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28th June #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair 1) Operation Sarp Vinash by counter insurgency force called Romeo resulted in elimination of 65-70 terrorists in Jammu. 27th June #Edufacts: Important Facts of the Day for UPSC IAS Current Affair 1) Caste will have no role to play in appointment ofRead more

1) NITI Aayog’s Annual Health Index 2020-21: Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana emerged as the top performers among the ‘larger states’ in the NITI Aayog’s annual ‘health index’ for the Covid year of 2020-21. Larger States: Among the 19 ‘larger states’, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have occupied first, second and third place respectively, in terms of overall performance. Bihar (19th),Read more

The Governor of Jharkhand was recently appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra. The Governor left the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi without disclosing the Election Commission’s opinion on whether the current Chief Minister of Jharkhand should be disqualified for allegedly allocating a mining lease to himself when he was the mining and forest minister of Jharkhand.Read more

The recently-held Munich security conference, a major concern of the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was the reluctance of the Global South to align itself with the G-7 on the war in Ukraine. Active Non-Alignment (ANA): It originated in 2019 and was developed in 2020 in response to the U.S.-China struggle for primacy, in which LatinRead more

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said he had declared February 16, which U.S. officials had said could be the date of a Russian attack, as a day of “national unity”. However, Russia has clarified that it has no plans to invade Ukraine. What is the Current Status of the War? The West has recently announcedRead more

1) US Debt Ceiling Crisis – If the House of Representatives and the President’s White House are unable to come to an agreement to increase or suspend the debt ceiling, the US will default on its obligations by June 1 according to the Treasury Secretary of the US. The debt ceiling is the maximum amountRead more

Days before the first anniversary of the beginning of the war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin announced in an address to his nation that Russia is suspending its participation in the New START, the last remaining major military agreement with the United States. In 1985, the two countries entered into arms control negotiations on threeRead more

Recently, Kerala government announced that the state government will grant menstrual leave for female students in all state universities under the Department of Higher Education. Menstrual leave refers to a specific form of time off for those who experience period pains. It recommends that workers be given leave from work while menstruating, just as theyRead more

Findings – Enrolment and attendance: Findings- Learning levels: Foundational skills in reading and arithmetic Nationally, children’s basic reading ability has dropped to pre-2012 levels, reversing the slow improvement achieved in the intervening years. Drops are visible in both government and private schools in most states, and for both boys and girls. Nationally, children’s basic arithmeticRead more

The Supreme Court and occasionally lesser courts use the practice of requesting or accepting information from government organisations in sealed envelopes that are only accessible by judges. If the Chief Justice or a court decides that the information should be kept confidential or under seal, no party will be permitted access to its contents. ItRead more