31 July 2018 | High Relevance vs Low Relevance News , Govt. Posters for easy recall

Reading News for UPSC is utmost important and rising number of questions year on year in UPSC Prelims is a testimony of this We are starting a daily series where we will analyze news covered in The Hindu, Indian Express and other newspapers which are important from exam perspective and which are not Important news… Continue reading

[Prelims Spotlight] UN International Sea Bed Authority, GEF

Here are Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- Govt. plans ‘ISRO-like’ ocean mission UN International Sea Bed Authority The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is an intergovernmental body that was established to organize, regulate and control all mineral-related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, an area underlying… Continue reading

[Prelims Spotlight] UN Convention Against Corruption, Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme

Here are Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- [op-ed snap] Layers of protection: on changes in anti-corruption law UN Convention Against Corruption The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is a multilateral treaty negotiated by member states of the United Nations (UN) and promoted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime… Continue reading

30 July 2018 | High Relevance vs Low Relevance News , Govt. Posters for easy recall

27 July 2018 | High Relevance vs Low Relevance News , Govt. Posters for easy recall

[Prelims Spotlight] Kaivalya, Parigraha

Here’s a Factoid to brush up your concepts Key words related to History : Kaivalya Dynasty/era : Mahavira period Meaning : 1.Kaivalya is a state of solitude, aloneness, isolation and detachment. The word is derived from the Sanskrit kevala, meaning “alone” or “isolated.” 2.It is a separation of purusha (Self or Soul) from prakriti (primal matter).… Continue reading

26 July 2018 | High Relevance vs Low Relevance News , Govt. Posters for easy recall

[Prelims Spotlight] Aditya-L1

Here’s a Factoid to brush up your concepts Name : Aditya-L1 Details : It is India’s first solar mission. It will study the sun’s outer most layers, the corona and the chromospheres and collect data about coronal mass ejection, which will also yield information for space weather prediction. Significance of the mission : The data from… Continue reading

25 July 2018 | High Relevance vs Low Relevance News , Govt. Posters for easy recall

[Prelims Spotlight] National AYUSH Mission, Prahaar

Here are Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: [pib] Special AYUSH Clinics for the Elderly National AYUSH Mission Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has launched National AYUSH Mission (NAM) during 12th Plan for implementing through States/UTs. The basic objective of NAM is: to promote AYUSH medical systems… Continue reading

24 July 2018 | High Relevance vs Low Relevance News , Govt. Posters for easy recall

[Prelims Spotlight] Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, National Council for Teacher Education, BIOFIN

Here are Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: [pib] Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 Unnat Bharat Abhiyan This is an HRD Ministry initiative launched in 2014 with the two-fold aim to provide rural India with professional resource support from institutes of higher education in the field of STEM And Building institutional capacity in Institutes of… Continue reading

23 July 2018 | High Relevance vs Low Relevance News , Govt. Posters for easy recall

[Prelims Spotlight] System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), Indian mission on the Antarctic, Denotified, Semi-Nomadic and Nomadic Tribes, Swadhar Grehs

Here are Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- [pib] New SAFAR system with Air Quality Early Warning System System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt. of India, has introduced a major national initiative “SAFAR” for greater metropolitan cities of India to provide location-specific… Continue reading

21 July 2018 | High Relevance vs Low Relevance News , Govt. Posters for easy recall

[Prelims Spotlight] World sustainable Development summit, International Agrobiodiversity Congress

Here’s a Factoid to brush up your concepts Name : World sustainable Development summit Brief Intro : WSDS has replaced TERI’s earlier called Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS). The first DSDS was organised in 2005. It underscored need for businesses and private sector to take lead in poverty reduction and to ensure rapid and sustained… Continue reading

20 July 2018 | High Relevance vs Low Relevance News , Govt. Posters for easy recall

Launching Batch 2 of Samachar Manthan 2018

UPDATE 1 We will also provide Economic Survey & Budget Analysis Videos covering key concepts and important terms for Prelims and Mains 2018/19 Economic Survey analysis will be available from 2016 to 2018 covering trends in Indian Economy as well as key issues related to it. We are also releasing 60+ Hours of Advanced Video Lectures on… Continue reading

[Prelims Spotlight] Sarkar, Sondhar

Here’s a Factoid to brush up your concepts Key words related to History : Sarkar Dynasty/era : Mughal period Meaning : Comparable to modern day district Key words related to History : Sondhar Dynasty/era : Tuglaq period Meaning : Loans to the peasants by Mohammad Bin tughluq.

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