Civilsdaily – UPSC IAS Preparation

Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.

December 7, 2019 Heres your reading list

[op-ed snap] Retributive justice: On Hyderabad vet rape and murder

Trivia | Mains Paper 1: Role Of Women & Women Organization

Internal Security Architecture Shortcomings – Key Forces, NIA, IB, CCTNS, etc.

[op-ed snap] Seeking truth and reconciliation in Chhattisgarh

Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Linkages Between Development & Spread Of Extremism

Wildlife Conservation Efforts

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Statutory, Regulatory & Various Quasi-Judicial Bodies

Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG)

Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols

Adaptation Fund

Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Climatic Change

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East

Palestine-India Techno Park

International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Water Management – Institutional Reforms, Conservation Efforts, etc.

Sukapaika River

Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.

[op-ed snap] Climate warnings: On unmet emission goals

Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

[Burning Issue] Implementation of FASTags

CD Staff

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019

#Burning Issues

7th December 2019 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions

Swati G L

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019

Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc

Gear up for This week’s Samachar Manthan lecture on 8th December

Er S

December 7, 2019December 8, 2019

#Announcements

December 6, 2019 Heres your reading list

Explained: Personal Data Protection Bill — issues, debate

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Governance, Transparency & Accountability, Citizens Charters

Global Geological And Climatic Events

Cyclone Pawan

Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Geographical Features & Their Location

Indian Navy Updates

Blue Water Force

Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Various Security Forces, Agencies & Their Mandates

Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.

[pib] ‘Going Online as Leaders’ Programme

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Laws, Institutions & Bodies Constituted For The Vulnerable Sections

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Bangladesh

[pib] Ports of Call

Economics | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Indian Army Updates

[pib] Exercise INDRA 2019

International Relations | Mains Paper 2: India & Its Neighborhood - Relations

BRICS Summits

[pib] BRICS remote Sensing Satellite Constellation

International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

History- Important places, persons in news

Persons in news: Maharaja Duleep Singh

History | Mains Paper 1: Modern Indian History

6th December 2019 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions

Swati G L

December 6, 2019December 7, 2019

Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.

SAMANVAYA: Students Preparing for UPSC 2020 > 6 months to go!

Root

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

#Announcements

December 5, 2019 Heres your reading list

[oped of the day] The many structural flaws in India’s higher education system

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.

[op-ed snap] Another quota question: On creamy layer for SCs

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Laws, Institutions & Bodies Constituted For The Vulnerable Sections

Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Governance | Mains Paper 1: Population & Associated Issues

Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States

NATO and its fading relevance

International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.

Global Carbon Project estimates of emission by India

Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Climatic Change

Bougainville referendum

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Important International Institutions

NITI Aayog’s Assessment

Extra Neutral Alcohol (ENA)

Science Tech Art Culture | Mains Paper 3: S&T - Applications In Everyday Life

Capital Markets: Challenges and Developments

[pib] Bharat Bond Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)

Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Defence Sector – DPP, Missions, Schemes, Security Forces, etc.

Prithvi-2 missile

Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Achievements Of Indians In S&T

[op-ed snap] Close encounters: On faking anti-Naxal fight

Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Linkages Between Development & Spread Of Extremism

6th December 2019 | Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Parth Verma

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019

5th December 2019 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions

Swati G L

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

5th December 2019 | Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Parth Verma

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

Foreign Policy Watch: India-China

Get ready for the upcoming Polity Advanced Prelims Test on 7th December – sample questions highlighting our methodology

Explains

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

#Announcements

December 4, 2019 Heres your reading list

[op-ed snap] Headwinds after a hard-line approach

International Relations | Mains Paper 2: India & Its Neighborhood - Relations

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East

[oped of the day] One state push for Israel and Palestine?

International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Effect Of Policies & Politics Of World On India'S Interests

Economic Indicators-GDP, FD, etc

[op-ed snap] Setting the clock back on intersex human rights

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Schemes For Vulnerable Sections

Explained: Significance of computing GDP

Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Air Pollution

Torrefaction Technology

Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Awareness In The Fields Of It, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-Technology, Bio-Technology

International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries

Asteroid Didymos

Science Tech Art Culture | Mains Paper 3: Awareness In The Fields Of It, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-Technology, Bio-Technology

Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.

Aerial seeding

Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Electoral Reforms In India

[pib] Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS)

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Representation Of People's Act

4th December 2019 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions

Swati G L

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

4th December 2019 | Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Parth Verma

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

Indian Ocean Power Competition

December 3, 2019 Heres your reading list

[oped of the day] A new mould for Mauritius

International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

President’s Rule

Administration of Oath in State Legislature

Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution - historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

ISRO Missions and Discoveries

ISRO’s Second Spaceport at Kulasekarapattinam (TN)

Science Tech Art Culture | Mains Paper 3: Awareness In The Fields Of It, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-Technology, Bio-Technology

Iran’s Nuclear Program & Western Sanctions

Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX)

International Relations | Mains Paper 2: International Institutions

Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.

PISA test

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.

[pib] “Development of PVTGs” Scheme

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Laws, Institutions & Bodies Constituted For The Vulnerable Sections

Swachh Bharat Mission

[pib] Blue Flag Certification for beaches

International Relations | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Tiger Conservation Efforts – Project Tiger, etc.

[pib] Tiger Corridors in India

Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Foreign Policy Watch: India-China

[pib] Exercise Hand-in-Hand-2019

Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Various Security Forces, Agencies & Their Mandates

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

[op-ed snap] Taking stock of the anti-AIDS fight

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

[op-ed snap] Terror in London: on London Bridge knife attack

Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: External State & Non-State Actors: Challenges To Internal Security.

[op-ed snap] The dubious legal case for an NRIC

Governance | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution - historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

[Burning Issue] Labour Code on Industrial Relations

CD Staff

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

#Burning Issues

3rd December 2019 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions

Swati G L

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

3rd December 2019 | Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Parth Verma

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Economic Indicators-GDP, FD, etc

How IAS Aspirants Can Study More Effectively Through Present-Moment Awareness

Explains

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019

#Motivation Bytes

December 2, 2019 Heres your reading list

[oped of the day] Why India is staring at a middle-income trap

Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy