In News Recently, the GST Council’s 45th meeting was held in Lucknow under the chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister. Key Decisions Drugs:  Life-saving drugs Zolgensma and Viltepso used in treatment of Spinal-Muscular Atrophy are exempted from GST when imported for personal use. Extension of existing concessional GST rates on certain COVID-19 treatment drugs upto […]

In News The report, titled ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’, was released by NITI Aayog. It has urged all central universities and technical institutions states to offer postgraduate degree programmes (M.Tech. Planning) to cater to the requirement of planners. The report noted that only a little more than 1000 students every year pursue […]

In News  Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology launched Phase II of the Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme. About Phase II of the scheme  It is being launched with enhanced features to serve the purpose of productive research in India. It aims to support 1000 Full-Time PhD Candidates, 150 Part-Time PhD Candidates, 50 Young Faculty Research […]

In News  Recently ,MyGov India, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), launched the Planetarium Innovation Challenge for Indian start-ups and tech entrepreneurs. About Planetarium Innovation Challenge The Indian Space Research Organization conducted the ISRO Quiz competition which was Inspired by the Chandrayaan mission in collaboration with MyGov, where several schools, parents and […]

In News  15th Edition of Indo – Nepal Joint Military Training, Exercise Surya Kiran is commencing from 20 September 2021 at Pithoragarh (UK).  The last edition of Exercise Surya Kiran was conducted in Nepal in 2019. Key Highlights of Exercise  During this exercise, both countries’ armies would be sharing their experiences gained during the conduct […]

In News Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), developed low carbon bricks, for energy-efficient walling envelopes.   About Conventionally, building envelopes consist of masonry walls built with burnt clay bricks, concrete blocks, hollow clay blocks, fly ash bricks, lightweight blocks, and so on. A building envelope is commonly defined as the separation of the […]

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   1   SC Collegium on mission mode to fill vacancies   (Judiciary ) What is the Collegium System? Procedure for Various Judicial Appointments, Related Constitutional Provisions,significance, Criticism of the Collegium System and way forward GS 3 1&12 GST Council not for […]

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 3   3 PM on Kabul: Questions on acceptability, think together on recognition   Jaishankar disagrees with CDS: India doesn’t believe in clash of civilisations (IR) What is the Indian government’s stand on the Afghanistan Crisis and Taliban? What should India do […]

In News  Recently, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released a report titled ‘Crime in India – 2020’. Major Findings of the report  Impact of a pandemic:  The Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown resulted in a drop in traditional crimes like theft, robbery, and assault on women and children in 2020. There was a drastic […]

In News  Recently, the U.S., U.K. and Australia announced a new trilateral security partnership for the Indo-Pacific region named ‘AUKUS ‘. The three countries are already sharing extensive intelligence through the Five Eyes alliance. Five Eyes alliance is an intelligence-sharing arrangement between the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. AUKUS Alliance Under it, the […]