Category: GD Topics

The first Coronavirus case was reported in India on 30 January 2020 in Kerala. By 10th of March 2020, 50 Covid-19 cases were reported in India and the infections doubled in just 4 days. Thirteen states and UTs in India had till this time, reported …

The Concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan The stimulus package announced by Finance Minister to spur the economic activities post lockdown and during opening up had a major emphasis on ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’.  Atmanirbhar means ‘self-reliant’. This was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response to the economic …

Make in India is a flagship campaign steered by Prime Minister Modi with a vision to facilitate investments, nurture innovation, enhance skills, and protect intellectual property, and to develop a world class manufacturing ecosystem. The primary objective of this initiative is to attract investments from …

India since independence has remained a cash dependent economy. India’s cash to GDP ratio is 13 % whereas the global average is a maximum of 8%. The Indian government has been trying to go cashless to counter problems like illegal transactions, money laundering, black money …

Referred to as Sino-Indian relations, India-China relations can be traced back to ancient times. The Silk route led to significant economic, bilateral ties between the two countries.  India and China have recently held eight rounds of the Corps Commander talks, and the last one took …

Technology has taken over our lives like never before. Rapidly spreading low-cost internet technology enables and ensures that Online learning influences students’ life for good. The learning process is now more effective and reachable among all locations and all ages.  A sudden shift from the …

Adversities! Adversity can come anytime anywhere without knocking at your door and it expects you to be prepared for it. Unfair! I know, but there’s hardly anything we can do about it. Life is like this, it gives lemons as and when it feels like …

Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can’t afford monopolies Yusuf Hamied The rise of a monopoly, or a monopolistic competitive market, is a red flag for any economy and is one of the confirmed trends that take place when …

“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” – Tony Blair True to it is very core, it is indeed very easy to say yes. We have said yes to Apps like TikTok, WeChat, Pubg, etc. without …

“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” – by Tuli Kupferberg Indeed, the pattern has changed, and we are walking towards a new world. A bright new world full of mixed emotions and filled with confusion. What are the impact of 2020 on 2021 due …

In theory, a black swan event is one that is not normally expected and has potentially severe consequences. Investopedia defines them as  ‘events that are characterized by their extreme rarity, their severe impact, and the widespread insistence they were obvious in hindsight’.  The global outbreak of Covid-19, …

In a landmark move the Indian Government on August 5, 2019, stripped the state of Jammu & Kashmir of its 70 decades of special status. While the BJP government has upheld the move as a long-overdue correction of a “historical blunder”, the nation seemed to …