was disrupted in parts of Delhi once again when ammonia levels in the Yamuna river remained high on 16th April. The concentration of ammonia in the river was 7.4 ppm (parts per million), seven times the level of around 1 ppm that the …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Infrastructure- Energy. Why is there a coal crisis in India? Context: To battle the looming energy crisis in the country due to constraints on domestic coal supply, the central government has decided to take a number of steps to increase the use of imported coal for power generation, including …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Different crops and cropping patterns. Context: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent western sanctions on Russia have affected wheat exports from the Black Sea region and impacted food security in several countries, especially in Africa and West Asia. The disruption to global wheat supplies in turn has thrown …
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GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Different crops and cropping patterns. Context: The Centre has said it will stop the purchase of excess parboiled rice, of which Telangana is a major producer. The demand for parboiled rice has come down in recent years. What is parboiled rice? It is rice that has been …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Context: S-400 training equipment and simulators have arrived in India from Russia. However, there is a delay in the delivery of the second regiment of S-400 from Russia due to the ongoing war in …
GS Paper 2: Topic covered: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. Context: The Telangana Government has requested the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) one more time to refer its complaint made under Section 3 of the Inter State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, to the existing Krishna Water Disputes …
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