The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3 1 RBI holds rates, cuts GDP forecast (Economy) Know about the Reserve Bank of India’s latest decisions to leave benchmark interest rates unchanged and cut GDP growth forecast by 100 basis points to 9.5%. Rationale behind the steps and implications. GS 2 […]

Indian Express Subject  Page No.                          Headlines                Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 3   1   No change in rates, growth pared, sops for more: RBI Staying the Course (Economy) The recent step was taken by […]

In News After the mother applies for mercy killing, the child dies of a rare blood disease. About A nine-year-old boy died of a rare blood disease just within two hours after his mother had applied for his mercy killing in court.  Mercy Killing, also known as Euthanasia  is an act of providing painless death […]

In News Recently, the frequent engagement on agriculture between India and Australia has been acknowledged in a virtual meeting held between the Agricultural Ministers of both the countries. Major Highlights The collaboration in agriculture is a part of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership announced by both nations in their Virtual Summit of June 2020. The India-Australia […]

In News Recently, the World Bank (WB) released its research report titled “Glaciers of the Himalayas, Climate Change, Black Carbon and Regional Resilience” . Major Findings  Coverage  It covers the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush (HKHK) mountain ranges. There are almost 55,000 glaciers in the HKHK mountains, and they store more freshwater “than any other […]

In News Recently, the Centre has notified Central Civil Services (CCS) (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2020. It puts new restrictions on officials of intelligence and security organisations after retirement. Existing Provisions The pension of government servants is subject to their conduct after retirement under the Rule 8 of the CCS Pension Rules. It holds that future […]

In News Recently, NITI Aayog released SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020–21. About SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020–21 was launched by NITI Aayog in 2018 Since its inaugural launch in 2018, the index has been comprehensively documenting and ranking the progress made by States and Union Territories towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.  Now […]

In News Recently, the Ministry of Finance advised a caste-wise split in MGNREGA wage payments. Major Highlights  Government of India has decided to provide separate budget heads for SC and ST categories under MGNREGS from the financial year 2021-22 for wage payment.  The field level people do not have to make multiple fund transfer orders.  […]

Facts in News Asian Development Bank (ADB) Recently ,Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a pact with the union government for USD 2.5 million (approx Rs 18.23 crore) loan assistance to upgrade road infrastructure in the north-eastern state Sikkim.  It is a regional development bank established on 19th December 1966. It was modeled closely on […]

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1 Significant progress in SDGs on clean energy, health: NITI index (BIodiversity and Environment) Know about NITI Aayog’s 2020 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index and major highlights. Performance of Indian states, associated challenges and suggestions. GS 2 1 Journalists need protection against […]