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

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 24- Misc Test 1 ( IYB + Eco Survey )Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- China, India, Canada top US list of intellectual property offenders Priority watch list The Special 301 Report is prepared annually by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) under Section 301 as amended of the Trade Act of 1974 The reports… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Priority watch list, Sovereign rating, Swachh Swasth Sarvatra

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 23- February’18 CA Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- [op-ed snap] Outcome-based financing for development in India Social impact bond A Social impact bond, also known as Pay for Success Financing, a Pay for Success Bond or a Social Benefit Bond  or simply a Social Bond, is a contract with the public… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Social impact bond, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Vidhata

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 22- Environment ( Full Syllabus) Link + Discussion

Here are 3 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- More institutions to work for rural development 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… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, National framework for Malaria Elimination , NFME), Press Freedom Index, HySIS (Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite)

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 21-Economics ( Full Syllabus) Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- Heavy metals in fertilizers raise risk of diabetes, heart diseases in farmers Heavy metals Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers. The criteria used, and whether metalloids are included, vary depending on the author… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Heavy metals, System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), Kavach (KVx) series laser walls

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 20-History+ Art & Culture Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- India highest recipient of remittances Foreign remittance A remittance is a transfer of money by a foreign worker to an individual in his or her home country Money sent home by migrants competes with international aid as one of the largest financial inflows… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Foreign remittance, e-way bill, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Here are 3 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- Minorities’ commission to seek constitutional status National Commission for Minorities (NCM) The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 Six religious communities, viz; Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains have… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), Hepatitis, Swachhata Pakwada

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 19- CA Dec’17 Link + Discussion

Here are 2 Back2Basics collections from today’s news items B2B #1: From news- India to push for local manufacturing of APIs, reduce dependence on China Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) All drugs are made up of two core components: the API, which is the central ingredient, and the excipients, the substances other than the drug that helps… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), Swell Waves, RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands