Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN)
Mains level: BBN and its significance in the formation of our solar system
Month: April 2020
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
ISRO Missions and Discoveries
[pib] What are Blazars?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Blazars
Mains level: Black Holes, Blazars
Matterhorn Mountain of the Swiss Alps
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Mt. Matterhorn and its location
Mains level: Not Much
RBI Notifications
Time for govt, RBI to rethink bank architecture
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various policy rates of the RBI.
Mains level: Paper 3- What were the measures announced by the RBI to deal with the impact of Covid-19 on economy and how far were the measure successful in achieving the intended goals?
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
A virus, social democracy, and dividends for Kerala
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Social democracy.
Mains level: Paper 2- What were the factors that helped Kerala deal most effectively with the Covid-19 pandemic?
Anti Defection Law
Institutional fixes and the need for ethical politics
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Anti-defection law.
Mains level: Paper 2- What are the solution to the issue of bypassing of the anti-defection law by the political parties?
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
How the RBI is handling ‘The Great Lockdown’?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various terms mentioned in the newscard
Mains level: RBI measures to boost the pandemic stricken economy
RBI Notifications
OBICUS Survey by RBI
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: OBICUS
Mains level: Not Much
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
[pib] Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: STPI and thier functioning
Mains level: Role of STPI in facilitating start-ups and IT industries
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
[pib] “Kisan Rath” mobile app to facilitate transportation of farm produce
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Kisan Rath
Mains level: Supply-chain dynamics of Agricultural produce and its bottlenecks
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Virus outbreak can potentially spur the next quantum leap for computing
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Qubit, superposition.
Mains level: Paper 3- What do you understand by quantum technology? What are its applications? How it is different from the classical computer technology?
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
What nation can learn from Kerala in the fight against Covid-19?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- What are the factors that helped Kerala deal with Covid-19 successfully compared to the rest of the country?
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Insolvency code should be suspended for six months to help companies recover
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: IBC, difference between operational and financial creditor, threshold limit to file insolvency case etc.
Mains level: Paper 3- Purpose and issues with IBC, its various provisions and changes that needs to be made in the wake of Covid-19.
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
What is Post-intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PICS
Mains level: Mental health concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Anastomosis surgery for re-implantation
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Anastomosis Surgery
Mains level: Not Much
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Species in news: Trimeresurus Salazar
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Trimeresurus Salazar
Mains level: Not Much
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
[pib] Plasmonic Semiconductor Nanomaterials
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nanomaterials, Semiconductors
Mains level: Applications of nanomaterials
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Can the insolvency code handle the aftermath of the corona crisis?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Committee of creditor, difference between financial and operational creditors etc.
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues in the IBC and suggestion to improve it.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
China manipulates the WHO, India needs to be cautious
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: WHO.
Mains level: Paper 2- How failure of WHO to alert the world in time of Covid-19 pandemic matters for India?
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Partnership with the private sector in a fight against Covid-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- The dominance of private health sector in India makes partnership with it a must to deal effectively with any pandemic.
