As a part of revision for Prelims 2018, Here’s a Factoid to brush up your concepts Name of the scheme : National Skill Development Mission Objectives : NSDM will provide a strong institutional framework at the Centre and States for implementation of skilling activities in the country. Salient Features : The Mission will have a… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] National Skill Development Mission, Nirbhaya Fund

Link for the test: Click2Attempt  (Let us know your score in comments) We have started our Open SIP program in conjunction with our PAID program (Click2Know all details of the program) We will be running this special FREE initiative on daily basis providing students with revision questions for static subjects as well as current affairs starting from… Continue reading [open SIP] Test 35- Misc Test 11(Economy) Link + Discussion

Here are  Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- [op-ed snap]Getting down to business Ease of Doing Business Index Ease of Doing Business is an index of World Bank which inter alia refers to the dispute resolution environment in a country which facilitates the investors in deciding for setting up of and operation… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Ease of Doing Business Index, Parigraha

Link for the test: Click2Attempt  (Let us know your score in comments) We have started our Open SIP program in conjunction with our PAID program (Click2Know all details of the program) We will be running this special FREE initiative on daily basis providing students with revision questions for static subjects as well as current affairs starting from… Continue reading [open SIP] Test 34- Misc Test 10 Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- Only 20% of Clean Ganga Mission funds spent till March 2018 National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) NMCG was registered as a society on 12th August 2011 under the Societies Registration Act 1860. It acted as implementation arm of National Ganga River Basin… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), Joint Polar Satellite System-1

Link for the test: Click2Attempt  (Let us know your score in comments) We have started our Open SIP program in conjunction with our PAID program (Click2Know all details of the program) We will be running this special FREE initiative on daily basis providing students with revision questions for static subjects as well as current affairs starting from… Continue reading [open SIP] Test 33- Misc Test 9 Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- UN report for social inclusion ESCAP The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region. It is established in 1947 with its headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] ESCAP, Pyrogen Test, AgniII

Link for the test: Click2Attempt  (Let us know your score in comments) We have started our Open SIP program in conjunction with our PAID program (Click2Know all details of the program) We will be running this special FREE initiative on daily basis providing students with revision questions for static subjects as well as current affairs starting from… Continue reading [open SIP] Test 32- Misc Test 8 Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- Western Ghats forest cover vital for Tamil Nadu’s South-West monsoon rainfall Western Ghats It is also known as Sahyadri (Benevolent Mountains) is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India It is a… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Western Ghats, Machine Learning, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)

Link for the test: Click2Attempt  (Let us know your score in comments) We have started our Open SIP program in conjunction with our PAID program (Click2Know all details of the program) We will be running this special FREE initiative on daily basis providing students with revision questions for static subjects as well as current affairs starting from… Continue reading [open SIP] Test 31- Misc Test 7 (Govt. Schemes) Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- Jaipur Foot to be exhibited at the U.N. Jaipur Foot The Jaipur Foot, also known as the Jaipur Leg, is a rubber-based prosthetic leg for people with below-knee amputations Designed in and named after Jaipur, India, the prosthetic leg was designed to be… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Jaipur Foot, Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Digital India

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- Accelerate efforts to end rabies: WHO to India, South East Asian countries GAVI- the Vaccine Alliance Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization is a public-private global health partnership committed to increasing access to immunization in poor countries It is a global Vaccine Alliance… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] GAVI- the Vaccine Alliance, Revised National Security Clearance Policy 2015, G-7

Link for the test: Click2Attempt  (Let us know your score in comments) We have started our Open SIP program in conjunction with our PAID program (Click2Know all details of the program) We will be running this special FREE initiative on daily basis providing students with revision questions for static subjects as well as current affairs starting from… Continue reading [open SIP] Test 29- Misc Test 5 Link + Discussion

Here are 3 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news-  India gold demand seen rising World Gold Council The World Gold Council is the market development organisation for the gold industry. It works across all parts of the industry, from gold mining to investment, and their aim is to stimulate and sustain demand… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] World Gold Council, Linke Hoffman Busche (LHB) coaches, Impeachment of a Supreme Court Judge, Rajsuya

Link for the test: Click2Attempt  (Let us know your score in comments) We have started our Open SIP program in conjunction with our PAID program (Click2Know all details of the program) We will be running this special FREE initiative on daily basis providing students with revision questions for static subjects as well as current affairs starting from… Continue reading [open SIP] Test 28- CA March+ April’18 Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- [op-ed snap] Protect patents: on revoking Monsanto’s Bollgard-2 patent Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt) It is a soil-dwelling bacterium, commonly used as a biological pesticide It occurs naturally in the gut of caterpillars of various types of moths and butterflies plant leaves etc. Bt produces insecticidal action when… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt), Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY), Cartosat-2 series

Link for the test: Click2Attempt  (Let us know your score in comments) We have started our Open SIP program in conjunction with our PAID program (Click2Know all details of the program) We will be running this special FREE initiative on daily basis providing students with revision questions for static subjects as well as current affairs starting from… Continue reading [open SIP] Test 27- Misc. Test 4 ( Full Syllabus)

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- DoT releases draft National Telecom Policy National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority NPPA is a regulatory agency under Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India which was established to fix/ revise the prices of controlled bulk drugs and enforce prices and availability of the medicines… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, Universal Service Obligation Fund,

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- In a first, Gujarat to offer PNG subsidy Prime Minister Ujjwala Yojna It is a scheme launched by the Central Government on May 1, 2016 with the aim of bringing happiness to the faces of women of poor families of India Under this… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Prime Minister Ujjwala Yojna, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- [op-ed snap] The Inter-State Council needs to be rejuvenated Inter State Council(ISC) The Inter State Council is a non permanent constitutional body setup by a presidential order on the basis of provisions in Article 263 of the Constitution of India The body was… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Inter State Council(ISC), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Swachh Swasth Sarvatra