Vocab Tadka: Look Around You
5 words for you- check out whether you can label yourself with any 1 of them? If yes..then congrats !! you got 1 more/new word 2 define yourself 🙂 if not ;then hope you...
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(20th April 2015 – Indian Express) Green Power Quota, Bureaucrats need govt. nod for gifts >5000
Green Power Quota : 16 States post Below 70% Compliance Concept of Renewable Power Obligation (RPO) or the legally-mandated obligation on states to include green power in the overall energy mix is floundering. 16...
Vocab Tadka : Paean vs Peon (Confusing Words)
Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Paean & Peon. PAEAN 1 (n) a formal expression of praise Type: ‘noun.communication’ Synonym: encomium, eulogy, panegyric, pean, 2 (n) (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece...
(12th April 2015 – Indian Express) Nine Changes in Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, Social Progress Index
PM is leading the govt’s campaign in support of the Bill to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 (LARR Act). Land Acquisition Act of...
(11th April 2015 – Indian Express) Massively Augment public transport system
Delhi based centre for science & environment (CSE) 16 years ago – security threat is not the gun, but the air. Agenda : Advance the roadmap for fuel emission standards. Restrict diesel vehicles Make...
(7th April 2015 – Indian Express) Saudi asks Pakistan for help, National Air Quality Index launched
Saudi Arabia asked Pakistan for Military aircraft , warships & soldiers for Yemen campaign Saudi Arabia asked Pakistan for military aircraft, warships & soldiers Saudi Arabia (Sunni Muslim power) strikes Shia hauthi forces in...
(31st March 2015 – Indian Express) Key Points : How could you allow your national capital to become such a global shame?
Popularly Known as “Delhi’s Green Judge” – Retired Justice Kuldip Singh Presided over number of PILs on environmental issues. passed crucial judgments on air pollution, including specifying norms for industries around the Taj Mahal....
(29th March 2015 – Indian Express) IRNSS- 1D Launched
IRNSS-1D Launched from Sriharikota Important points : Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System 4th satellite in the planned seven satellite Indian Navigational System. Fully operational By mid – 2016 Critical application for Indian Armed Forces....
(20th March) GS 3 : Green bonds’ value may double to $100 billion in 2015
What is a Green Bond ? What is the difference between green bond and a regular bond ? Why green bond is gaining so much popularity in recent years? Article Ref : Green bonds’ value...
(2nd March) GS 3 : Government amends I-T Act to put curbs on shell firms
To curb the formation of shell companies, which are located abroad but controlled from India, to evade taxes, the government has amended the income tax act by introducing the concept of ‘place of effective...
