Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: RCEP
Mains level: Paper 2- Asia-EU engagement
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
7th Fleet’s patrol in India’s EEZ was an act of impropriety
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Maritime zones under UNCLOS
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with UNCLOS 1982
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Person in news: Jyotirao Phule (1827 –1890)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Jyotiba Phule
Mains level: Social reformers in India
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Places in news: Thwaites Glacier
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Thwaites Glacier
Mains level: Glacial melting and sea level rise
Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.
Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: FCAT
Mains level: Not Much
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Indus and Ganges river dolphins are two different species
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Gangetic and Indus Dolphin
Mains level: Not Much
Rohingya Conflict
India’s refugee Policy & Issues with it
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: 1951 Refugee Convention
Mains level: Paper 2- Need for refugee protection policy framework in India
Give small savers what is due to them
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Issue of linking interest rate on small saving with the G-sec yields
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
Freedom of Navigation Operations
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: FONOP
Mains level: Freedom of navigation issues
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
People are free to choose religion: Supreme Court
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Article 25
Mains level: Not Much
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
SARTHAQ Plan
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: SARTHAQ
Mains level: Not Much
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Production of Poppy Straw
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Opium cultivation
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
[pib] NanoSniffer: A Microsensor based Explosive Trace Detector
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NanoSniffer
Mains level: NA
Internal Security Architecture Shortcomings – Key Forces, NIA, IB, CCTNS, etc.
Maoist Attack in Sukma
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Challenge of left wing extremism
J&K – The issues around the state
What is Durbar Move?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Durbar Move
Mains level: Need for multiple administrative capitals
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CVC
Mains level: Not Much
Judicial Reforms
Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s Efficiency (SUPACE)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: SUOPACE
Mains level: Not Much
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Muon G–2 Experiment
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Muan
Mains level: Particle physics and its various anomalies
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism – NCA, Lok Adalats, etc.
Lok Adalats
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Lok Adalat and their role
Mains level: Paper 2- Importance of Lok Adalats and concerns over speed undermining idea of justice
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
Deconstructing declarations of carbon-neutrality
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues with declaring carbon neutral target
