Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Ransomware
Mains level: Paper 3- Threat of cyberattacks
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Innovation Ecosystem in India
India’s investment in research unsatisfactory: UNESCO report
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: UNESCO Science Report
Mains level: India's expenditure on research and development
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Rare Earth Metals at the heart of China-US rivalry
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Rare earth elements
Mains level: US-China Rivalry
Food Safety Standards – FSSAI, food fortification, etc.
Mustard oil blending is now banned
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Edible Oil imports of India
Mains level: NA
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
Polar-Areas Stellar-Imaging in Polarisation High-Accuracy Experiment (PASIPHAE)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PASIPHAE
Mains level: Theory of expansion of the universe
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Operation Olivia to protect Olive Ridley Turtles
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Olive Ridley Turtles
Mains level: NA
New Species of Plants and Animals Discovered
Species in news: Bharitalasuchus Tapani
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Bharitalasuchus Tapani
Mains level: NA
New Species of Plants and Animals Discovered
Species in news: Pyrostria Laljii
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Pyrostria Laljii
Mains level: NA
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Challenges in Vaccinating All
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Dealing with vaccine hesitancy
G20 : Economic Cooperation ahead
Can the G-7 give new direction to globalisation?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: G-7 countries
Mains level: Paper 2- Relevance of G-7
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Protection of ‘Heritage Trees’ in Maharashtra
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Heritage trees
Mains level: Read the attached story
Urban Transformation – Smart Cities, AMRUT, etc.
Delhi’s Master Plan 2041
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Master Plan 2041 for Delhi
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
EnVision Mission to Venus
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: EnVision Mission
Mains level: Interplanetary missions
Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc
What is Fastly Internet Outage?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Content delivery network (CDN)
Mains level: Need for data localization
[pib] Aspirational Districts Programme
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Aspirational Districts Programme
Mains level: Success of the ADP
Promoting Science and Technology – Missions,Policies & Schemes
[pib] Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
Mains level: Need for Agricultural Mechanization
Air Pollution
[pib] Aerosol Nucleation
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Aerosol Nucleation
Mains level: Air pollution
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
Why companies are adopting sustainable business models?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Sustainability pressure on companies
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
What Centre must do to meet the economic challenges
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Tax buoyancy
Mains level: Paper 3- Dealing with the challenge of Covid second wave
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Issues with special treatment of states with higher contribution to GST pool
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GST Council
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues with special treatment to states contributing more to GST pool
