Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, and the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules;
Mains level: Supreme Court judgement on stray dogs;
Month: August 2024
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Corruption Challenges – Lokpal, POCA, etc
Supreme Court to review PMLA verdict    Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA);
Mains level: Review power of Supreme Court;
Terrorism and Challenges Related To It
A closer look at beefng up Jammu’s counter-terror grid   Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Grid System in Vulnerable Areas;
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
What is the Yen Carry Trade? Why is it unwinding right now?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: What is Yen carry trade?
Mains level: Why is it unwinding right now?
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
[pib] Nandini Sahakar Yojana
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nandini Sahakar Yojana
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
The hormone Oestrogen
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Oestrogen, KISS1 neurons, CCN3 hormones
[pib] New Schemes for Co-operatives
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Evolution of Cooperatives in India, Various Schemes
Innovation Ecosystem in India
Inaugural Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar, 2024 announcedÂ
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
A shift in the US to autocratic trends  Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: US Democracy; Differences Between Democracy and Autocracy;
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Bangladesh
How India needs to deal with the new Bangladesh? Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Implication of Military Coup on India Bangladesh relation
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
On UP’s stringent Anti-conversion law    Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Legislations in News;
Mains level: Concerning features of Anti-Conversion Law;
Poverty Eradication – Definition, Debates, etc.
Counting the ‘poor’ having nutritional deficiency      Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NSSO
Mains level: Key highlights of NSSO Report;
RBI Notifications
RBI Report on Currency and Finance (RCF), 2023-24
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Key highlights of RCF Report
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
The Physics of Pressure
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Pressure and its impacts
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
GST on Health and Life Insurance Premiums
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GST on Health Insurance
Anti Defection Law
Anti-Defection Law: Features, limitations and reforms
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Anti-Defection Law and its Features
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
The Waqf Board Amendment Bill 2024
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Waqf Amendment Bill 2024; Waqf Act of 1995;
Mains level: Waqf Amendment Bill 2024; Waqf Act of 1995;
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
Why was a Customs Duty hike imposed for Lab Chemicals?  Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Ethanol production in India,
Mains level: Challenges to ethanol production,
Renewable Energy – Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, etc.
Powering India’s future Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Clean energy
Mains level: Govt. initiative related to clean energy
Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.
The issue of institutional violence, addressing it  Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Gender-based laws
Mains level: Weak implementation of gender-based law
