APPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APPSC Test Series
The metaverse is a virtual world where people interact via their digital avatars! In that virtual world, people will be able to do almost anything – go shopping, attend meetings, play with their friends and so on. This virtual universe can be accessed from devices like smartphones, or computers. However, to get the complete immersion … Read more
India has imposed anti-dumping duty on five Chinese products, including certain aluminium goods and some chemicals, for five years to guard local manufacturers from cheap imports from the neighbouring country. A remedy sanctioned by the WTO to protect a member country’s domestic industry from imports that have been priced at levels below those prevailing in … Read more
Gender inequality is the social process by which men and women are not treated as equals. The treatment may arise from distinctions regarding biology, psychology, or cultural norms. Some of these distinctions are empirically-grounded while others appear to be socially constructed. The under-representation of women in the workforce is both a social and economic loss. … Read more
The ongoing struggle of farmers is not for political power. It is a struggle to transform Indian agriculture and the livelihoods of the farming majority which are in ruins in most parts of the country. The compulsion of our time is to give a new direction to a peaceful peoples’ movement to generate momentum in … Read more
Rig vedic period Rig Vedic Women in India enjoyed high status in society and their condition was good. Even the women were provided opportunity to attain high intellectual and spiritual standard. There was no sati system or early marriage. They enjoyed freedom and even they enjoyed freedom in selecting their male partner. Widows were permitted … Read more
Providing Affordable Housing The Covid-19 pandemic had brought to fore the plight of migrant workers in India. The reverse migration we saw, highlights the need to provide affordable living conditions to the workers, so that they are not compelled to migrate back in times of income uncertainties. Data show that around 25 per cent of … Read more
Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan or Self-reliant India campaign is the vision of new India. In the year 2020, Prime Minister raised a clarion call to the nation giving a kick start to the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan (Self-reliant India campaign) and announced the Special economic and comprehensive package of INR 20 lakh crores – equivalent to 10% … Read more
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)’s draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy 2022 is a continuation of earlier efforts to encourage better utilisation of large-scale data collected by the government machinery. The Draft Policy aims at providing a robust scaffolding for harnessing public sector data for informed decision-making, citizen-centric delivery of public … Read more
According to the World Health Or. ganisation, 50 per cent of all malnutrition can be traced to diarrhoea and intestinal worm infections, caused by poor water, sanitation and hygiene. It’s evident that there is a direct correlation between sanitation and nutrition, and the sooner we acknowledge it, the faster we can work towards fixing it. … Read more
A unicorn is any privately owned firm with a market capitalization of more than $1 billion. It denotes new entities dedicated to offering creative solutions and new business models, among other things. ndia has become 3rd largest start-up ecosystem in the world after US and China. The number of newly recognized start-ups increased to over … Read more
