Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Exploring potential for a Westward trade push
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Important Judgements In News
Reading Maratha quota verdict
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: 102nd Amendment
Mains level: Paper 2- Maratha quota judgement
Tax Reforms
Digital Service tax
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various thresholds for digital tax
Mains level: Paper 3- Rules for digital tax
Important Judgements In News
Supreme Court struck down law for reservation to Maratha community
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: 102nd Constitution Amendment
Mains level: Paper 2- The Supreme Court strikes down law granting reservation to Maratha community
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
Govt. gives nod for 5G trials
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: 5Gi technology
Mains level: Paper 3- Permission granted for 5-G trial
How Covid would impact India’s foreign policy canvass
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Strategic implications of Covid second wave
[pib] Cabinet approval to MoU between India and UK on Global Innovation Partnership
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GIP
Mains level: Paper 2- India-UK Global Innovation Partnership
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Scientists see flaws in SUTRA’s approach to forecast pandemic
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with model predicting Covid-19 cases
Important Judgements In News
Article 21 and the right of non-refoulement
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 21
Mains level: Paper 2- Principle of non-refoulement
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
A ‘One Health’ approach that targets people, animals
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Zoonotic diseases
Mains level: Paper 2- 'One Health' approach to deal with infections diseases
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
India-UK Relations
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- India-Britain relations
[pib] India-UK Virtual Summit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Global Innovation Partnership
Mains level: Paper 2- India-UK virtual summit
Biofuel Policy
[pib] First supply of UCO-based Biodiesel flagged off
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Generations of biofuels
Mains level: Paper 3- Used Cooking Oil based biofuel
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Climate change causing a shift in Earth’s axis, finds new study
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Polar shift
Mains level: Paper 3- How climate change causing a shift in the Earth's axis of rotation
G7 to consider mechanism to counter misinformation
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: G7 countries
Mains level: Paper 3- G7 to consider rapid response mechanism to counter misinformation
RBI Notifications
RBI to strengthen risk-based supervision (RBS) of banks, NBFCs
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CAMELS model
Mains level: Paper 3- Strengthening risk-based supervision of banks, NBFC
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Melting of Glaciers
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Factors contributing to the melting of glaciers
Mains level: Paper 3- Glaciers melting rapidly
Judicial Reforms
Judicial federalism
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 139A
Mains level: Paper 3- Judicial federalism and autonomy of the High Courts
New Species of Plants and Animals Discovered
Rare white-bellied heron spotted in Arunachal Pradesh
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: IUCN status of white-bellied heron
Mains level: Paper 3- White-bellied heron spotted
Air Pollution
Delhi’s air quality deteriorates, again
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: AQI
Mains level: Paper 3- Air pollution in Delhi
