Everyday we read news, but do we do more than read it? The best way to learn from news is to find the issues and facts which we don’t know and research them. Starting today we will try to list some topics to help you do that.

Let’s call this the new avatar of #Back2Basics

Following topics are based on today’s news –

1. Here are the international groups/organisations in today’s news – NSG, International Criminal Court, Hague court. What is their purpose? Find information about their headquarters, members etc. – PRELIMS

2. How is the Hague court different from the ICC? – PRELIMS + MAINS

3. What are bitcoins and virtual currencies? Why are they not allowed by central banks? – PRELIMS + MAINS

4. The news item on solar energy mentions solar parks and green energy corridors. What are they? How do they help promote solar energy? – MAINS