Kashmir Saffron gets GI Tag
Context: Recently, Kashmir Saffron got Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry. The application was filed by the Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Muktoshri- Arsenic-Resistant rice
Context: Researchers in West Bengal have developed and commercialized a rice variety that is resistant to Arsenic and can be grown in areas with very high arsenic-contamination. Last year West Bengal issued a Gazette notification for the commercial use of “Muktoshri”.
Arbitrary ban on Chinese web services
Recently, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) recently directed a ban on 59 smartphone applications provided by China.
PERMANENT COMMISSION FOR WOMEN IN INDIAN ARMY
Context: The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement, had recently declared that Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers are eligible for permanent commission and command posts in the Army irrespective of their years of service.
National Education Policy 2020
Panel headed by former ISRO chief K. Kasturirangan submitted a draft of National Education Policy which forms the basis of National Education Policy 2020. This policy is aligned to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
GAFA Tax
An attempt was made by some European countries including France and Britain to overhaul the global tax system for digital giants,under the auspices of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
126th Constitutional Amendment
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Amendment) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Law and Justice, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, on December 9, 2019.
Keep Your Average High, Be Better Not Bitter
In these competitive examinations, I find students, they are competing too much. When I say too much competing I basically would say that they are continuously trying to see that how others are performing.
Well Begun - Half Done
Well, I am going to talk about here today with you with an interesting idea where we have our INDIAN philosophy of WELL BEGUN IS HALF DONE which means since you have begun, you better not work towards it and you sleep and then the remaining half you can do whenever you want.
Test Yourself While Preparing
I am often asked about test series, that how shall we be doing test series? When I should be doing the test series? Well, the importance of test series is something which is often discussed by a lot of students.
Stay Away From The NAYSAYERS
Quite often I come across students who keep telling me that I have got a lot of people around me who would always say that I can’t do it well.
What If Not
Well, this is one issue which a good number of you are often concerned about- that, WHAT IF NOT. That is, if I am not able to succeed in my life in the thing that we have got, do I have a fall back option?
Writer's Block
Hi, in this video I am going to talk about EXPRESSION. Expression has been a major challenge for most of us because we have not trained ourselves on expression.
FAIL The FAILURE
I am often asked by a lot of students who say that Sir whatever plan I make I fail in that. I want to bring something to your notice. I am not worried when you are failing, I am worried when you stop FAILING.
Don't Get Distracted From The Goal
I often meet students who come to me telling me that I get a lot of distractions and then I am not in a position to concentrate on my goal and then deviations are killing me.
Relevance of Book List
I am often asked by a lot of students about the book list, a long list of books that they have. In fact, you can check it on the net, there’s plenty of book lists that are available, plenty of talks which are available in different books giving an opinion, sometimes contrasting opinion about the same book.
Invisibilisation
Hi, in this video I will be talking about a very interesting thing that you will be actually needing for your preparation and that is something which we call it as INVISIBILISATION.
Syllabus Based Newspaper Reading
In this video, I would be talking about NEWSPAPER READING. Remember this newspaper is not published for you so is anything and everything which is published it doesn’t mean that you have to be reading all of them.
BELIEVE And Keep Moving
I sometimes come across some students who talk to me in a very- very exhausted sense of the term and they say like I have given quite a few attempts it’s not happening to me so probably I am not meant for it and I can’t do it.
Adjust Your Shots Not The Goal Post
A lot of time students come to me saying that, ‘I am not able to follow my path and follow my routine, follow my task. I am not able to do that.” And then we shift, I mean this book is not working out then I go for this book.
