Daily Current Affairs - Raj Malhotra IAS Academy Study Group

17th June – BIMSTEC – Towards a security architecture

The renewed mandate for PM Modi holds several implications for India’s domestic and foreign policy both. The presence of Bay

15th June – The dangers posed by AI driven ‘deepfakes’

Academics and researchers typically accuse the media of scaremongering and painting dystopian scenarios, especially when it comes to the coverage

14th June – Giving solar power a leg-up (Important topic for Mains 2019)

India’s renewables transition has so far been a success story, with the share of renewables capacity increasing sharply in recent

13th June – A shift eastward

The last government was sworn in in the presence of leaders of the countries of the South Asian Association for

12th June – The merits of a free ride

The Delhi government’s proposal to make metro and bus travel free for women not only encourages women to use public

11th June – All you need to know about ‘interoperability’

In November last year, SEBI came up with guidelines to usher in interoperability among clearing corporations. The deadline given to

10th June – Jal Shakti

One of the highlights of Government formation for a second time under the prime ministership of Narendra Modi was the

8th June – Drought Scare

A series of reports clearly indicates that nearly 40 per cent of the country is facing an acute paucity of

7th June – India needs a solar manufacturing strategy

The Prime Minister’s emphasis since 2014 has given a new fillip to solar power installation. The unit costs of solar

5th June – For clean energy, focus on energy efficiency

According to a report by the WHO, the elevated pollution levels have bred a host of secondary issues like respiratory

4th June – Truce in Telecom

For the fourth quarter of financial year 2018-19, the most keenly watched metric in the results of the telecom service

Tips for Cracking Any Exam Successfully

Exams are considered the most horrible bit of student life. The pressure to pass every test and score good

1st May – Ten customs reforms that will lift our trade

Here are 10 suggestions to improve Customs’ functioning. Implementing these will have a significant impact. After all, every year, merchandise

30th April – We need an urban jobs guarantee scheme

India is facing a crisis of both quantity and quality of employment. Despite lack of recent official statistics, it seems

29th April – Competing for the best

The flow of academics, for decades, has been from India to other countries. This flow of talent has heavily impacted

27th April – Get it right

The joint initiative of the finance ministry and the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog to devise a system

26th April – Taking advantage of the BRI

There are at least five reasons why India should have sent an observer to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

25th April – Outer Space Lessons

As scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) work toward ‘Mission Gaganyaan’, to send three Indian astronauts into space,

24th April – A half written promise

A half written promise While all major parties make some piecemeal promises to women, the recognition of sexual and reproductive

23rd April – Domestic Gas Pricing Formula

Earlier this month, the Centre increased the price of domestic natural gas by nearly 10 per cent to $3.69/mmbtu. This

22nd April – Humanise the law – draft Indian Forest Act

Modernising colonial era laws is a long-delayed project, but the draft Indian Forest Act, 2019 is woefully short of being

18th June – In the absence of a good law

Recently, the Supreme Court expressed its growing concern over the award of tenders being challenged in writ proceedings almost as

20th April – Predictable chaos in Libya

General Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army, is advancing on the capital Tripoli, having taken control of the

19th April – Trawling for a sustainable livelihood

For a country which is home to 10 per cent of the world’s total biodiversity of fish, one which happens

18th April – Police reforms must be expedited

In the run-up to the 2019 general elections national security has emerged as a major issue. To strengthen only external

17th April – State funding of elections

Why state financing is the only way to ensure fair and transparent poll funding? In just 28 days since the

16th April – Necessary steps to ending poverty

It is by now close to 50 years since Indira Gandhi brought the idea of eradicating poverty into the electoral

15th April – Our bankruptcy code is world class

The World Bank conducts an annual examination to gauge the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ in nearly 200 economies and ranks

13rd April – Fixing FAME-II

The government’s FAME-II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles in India) programme has received some criticism about

A rare opportunity

Recent developments have not given the rare disease community much to celebrate. The suspension of the National Policy for the

India’s Policy Plans Could Hold Back Its Digital Startups

Indian startups have helped put the country on the map by building products and services that are tackling some of

All you need to know about Composition Scheme

All you need to know about Composition Scheme From the next financial year (April 1, 2019), tax payers under the

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