Innovation, Competition and Ambition
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Indian industry invests only 0.3% of GDP in in-house R&D, far below the world average of 1.5% and India...
GS-3
Economy
National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR)
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of the National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics,...
Science and Technology
Light Pollution and Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Over the past 25 years, global artificial lighting has surged by 49%, causing the night sky’s brightness to increase...
Internal Security
NCB and Narco- Terrorism
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: Anurag Garg, an IPS officer of the 1993 batch, has been appointed as the new director general of the...
Schemes
Government Partially Restores Wheat Allocation Under PMGKAY
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Centre will partially restore wheat distribution for beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) after...
Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity
CAQM has revised the GRAP to address air pollution in the NCR.
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has revised the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) to address air pollution...
Science and Technology
Union Cabinet Approves Expansion of Chandrayaan-4 and New Space Missions
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The Union Cabinet approved the expansion of the Chandrayaan-4 Mission to include preparatory measures for a future manned moon...
Economy
NFRA issues revise Standards to Address Deficient Audit Quality
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCContext: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has proposed revised Standards on Auditing (SA 600) to align with International Standards...
Editorials
Governance and Oversight of SEBI: A Critique for Reform
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCThis essay talks about K P Krishnan’s article “A Checks and Balances Challenge” from Business Standard, published in Business Standard...
Editorials
Balancing Climate Action, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction: A Global Dilemma
20 September 2024 | The Study UPSCThe essay, based on Prof. Dani Rodrik’s article titled “The Global Economy Confronts Yet Another ‘Impossible Trinity’” and published in...