Unearthing an Ancient Civilisation- Keeladi Excavations An urban civilisation existed in Tamil Nadu in the Sangam era on the banks of the river Vaigai has been ascertained by carbon dating, a…
Category: General Studies Paper 1
The State of the World’s Children -UNICEF
The State of the World’s Children -UNICEF For the first time in 20 years, UNICEF’s flagship report examines the issue of children, food and nutrition, providing a fresh perspective on…
Mamallapuram- Historical Significance
Mamallapuram- Historical Significance The Shore Temple at Mamallapuram in the lap of the Bay of Bengal, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Chinese president Xi Jinping on Friday and Saturday…
Water Budgeting in India
India is now the largest user of groundwater worldwide, pumping out 25% of all the groundwater extracted in the world.Water budgeting is the latest effort to solve an increasingly chronic…
Zero Budget Natural Farming
Relevance:Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman thrust zero budget natural farming into the spotlight in the first Budget speech of the 17th Lok Sabha earlier this month, calling for a “back to…
RSTV-‘Blue Revolution’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaHFT9Iyg2k 1.Vice President recently inaugurated the Aqua Aquaria India 2019.The theme for the 2019 edition was “To take Blue Revolution to India's hinterland”. It is the largest aquaculture exhibition in…
Deforestation:Explained
Deforestation: The conversion of forest to another land use or the long-term reduction of the tree canopy cover below the minimum 10 percent threshold. Deforestation implies the long-term or permanent…
Rice Cultivation in India
The Economic Survey 2018-19 stressed the need for incentivising farmers to conserve water, especially because cropping pattern in India is highly skewed in favour of crops that are water-intensive.In a…
Location of Industries in India(GS-1)
Sugar Industry in India Cotton-textile-industry Silk Textile Industry Handicrafts-and-Khadi-Industry
Revolt of 1857
The cumulative effect of British expansionist policies economic exploitation and administrative innovations over the years had adversely affected the positions of all- rulers of Indian states, sepoys, zamindars, peasants,traders, artisans,…