Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)
Mains level: Trades and Relations; Changing Geopolitics of the World;
Month: May 2024
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Nuclear Diplomacy and Disarmament
How a US-Saudi civil nuclear deal might work
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nuclear treaties and Co-operations; 123 Agreement;
Mains level: Nuclear Cooperation Agreement; Major powers;
Land Reforms
Why the Supreme Court allowed a review of its 2022 judgment on ‘Shamlat deh’ land rights
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Land and Property rights in India;
Mains level: Judicial Interventions; Judicial Review;
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Going glacier gone: How Venezuela lost its last glacier, why this matters?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Glaciers;
Mains level: Climate change; Issue of rise in Temperatures;
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
Indian manufacturing needs more sophistication: Finance Minister
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: What is the dependency ratio?
Mains level: What are the opportunities for India?
Nuclear Diplomacy and Disarmament
50 year of Pokhran-I: Why India conducted its first Nuclear Tests?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NSG group and NPT
Mains level: Why did India choose to conduct nuclear tests?
Historical and Archaeological Findings in News
Was the Stone Age actually the Age of Wood?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Wood Age; Schoningen Wooden Artefacts; Prehistory vs. History; Christian Jorgensen Thomsen’s classification
NPA Crisis
RBI flags supervisory concerns over ARCs functioning
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Asset Reconstruction Companies, SARFAESI Act, 2002;
Mains level: NA
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
New Study Unveils the Origins and Challenges of Baobab Trees
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Baobab Trees and its conservation status
Mains level: NA
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
How Punjab and Haryana remain key to National Food Security?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Trends in wheat and Rice production
Mains level: National food security;
Electoral Reforms In India
Can parties be de-recognized or de-registered? | Explained
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Political Parties and their registration/de-registration in India;
Mains level: Issues related to Political Parties;
Mother and Child Health – Immunization Program, BPBB, PMJSY, PMMSY, etc.
Do no harm: conservative, non-surgical approaches advised over hysterectomy for gynecological conditions
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Hysterectomy Among Women;
Mains level: Health and disease Issues; Hysterectomy Among Women;
Historical and Archaeological Findings in News
The Battle of Udagai: Cholas vs. Cheras
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Battle of Udagai, Reign of Raja Raja I (Rajaraja Chola) and his achievements
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Scientists document Sperm Whales ‘Phonetic Alphabet’
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Sperm Whales, Project CETI
Land Reforms
Supreme Court lays out 7 Sub-Rights of Right to Property
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 300A, 44th Constitutional Amendment, Right to Property
Mains level: NA
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Explained Climate: Heatwaves and Climate Change
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Climate Change; Heat Waves;
Mains level: Impacts of Climate change;
Manipur Crisis
Manipur accounted for 97% of displacements in South Asia  Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Migration Pattern;
Mains level: Internal security issues; Changing Migration Pattern in India;
Waste Management – SWM Rules, EWM Rules, etc
On Delhi’s mounting Waste Crisis | Explained
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Local Governance; Delhi Pollution;
Mains level: Delhi Pollution and Local Governance; Solid Waste Management;
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough
[pib] Sangam: Digital Twin Initiative enters Stage I
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Sangam Digital Twin Initiative, Digital Twin Technology
Air Pollution
[pib] Sub-Committee for GRAP reviews the Air Quality scenario in New Delhi
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GRAP and its implementation, AQI;
