Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nagorno-Karabakh region
Mains level: Usual crisis in the middle east and caucasus region
Month: November 2020
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Thirty Metre Telescope
Mains level: Not Much
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
Unfurling India’s foreign policy concerns
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Impact of the next U.S. President's policies on India's two major concerns
Air Pollution
The cost of cleaning air
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Funds allocated for containing air pollution and issue of its inadequacy
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
Economic lessons from Vietnam and Bangladesh
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Lessons from Bangladesh and Vietnam for Indian economy
Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources
15th Finance Commission submits report to President
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Finance Commission
Mains level: Mandate of the Finance Commission
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
How a Biden’s Presidency may affect India?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Impact of US regime change on India
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
GRACE-FO Mission
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GRACE FO mission
Mains level: Impact of climate changes on Cryosphere
Tax Reforms
[pib] Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
Mains level: Not Much
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Maldives
India-Maldives relations
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- India-Maldives relation
Electoral Reforms In India
Comparing the mandates of election commissions of India and the U.S.
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Power of the ECI
Mains level: Paper 2- Comparing the powers of the Election Commission of India to its counterpart in the U.S.
Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.
Interfaith marriages and religious conversions
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Special Marriages Act
Mains level: Interfaith marriage and associated issues in India
Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.
Himachal Pradesh’s law against religious conversion
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Freedom of Religion
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
Regulation of Other Service Providers (OSP)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Other Service Providers (OSP)
Mains level: Various sectors of the economy
Iran’s Nuclear Program & Western Sanctions
Chabahar Rail Project
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Ports along the strait of hormuz, Chabahar Port
Mains level: India-Iran relations soured in recent times
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Glacial Lake Outburst in Ladakh
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Glacial landforms
Mains level: Impact of climate changes on Cryosphere
Foreign Policy Watch: United Nations
UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: UN ACABQ
Mains level: Success and failures of United Nations
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Taxes and the fundamental rights
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GST
Mains level: Paper 2- Testing the legitimacy of tax
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations
Sharing Indo-Pacific vision in the region
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Indo-Pacific construct
Mains level: Paper 2- India's Indo-Pacific vision
Gravitational Wave Observations
What is Einstein’s Eclipse?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Einstein’s Eclipse
Mains level: General Relativity
