Editorial Simplified: Unclogging Our Oceans | GS – III
Recently around 600 Sea turtles got entangled in ghost gear near the Maldives, of which 528 were Olive Ridleys — the same species that come in thousands to Odisha’s coasts to nest.
Editorial Simplified: In The Net | GS – III
The total direct tax collection is estimated to be over ₹10 lakh crore in 2017-18, an increase of about 18% from the previous year. But the contribution of direct taxes to the total amount of taxes collected by the government, which is currently 52.29%, is still below what it was in 2013.
Editorial Simplified: Outcomes Versus Promises | GS – II
India needs to ponder deeply on what is in its best interests. Its decision needs to be dictated by the cold logic of circumstances. Strategic ambivalence is not an answer to the situation that India faces today.
CSE-2019 | Prelims Daily Quiz 15
Daily Quiz for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2019
CSE-2019 | Prelims Daily Quiz 14
Daily Quiz for Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2019
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Princely States (3) | Focus – Mains
The state of Kashmir bordered on both India and Pakistan. Its ruler Hari Singh did not accede either to India or Pakistan. Fearing democracy in India and communalism in Pakistan, he hoped to stay out of both and to continue to wield power as an independent ruler.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Princely States (2) | Focus – Mains
A few days before Independence, the Maharaja of Manipur, Bodhachandra Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession with the Indian government on the assurance that the internal autonomy of Manipur would be maintained.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Princely States (1) | Focus – Mains
Just before Independence it was announced by the British that with the end of their rule over India, paramountcy of the British crown over Princely States would also lapse. This meant that all these states, as many as 565 in all, would become legally independent.
Static – Modern History – Major Challenges Faced by India at Independence | Focus – Mains
The first and the immediate challenge was to shape a nation that was united, yet accommodative of the diversity in our society. The second challenge was to establish democracy. The third challenge was to ensure the development and wellbeing of the entire society and not only of some sections.
Editorial Simplified: A Very Delicate Balancing Act | GS – II
The Doklam standoff led some in Bhutan to call for the country to adopt an independent foreign policy, one that is not too closely aligned with India, so that it could resolve its dragging border dispute with China.
