HPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, HPSC Test Series
. Indian Railways has launched the process of opening up train operations to private entities on 109 origin destination(OD) pairs of routes using 151 modern trains. It has invited Request for Qualifications proposals, for scrutiny of vendor capabilities, from those who can bring modern trains for operations on existing rail infrastructure. At present, scheduled passenger … Read more
. The Government of India banned 118 Chinese apps in july 2020, including the popular video game Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), as tension with the neighbouring country continued to escalate at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Referring to the apps ban, Lieutenant General Harbhajan Singh PVSM, and former Signal officer-in-chief of the Indian Army … Read more
Bilateral investment Treaties (BITs) are agreements between two Countries (States) for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments in each other’s territories by individuals and companies situated in either State. It was in mid 90s that the BITs were initiated by the Government of India. The pretext was to offer favourable conditions and treaty based … Read more
. Recently, Indian Defence minister visited Russia to commemorate World War II Victory Day. The defence minister also asked Russia to speed up its delivery of the first lot of the S-400 air defence system. However, Russia’s leverage and influence to shape and change China’s hard stance on border issues remain a key element of … Read more
The green economy and the blue economy have both received significant attention in small states, particularly small islands developing states (SIDS), as alternative economic approaches to address growing financial uncertainty and vulnerability. Although there is still debate on what is meant by the green or blue economy, they have been promoted as offering a more … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic may have fast-tracked the oncoming peak of a global population decline by at least a decade, according to a recent report. The pandemic has slowed the already slowing global birth rates, from the United States (US) to China and India. In recent weeks, at least two Indian state governments – Uttar Pradesh … Read more
. Government has introduced three major changes since in the mechanics of political funding in India- political parties can now receive foreign funds; any company can donate any amount of money to any political party; and any individual, group of people or company can donate money anonymously to any party through electoral bonds. All three … Read more
Answer. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the government of India announced a rescue package for the power sector under the Atmanirbhar Bharat plan. This rescue package was arranged to prevent the entire power sector chain from suffering because of the discoms’ inability to meet their obligations. This is not the first time (earlier intervention: … Read more
. Technically, a social media platform is a company or technology that enables communications and sharing of information amongst users. A telecom company is a typical example of a platform where whatever you share gets communicated as it is without the telecom company censoring or filtering any content. As against this, a publisher is an … Read more
. The changing monsoon patterns have become a major concern for farmers, scientists and policy-makers alike. For instance, researchers at the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Pune wing, which handles long-range forecasts, have concluded that the June-September monsoon is increasingly becoming more sluggish in the initial phase, picking up towards the end. Although such late revival … Read more
