Current Affairs
March 04 , 2024
Shifts in Public Opinion on Governance Models: Insights from Pew Research Survey : High Support for Authoritarian Governance: In India, 85% of respondents expressed support for military rule or rule by an authoritarian leader, the highest among the 24 surveyed...
March 01 , 2024
International Waste Pickers Day and Informal Waste Pickers: - March 1 marks International Waste Pickers Day, commemorating murdered waste pickers in Colombia in 1992. - Informal waste pickers are crucial but marginalized workers in waste managementecosystems. - They...
February 07,2024
Reduced Financial transfers to states : Reduced Financial Transfers to States: - Despite recommendations from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Finance Commissions to devolve 42% and 41% (excluding J&K and Ladakh) of Union tax revenues to States, the Union government...
February 06 , 2024
Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur : Why in News? Recently, the President of India announced that the Bharat Ratna would be awarded to socialist leader and former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur, posthumously. This comes at a time when three-day...
November 30,2023
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN URBAN AREAS According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), the unemployment rate in urban areas of the country decreased from 7.2% in July-September 2022 to 6.6% in July–September 2023,...
NOVEMBER 29,2023
‘INNUYIR KAPPOM-NAMMAI KAAKKUM 48’ Why is in news? The number of persons who have benefitted under the State government’s ‘InnuyirKappom-NammaiKaakkum 48’ has crossed two lakhs. About the Scheme: Through this scheme, the State government will bear the expenses of...