22 July 2024 : Daily Current Affairs
1. India’s garment export woes self-inflicted: report (Source – The Hindu, International Edition – Page No. – 4) Topic: GS3 – Indian Economy – Effects of liberalisation on the economy. Context India’s garment exports, valued at $14.5 billion in 2023-24, are hampered by high import duties, complex procedures, and outdated regulations. Competitors like Vietnam and…
22 July 2024 : Indian Express Editorial Analysis
 1. Bankrolling growth (Source: Indian Express; Section: The Ideas Page; Page: 11) Topic: GS3– Indian Economy Context: In the past decade, companies have significantly improved their ability to finance capital expenditure, increasing more than threefold due to deleveraging and profit growth. According to a CRISIL analysis, this improvement has coincided with a marked reduction in…
22 July 2024 : The Hindu Editorial Analysis
1. Shock-proof state: On an outage and a democratic digital infrastructure (Source – The Hindu, International Edition – Page No. – 8) Topic: GS2 – Governance Context On July 19, a software glitch caused widespread outages affecting supermarkets, banks, hospitals, and airports globally. The incident underscored the need for robust failsafes and emergency protocols in…
20 July 2024 : Daily Answer Writing
Q1) Analyze the process of delimiting constituencies, highlighting its significance as well as the challenges. (150 Words/10 Marks) As per the Election Commission of India, delimitation means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province having a legislative body. The purpose of delimitation is to…
20 July 2024 : PIB Summary For UPSC
1. Bureau of Indian Standards signs Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru to promote Standardisation (Source – https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2034445 ) Topic: GS2 – Governance, GS3 – Indian Economy. Context BIS and IISc signed an MoU on July 3, 2024, to establish the ‘BIS Standardization Chair Professor’ at IISc. This partnership aims to integrate…
20 July 2024 : Daily Current Affairs
1. India plans to enter into carbon crediting mechanism with Japan (Source – The Hindu, International Edition – Page No. – 11) Topic: GS2 – International Relations Context India and Japan are preparing to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation to establish a Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) for carbon trading. This mechanism will allocate and track…
20 July 2024 : The Hindu Editorial Analysis
1. Living in denial about unemployment (Source – The Hindu, International Edition – Page No. – 6) Topic: GS3 – Indian Economy – Issues relating to development and employment. Context Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing a Reserve Bank of India report, claimed significant job creation in recent years, countering the Opposition’s high unemployment narrative. Conflicting…
20 July 2024 : Indian Express Editorial Analysis
 1. A process more punishing (Source: Indian Express; Section: The Ideas Page; Page: 15) Topic: GS2– Governance – Government Policies and Intervention Context: The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), has replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), marking a significant shift in Indian criminal law. This transition brings forth concerns regarding procedural protections,…