The Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Niramla Sitharaman today announced Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana(PMGKY) for the poor to help them…
Category: General Studies Paper 1
Talamaddale
The traditional art of ‘talamaddale’, a variant of Yakshagana theatre, has gone virtual in times of COVID-19. A performance was streamed live on social media on June 13 and more…
What is DSR(Direct Seeding of Rice)?
Owing to exodus of migrant labourers amid the ongoing lockdown, and Covid-19 situation, farmers in Punjab seem to be preparing for direct seeding of rice (DSR) this khairf season, moving…
Amery Ice Shelf
The Amery Ice Shelf is one of the largest glacier drainage basins in the world, located on the east coast of Antarctica.Amery is the third largest ice shelf in Antarctica,…
Tropical Cyclones-East Coast Vs West Coast
More Tropical cyclones occur in the Bay of Bengal than the Arabian Sea and the ratio is approximately 4:1. An analysis of the frequency of cyclones on the east and…
China approves controversial National Security Law
China's parliament, the National People's Congress, passed the resolution to enact the sweeping security legislation, which bans sedition, secession and subversion of the central government and allows mainland China's state…
India-Nepal Border delineation(Sugauli Treaty)
Context: Amid tension with India over constructing of a road till the Lipulekh pass; Nepal is planning to start three armed police border outposts along the India-Nepal border in Uttarakhand.The inauguration…
Buddhism(Ancient India)
Jainism and Buddhism, both arose as a reaction to the existing social and religious order. Background: The society after the Vedic age,was clearly divided into four varnas: brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishayas…
Age of Rig Veda(Early Vedic Period)
The Age of Rig Vedic Period Arrival of the Indo-Aryans The Indo Aryans arrived from two areas.The first area is archeologically called the Andronovo culture which covered almost the whole…
The Later Vedic Period
The later Vedic Period-The information about this period is obtained from the three later Vedic texts-Sama Veda,Yajur Veda, Atharva Veda The Four Vedas The Rig Veda Samhita is the…