Archives: News
Fifth session of Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs
Blockchain Technology: Prospects and Challenges
Exit window likely for crypto holders in proposed legislation on cryptocurrencies
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Banning cryptocurrency
Employee State Insurance Scheme and Employee Provident Fund
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: ESIS and EPF
Mains level: Paper 3- ESIS and EPF
e-Commerce: The New Boom
Towards digital Atmanirbharta
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: FDI restrictions on e-commerce
Mains level: Paper 3- FDI in e-commerce
Internal Security Architecture Shortcomings – Key Forces, NIA, IB, CCTNS, etc.
Politics, geography and demography shape Naxal movement
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Factors making Naxal moment a complex security challenge
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
[pib] India’s Agriculture trade grows during 2020-21
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Agri exports
Mains level: Paper 3- Agri exports
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
How & why of oxygen therapy
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Epithelial cell
Mains level: Paper 2-Oxygen requirement in covid patients
Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.
India retains 142 of 180 spot in World Press Freedom index
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: World Press Freedom Index
Mains level: Paper 2- Freedom of press in India
Judicial Reforms
SC paves way for appointment of ad-hoc judges in HCs
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 224A
Mains level: Paper 2- Appointment of retired judges in the High Court under Article 224A
Judicial Reforms
Supreme Court sets timeline for Govt to clear judges’ names
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 217 of Indian Constitution
Mains level: Paper 2- SC sets timeline to Centre to clear names recommended by the Centre
RBI Notifications
U.S. currency watchlist an intrusion into RBI’s policy space
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Currency watchlist
Mains level: Paper 3-Currency watchlist of the US and RBI's role
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
Issues with ordinance in India
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 123, Article 213 of the Indian Constitution
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with the repromulgation of ordinances
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Afghanistan
The great Afghan microcosm
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Importance of Afghanistan in regional strategic matrix
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Russia
India and Russia look for a reset
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CAATSA
Mains level: Paper 2- India-Russia relations

