UPSC Current Affairs05 February 2024UPSCUttarakhand’s uniform civil codeContext: The Uttarakhand Assembly is likely to pass the State’s Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill during the state’s fourdaylong session this week. A Stateappointed panel which was constit...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs05 February 2024UPSCWill Europe ever return ‘looted’ Asian artifacts?Context: During the recent visit of Cambodian Prime Minister to France in January President Emmanuel Macron pledged support for returning more Khmer artifacts and also for technical assis...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs04 February 2024UPSCPigeon suspected of being Chinese spy releasedContext: Recently Police cleared and released a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after eight months of detention in Mumbai. The pigeon was captured in May 2023 near a Mumbai port with two rin...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs04 February 2024UPSCThe dispute over Varanasi, Mathura mosquesContext: Civilsuits questioning the religious character of mosques at Varanasi and Mathura have brought again the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 into news. About Places...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs04 February 2024UPSCFiscal Deficit and Fiscal ConsolidationContext: In the recently announced Union Budget by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed that the Centre would reduce its fiscal deficit to 5.1% of gross domestic product (GD...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs03 February 2024UPSCMULTIDIMENSONAL POVERTYRecently, Finance Minister in her Interim Budget speech told 25 crore Indians had been pulled out of poverty over the past decade. POVERTY FIGURES AS PER BUDGET SPEECH: In the period of 1...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs03 February 2024UPSCIndia’s snow leopard count: Why this Himalayan feat is only the first step to securing the catContext- The Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India (SPAI) conducted between 2019 and 2023 estimated a population of 718 snow leopards across Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Prad...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs03 February 2024UPSCInterim budget mentions blue economy 2.0: What this meansThe term ‘blue economy’ primarily refers to the sustainable economic activities associated with oceans, seas, and coasts. It encompasses a broad spectrum of interconnected established and...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs02 February 2024UPSCUNION BUDGET 2024-25Recently, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budge for the next financial year (2024-25). MAJOR PROJECTIONS OF THE BUDGET: India’s real GDP is projected to grow at 7....Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs02 February 2024UPSCAligarh Muslim University minority status case: 3 key legal issues argued before the Supreme CourtWhat is the effect of a statute on minority status? Article 30(1) of the Indian Constitution grants minorities the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choi...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs02 February 2024UPSCWhy two Bombay HC judges have differed on Centre’s ‘fake news’ fact check ruleIn April 2022, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEiTY) introduced the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023. These rules...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs02 February 2024UPSCNano DAPContext: While presenting the interim budget on yesterday Finance Minister announced the expansion of the application of Nano DAP on various crops in all agro climatic zones. She noted th...Study this topic →