UPSC Mains General Studies Paper III Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment Earth Overshoot Day 2018 to fall on 1st August Earth Overshoot Day will fall on August 1 this year This is the earliest date since ecological overshoot began in early 1970s. This year the overshoot day falls a day earlier than the last year’s. What is Earth Overshoot Day? It’s the date on which annual demand of humanityRead More
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UPSC Mains General Studies Paper II Topic: India and its neighbourhood- relations. What is Girinka Programme and Where it is being run? Grinika is a national social protection scheme of Rwanda to provide one cow per family The programme was initiated by President Paul Kagame in response to alarmingly high rate of childhood malnutrition and as way to accelerate poverty reduction and integrate livestock and crop farming. Under this programme, poorest residing in regionRead More
Iran becomes India’s second biggest Oil Supplier: Between April 2018 and June 2018, Iran was the second-biggest crude oil supplier to Indian state refiners It replaced Saudi Arabia as the second-biggest oil supplier to Indian state refiners. How did Iran become becomes india’s second biggest Oil Supplier in this period? Thanks to the steeper discounts offered by Iran on the oil, India almost doubled its imports from Iran between April 2018 andRead More
India is observing National Moth Week from July 21 to July 29 The National Moth Week encourages people to observe and document moths in backyards and neighbourhoods. India is among the 40 countries in which citizen scientists and enthusiasts will be documenting insects What is the main aim of National moth Week? To increase the awareness about the insects When and Where was the National Moth Week started? Scientists ofRead More
Daily Current Affairs GK For UPSC Civil Services and other competitive exams in India . The Hindu Current Affairs News Capsule and analysis – 20th July 2018 Below is the today’s Daily Current Affairs news capsule i.e. Current Affairs Gk for 20th July 2018. The main news items for 20th July 2018 in short and crisp form with all the relevant information to prepare the current affairs for various exams. LivestockRead More
Daily Current Affairs GK For UPSC Civil Services and other competitive exams in India . The Hindu Current Affairs News Capsule and analysis – 19th July 2018 Below is the today’s Daily Current Affairs news capsule i.e. Current Affairs Gk for 19th July 2018. The main news items for 19th July 2018 in short and crisp form with all the relevant information to prepare the current affairs for various exams. No ConfidenceRead More
Indian National Congress (INC) Sessions – MCQ on Modern Indian History for UPSC Civil Services, SSC etc. MCQ on Modern Indian History – Indian National Congress (INC) Sessions. Try Modern Indian History questions from the Indian National Congress (INC) Sessions topic. Click on ‘Show Answer’ button to reveal the correct option. Click here to Download Daily Current Affairs Quiz App for UPSC SSC IBPS 1) Where was the first SessionRead More