Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: WHO and its funding
Mains level: Fall of major global institutions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Month: April 2020
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
TRAI wants set top boxes to be made interoperable
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: TRAI
Mains level: TRAI and its regulations of telecom services
[pib] Amendment to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in India
Mains level: EIA and its stages
Indian Navy Updates
What are MK 54 torpedoes, AGM-84L Harpoon missiles that US has cleared for sale to India?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Read the attached story
Mains level: India-US arms trade
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Economic liberalisation and its faults
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- How the Covid-19 brought into focus the faults of economic liberalisation.
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Government must fix an upper limit for fiscal deficit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Need for the stimulus and relief package to in the wake of Covid-19 and issues involved in its size.
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Making use of technology to trace Covid-19 cases
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Aarogya Setu App.
Mains level: Paper 3- Using technology for tackling the Covid-19.
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Ambedkar and the Poona Pact
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Poona Pact, Communal Award
Mains level: Read the attached story
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
What is pooled testing, recommended by the ICMR?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Pooled testing
Mains level: Intensive measures required for the containment the ongoing pandemic
Digital India Initiatives
[pib] CollabCAD tool to create 3D Computer Aided Designs
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CollabCAD tool and its utility
Mains level: Not Much
Tourism Sector
[pib] “DekhoApnaDesh” Webinar
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: "DekhoApnaDesh" Webinar
Mains level: Various initiaitves tourism promotion
Digital India Initiatives
[pib] Swayam Prabha TV Channels
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: SWAYAM prabha initiaitive
Mains level: DIgital learning initiaitives and their outreach in India
Panchayati Raj Institutions: Issues and Challenges
Removal of AP State Election Commissioner by ordinance route
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Appointment, removal, change in the conditions of service of the SEC.
Mains level: Paper 2- Power of the state governments to change the tenure of the SEC can affect the independence of the body in conducting free and fair elections.
Rural Distress, Farmer Suicides, Drought Measures
Using knowledge-era technology to bridge the urban-rural gap
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 1- Closing the the gap between urban and rural in India using knowledge-eratechnology.
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
OPEC+ decides combine slashing of crude oil production
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: OPEC+
Mains level: Global crude oil pricing dynamics and its impact on India
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
ConFarm model of agricultural market
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ConFarm Model
Mains level: Alternative Market Channels for Farmers, Limitations of e-NAM
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Is the Centre’s lockdown different from a state’s lockdown?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various provisions allowing lockdowns
Mains level: Coronovirus outbreak and its mitigation
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Who are the Nihangs?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nihang cult
Mains level: Not Much
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
Meru Jatra Festival
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Meru Jatra
Mains level: NA
Internal Security Trends and Incidents
How IS regroups and its threat to India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- With the presence of sleeper cell in India and ability of IS to co-opt a local affiliate makes the IS a major security challenge for India.
