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CURRENT AFFAIRS

How to Prepare Current Affairs for UPSC?

There is a trend of asking questions in the UPSC Civil Services Exam from the events that are in news related to the subject. A large number of questions in the exam are directly asked from websites; like PIB, Down to Earth or Newspaper; like The Hindu, Indian Express, Times of India, Business Standard etc. It is very challenging to study from all these sources in a limited time during preparation. Keeping all these things in mind, all the important news is compiled in this section on a daily basis; so that you do not miss any important event from the exam point of view.

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Solar Wind Cyber Attack

National 05-Jan-2021

The scale of a sophisticated cyber attack on the U.S. government that was unearthed recently is much bigger than first anticipated. 

Illegal Trade of Wild Animals

National 02-Jan-2021

Despite Covid-19 restrictions and the risk of animal to human disease transmission, illegal wildlife trade on social media networks has continued, with wild animals sometimes sold as “lockdown pets”.

Pneumococcal Disease

National 30-Dec-2020

Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) unveiled India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine.The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by doses, SII is also the maker of Covishield, the Indian version of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine.

Cairn Energy wins Arbitration Award

National 29-Dec-2020

India has been ordered to return up to $1.4 billion to Cairn Energy PLC of the U.K. after an international arbitration overturned tax demanded retrospectively — an award the government indicated it may challenge.

Targeting Big Tech in the US, EU

National 29-Dec-2020

European Union issued two draft digital-services laws that could launch an overarching supervisory apparatus covering tech companies.

Suspension of Insolvency Proceedings

National 23-Dec-2020

Government has extended suspension of fresh proceedings under insolvency law for next 3 months.

Gas Production in KGD6

National 23-Dec-2020

The R cluster, along with the Satellite Cluster and MJ gas fields in the Krishna Godavari Basin are expected to produce around 30 MMSCMD of natural gas or about 15% of India’s projected demand for natural gas by 2023.

Shigella Infection

National 21-Dec-2020

People with shigellosis may start experiencing symptoms within one or two days of the entry of germs in the body.

Himalayan Serow

National 18-Dec-2020

The Himalayan Serow, till date was considerd to be extinct, spotted in the cold deserts of the Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh.

Currency Manipulation

National 17-Dec-2020

The U.S. Treasury labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators on Wednesday and added three new names to a watch list of countries it suspects of taking measures to devalue their currencies against the dollar.

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