Climatic Regions of India Part 1 A climatic region has a homogeneous climatic condition which is the result of a combination of factors of which temperature and rainfall are the two most important elements. Even though the whole of India has a monsoon type of […]
Taxing Tobacco products #GS-02 Healthcare, #GS-03 Taxation For Mains Need to Change taxation methods of Tobacco Since the implementation of the Goods and Services Taxation (GST) tobacco taxes have not increased significantly. Hence, they have become more affordable in the past five years. The economic […]
PIB Analysis 30-01-23 Sagar Samrat Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) iconic drilling rig Sagar Samrat has been re-dedicated as a Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU) to the nation. Sagar Samrat Rig was built in 1973 as a jack-up drilling rigand was instrumental in 14 […]
Sub-categorisation of OBCs #GS-02 Social Justice For Prelims Sub-categorisation of OBCs A commission under Justice G. Rohini was set up on October 2, 2017, under Article 340 of the Constitution for sub-categorisation of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and equitable distribution of benefits reserved for […]
Indus Waters Treaty #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims Indus Waters Treaty Indus Waters Treaty was brokered by the World Bank after nine year long negotiations on September 19, 1960. Under the treaty all the waters of three Eastern rivers, namely Ravi, Sutlej and Beas […]
Mirage 2000 and Sukhoi-30MKI Crash #GS-03 Science and Technology For Prelims Black Box Officially called the Flight Data Recorder, the Black Box is an instrument which records all the activities in an aeroplane during its flight. An Australian scientist named David Warren was the first […]
All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021 #GS-02 Education For Prelims AISHE All India Survey on Higher Education is an annual web-based survey released by the Union Ministry of Education since 2010-11. It helps by providing key performance indicators on the current status of […]
