DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS IAS | UPSC Prelims and Mains Exam – 21st June 2021

[ad_1] Archives (PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS) Consumption of white foods increases manifold Part of: GS Prelims and GS -II – Health   In news  White foods are those that are processed and refined, like refined wheat flour, white rice, white bread, white pasta, and simple sugars like white refined sugar, honey, and high fructose corn syrup.   Bakery and condiment … Read more

Consumption of white foods increases manifold 

[ad_1] Consumption of white foods increases manifold  Part of: GS Prelims and GS -II – Health   In news  White foods are those that are processed and refined, like refined wheat flour, white rice, white bread, white pasta, and simple sugars like white refined sugar, honey, and high fructose corn syrup.   Bakery and condiment industries, which use refined wheat … Read more

SECURE SYNOPSIS: 18 June 2021 – INSIGHTSIAS

[ad_1]   NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background information. General Studies … Read more

Draft National strategy and roadmap for promoting tourism released 

[ad_1] Draft National strategy and roadmap for promoting tourism released  Part of: GS Prelims and GS -III – Infrastructure   In news  Ministry of Tourism released three Draft National strategy and roadmap for promoting tourism in India.   It aims to identify, diversify, develop and promote tourism products.   It will help to overcome the aspect of seasonality and will promote India … Read more

Insta–DART (Daily Aptitude and Reasoning Test) 21 June 2021 – INSIGHTSIAS

[ad_1]   Information Considering the alarming importance of CSAT in UPSC CSE Prelims exam and with enormous requests we received recently, InsightsIAS has started Daily CSAT Test to ensure students practice CSAT Questions on a daily basis. Regular Practice would help one overcome the fear of CSAT too.We are naming this initiative as Insta– DART … Read more

Sea levels to rise around Lakshadweep Islands due to global warming 

[ad_1] Sea levels to rise around Lakshadweep Islands due to global warming  Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Environment; Conservation;Climate change   In news  Recently, a study has projected that sea levels will rise around Lakshadweep Islands due to the impact of global warming.  This is for the first time, that climate model projections were used to assess … Read more

Sale of illegal HTBt cotton seeds doubles

[ad_1] Sale of illegal HTBt cotton seeds doubles Part of: GS Prelims and GS III – Economy; Biotechnology  In news   The illegal cultivation of herbicide tolerant (HT) Bt cotton has seen a huge jump this year,  Sale of illegal seed packets has more than doubled from 30 lakh last year to 75 lakh this year.  BT Cotton is a … Read more

Federal Reserve signals and Indian markets

[ad_1] ECONOMY/ INTERNATIONAL Topic: GS-2: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests GS-3: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment.  Federal Reserve signals and Indian markets Context: US Federal Reserve indicated that there could be two rate hikes by 2023.  After this … Read more