Day: March 23, 2020
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Picking up the quantum technology baton
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NM-QTA
Mains level: Paper 3- Research on Quantum technology and its applications in India.
Minimum Support Prices for Agricultural Produce
Price Support Mechanism under MSP Operations
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Price Support operations under MSP Operations
Mains level: MSP mechanism
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
Stages in a COVID-19 Pandemic
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various stages of a pandemic
Mains level: Coronovirus outbreak and its mitigation
AYUSH – Indian Medicine System
AYUSH Health-Wellness Centres
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: AYUSH Health-Wellness Centres
Mains level: Self-care practices and its benefits
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
Can Vitamin C prevent or cure novel Coronavirus infection?
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Vitamin C
Mains level: Coronovirus outbreak and its mitigation
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
The strategy of ‘Shelter in Place’
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Janata curfew
Mains level: Social distancing and its significance
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Species in news: Carissa carandas (the Great Hedge of India)
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Carissa carandas
Mains level: NA
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations
Test of regional solidarity lies ahead
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Prospects of revival of SAARC and India's leadership in the aftermath of COVID-19.

