Category: Mains
What Makes A ‘Free and Fair’ Election? (EPW Article)
The run-up to the 2019 general elections the ECI faces accusations of inadequate responses to MCC violations and former bureaucrats have written to the President accusing the ECI of a…
Asian Development Bank
Modeled on the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and to promote social and…
World Bank
The World Bank was created at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, along with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and provides loans to countries for capital programs. The International Bank for…
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
IMF was conceived at a UN conference in Bretton Woods, in July 1944. That’s why IMF and World Bank are known as Bretton Woods Twins or Institutions. IMF credit has…
100 Years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (with Practice Quiz)
Protest Against Rowlatt Act: The act officially known as the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, 1919 was passed in 1919 by the Imperial Legislative Council. It had authorized the British…
United Nations and Associated Organization
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the World War II. Its charter was signed in San Francisco on June 26, 1945 and came into existence…
Women Empowerment (महिला सशक्तिकरण)
The term “Women Empowerment” refers to empowering women with education, employment, decision making, and better health in view of an equal and just society. Women Empowerment is a process to…
Vakataka Dynasty
The Vakataka dynasty ruled parts of South-Central India (Deccan) from 250 AD to 500 AD. They were the most important successors of the Satavahanas in the Deccan and contemporaneous with the Guptas in northern India. The…
Gupta Empire: Art, Architecture, Literature & Science
After the disintegration of Maurya Empire, the Satavahans and the Kushans acted as stabilizing factor in Deccan and in North India respectively (till 3 century AD). On the ruins of…
Satavahana Empire
On the ruins of Mauryan Empire, Satavahana Dynasty was built in 1 century BC by Simuka who destroyed the Shunga power and established peace in the Deccan region. They have…