Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CAPFs
Mains level: Paper 3- Role of CAPFs in disaster management.
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
Equity in education matters
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Equity in education and impact of digital education on it
Electric and Hybrid Cars – FAME, National Electric Mobility Mission, etc.
Green Hydrogen based vehicular fuel
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Hydrogen fuel cell, H-CNG
Mains level: Paper 3- Adoption of hydrogen as vehicular fuel
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
What is a Fast Radio Burst (FRB)?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Fast Radio Burst (FRB)
Mains level: Hunt for extra-terrestrial life
Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) and its flaws
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CBD, Nagoya Protocol
Mains level: Threats of ABS
Air Pollution
Brown Carbon ‘Tarballs’
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: brown , black carbon
Mains level: Glacial melting of himalayas
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan
Back in news: Kartarpur Corridor
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Kartarpur Corridor, Nirguna cult
Mains level: Piligrimage diplomacy between India and Pakisatan
Air Pollution
Pusa Bio-Decomposer
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Pusa Biodecomposer
Mains level: Alternatives solutions for stubble burning
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
The next administration will also pursue ‘America First’
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- India-U.S. relations and implications of the Presidential elections in the U.S.
Fixing the rules of economy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Productivity of economy
Mains level: Paper 3- Reforms, productivity and technology to fix the problems of economy
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Weakening financial capacity of States
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GST provisions
Mains level: Paper 2- Declining financial heath of the States
Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports
What is General Consent accorded to the CBI?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CBI
Mains level: Read the attached story
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
Supreme Court’s guidelines for deserted Wives and Children
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Alimony
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
What is the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PMI
Mains level: Not Much
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
Char-chaporis of Assam
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Char chapori
Mains level: Not Much
Free speech in France
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with the secularism in France
Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.
Pondering on the free speech
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Right of free speech
Mains level: Paper 2- Free speech and violence
J&K – The issues around the state
Importance of Gilgit-Baltistan
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Gilgit-Baltistan Region, CPEC
Mains level: China's vested interests in the Kashmir Valley
Water Management – Institutional Reforms, Conservation Efforts, etc.
WWF Water Risk Filter
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: WWF Water Risk Filter
Mains level: Water scarcity in urban India
Hunger and Nutrition Issues – GHI, GNI, etc.
Distribution of Fortified Rice under ICDS
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Fortified rice, Biofortification, ICDS
Mains level: Various facets of hunger and malnutrition in India
