[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

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] 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.

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

[Prelims Spotlight] New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP), Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), CASSINI MISSION

Here are Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news-Cabinet relaxes NELP, pre-NELP pact rules New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) was conceptualized by the Government of India, during 1997-98 to provide an equal platform to both Public and Private sector companies in exploration and production of hydrocarbons. It… Continue reading

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

[Prelims Spotlight] FASTags, Hague Adoption Convention, BCAS (Bureau of Civil Aviation Security), INSV Tarini

Here are Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- Centre increases CVs’ load carrying capacity FASTags FASTag devices employ Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to make toll payments from the prepaid account directly linked with it. The windscreens of the vehicles are fitted with it. It enables the four-wheelers to drive through the toll… Continue reading

[Prelims Spotlight] BrahMos, BirdLife International

Here are Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- BrahMos tested in extreme weather conditions BrahMos BrahMos is a joint collaboration between India and Russia and is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against the surface and sea-based targets It has a strike range of around 290 km and… Continue reading

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

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

[Prelims Spotlight] Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY), Saransh

Here’s a Factoid to brush up your concepts Name of the scheme : Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY) Objectives : To track the educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII across the 15 lakhs private and government schools in the country. -ASMITA will be an online database which will carry information of… Continue reading

[Prelims Spotlight] National Green Tribunal, DNA Based Technology (Use and Regulation) Bill, 2017, East Asian Summit

Here are Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- NGT to hear pleas via videoconference National Green Tribunal The National Green Tribunal has been established in 2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010. It draws inspiration from India’s constitutional provision of Article 21, which assures the citizens of India the right to… Continue reading

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