UPSC Current Affairs Concepts in News
 To enhance the IAS Exam Preparation, we have launched a new section called “Concept in News” where IAS aspirants can find all the major concepts that were mentioned in the news.
It is a well-known fact that current affairs stand as the backbone for  UPSC Civil Services Exams. UPSC Current affairs being the benchmark for gauging the general awareness of the IAS aspirant, he/she has to have a thorough understanding of the events appearing in the news. However, there is a confusion on how to read the newspaper when it comes UPSC Exam.  The “Concept in News” page is updated every fortnight. To know read more click on the below links.
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The World Intellectual Property Organisation or WIPO is a UN specialized agency created in 1967 to promote intellectual property (IP) protection...
Afghanistan is currently ruled by a civilian government elected by the general public. Large swathes of the country are still controlled by the...
Monetary policy is adopted by the monetary authority of a country that controls either the interest rate payable on very short-term borrowing or...
Gross value added (GVA) is the measure of the total value of goods and services produced in an economy( area, region or country). The amount of...
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense or THAAD is an anti-ballistic missile system of the US army that can shoot down short, intermediate and...
Special Purpose Vehicle is an important concept in the economics segment of the UPSC civil services exam. It is a term frequently seen in the...
The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 aims to cater to the civil requirements for victims of those who were affected due to nuclear...
Haemophilia is a genetic disorder that impairs the ability of the body to clot the blood, which is required to stop bleeding. Haemophilia is...
Racism is a prejudice, discrimination exhibited by a large group of people against people from different race or ethnicity, due to differences in...
A vaccine is a biological preparation that offers active acquired immunity to a specific disease. Generally, a vaccine comprises of an agent that...
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is an Indian government welfare programme that provides food, preschool education, and primary...
Concept: Article 377 Topic: Constitution, Rights Issues Category: Personal Freedom, Gay Rights Related News:Â Hindu , Feb 3 CNA mentions: Â 2...
Latest Update about MGNREGA UPSC In March 2023, the government declared new wage rates for unskilled manual workers under the Mahatma Gandhi...
APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. The purpose of APEC is to respond to the blooming interdependency of the economies of the...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), also called the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, was a proposed trade agreement between Australia,...
Sex ratio (also known as Gender Ratio) is the ratio of males to females in a population. That is, it is the proportion of males in a population....
Nanotechnology or nanotech in short is the technology that involves the manipulation of matter on atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scales....
National Health Assurance Mission (NHAM) was a Government of India plan in the year 2014, to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare by...
Fiscal consolidation is a reduction in the underlying fiscal deficit. Fiscal Consolidation refers to the policies undertaken by Governments...
Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty and AI) is a non-governmental organization that works for the upliftment of human rights and has...
