Yearly Archives: 2022
BharatNet Project
In Context The implementation of BharatNet has slowed and is likely to miss the 2025 completion deadline owing to a number of factors. Progress made so far As of February 2022, only about 1.72 lakh of the initially targeted 2.5 lakh gram panchayats had been connected to the central grid under BharatNet. Of these, 1.5 […]
India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement
In News India and Australia signed an Economic Co-operation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) with an eye on doubling bilateral trade to $50 billion in five years and easing the movement of people, goods and services across borders. The negotiations for India-Australia ECTA were formally re-launched on 30 September 2021 and concluded on a fast-track basis […]
Punjab’s Claim on Chandigarh
In News Recently, the Punjab Assembly passed a resolution reiterating the state’s claim on Chandigarh. About Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification stating that employees of Chandigarh UT administration will get the same pay and other benefits as those working under the central government. Under the rules, the retirement age of Chandigarh […]
Draft Indian Antarctic Bill, 2020
In News The government introduced the ‘Antarctica Bill’ in the Lok Sabha. Objectives and Need There is growing concern over preserving the pristine Antarctic environment and ocean around Antarctica from the exploitation of marine living resources and human presence in Antarctica. In the future, the private ship and aviation industry will also start operations and […]
Raja Ravi Varma
In Context One of his significant paintings, Draupadi Vastraharan by Raja Rai Varma is expected to fetch between Rs 15 and Rs 20 crore at an auction. Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) About: Ravi Varma (1848–1906) was one of the first Indian painters to successfully adopt Western painting techniques and adapt academic realism to the visual […]
Indian Express
Indian Express Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 No one will oppose if India backs such a process: Lavrov on Ukraine mediation (International Relations) Know about India’s position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India’s readiness to contribute to the peace process on the issue of Ukraine, how India-Russia bilateral […]
The Hindu
The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains GS 2 1 ‘India, Russia trying to bypass sanctions (International Relations) Know about India’s readiness to contribute in any way to the peace efforts in Russia-Ukraine crisis ,why India’s concerns over the impact of the Ukraine crisis on its economy,how it will […]
Current Account Deficit
In News India’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) increased to $23 billion (2.7 percent of GDP) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021-22 from $9.9 billion (1.3 percent of GDP) in Q2 of 2021-22 and $2.2 billion (0.3 percent of GDP) in Q3 of 2020-21. The widening of CAD in Q3 of 2021-22 was mainly on […]
National Bee Board
In News National Dairy Development Board in collaboration with the National Bee Board organised National Conclave on ‘Production of BeesWax’ National Bee Board (NBB) About: It is a registered society under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. It was reconstituted/ restructured by the Department . of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and […]
