GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The US administration under Biden has continued to remain non-committal on support for India’s UNSC bid. However, the Obama and Trump administrations had supported a permanent seat for India on the Security Council. What has the US said? …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of e-commerce giant Amazon against the proposed ₹24,713 crore merger deal between Future Retail Limited (FRL) and Reliance Retail. The court has also upheld the validity and enforceability of a Singapore-based Emergency Arbitrator …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: Twitter has appointed a permanent Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), a Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) and a Nodal Contact Person in compliance with the new Information Technology (IT) Rules. What’s the …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these. Context: The Public Accounts Committee, headed by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, is going on a four-day tour of Srinagar, Kargil, Leh and Drass. What’s the issue? The committee visit …
GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues. Context: Abanindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary- 7th August. About Abanindranath Tagore: Abanindranath Tagore, the nephew of Rabindranath Tagore, was one of the most prominent artists of Bengal school of art …
