Context The torrential rains in the third week of October in Hyderabad claimed the lives of over 50 people and hundreds of riverbed hutments were flushed away. The scale of destruction has been unprecedented and this experience is not unique …
Almost half of India’s 900 million voters are women, but the number of woman lawmakers in Lok Sabha account to just 14%. This gives us the dismal rank of 143 out of 192 countries for which data are reported by …
WHAT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO BEFORE BREAKFAST LAURA VANDERKAM Laura Vanderkam is an American blogger and public speaker who writes about time management and productivity. In her What Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, she gives keys to dominate …
Women’s enrolment in higher education, which was less than 10% of the total enrolment on the eve of Independence, has risen to 48.6% in 2018-19. But share of male students enrolled in engineering and technology is 71.1% compared to female …
What’s in the news? Indian Army has developed a simple and secure messaging application named the “Secure Application for Internet (SAI). This initiative by the Indian Army can be seen as a part of the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. About SAI …
Why in News? The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved that 100% of the foodgrains and 20% of the sugar shall be mandatorily packed in diversified jute bags. Significance: The decision …
What’s in the news? NGO Pratham has released its latest Annual State of Education Report (ASER) survey conducted in September, the sixth month of school closures due to COVID-19 across the country. ASER is a nationwide survey of rural education …
What is a ‘sunset’ clause? Sunset clauses require that certain provisions or laws will cease to be effective from a predetermined date unless they are reauthorized. Sunset clauses have been frequently used in India in fiscal and tax laws, e.g., …
What’s in the news? Public Affairs Centre, a not-for-profit organisation, headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Kasturirangan, has released its Public Affairs Index (PAI)-2020. In this annual report, States were ranked on governance performance based on …
Use Your Memory – Tony Buzan In our day-to-day life, it often happens that we forget things we need to remember and get frustrated. When it …