Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Jask Port
Mains level: Paper 2- Iran-China deal and concerns for India
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Anti Defection Law
Time to revisit the practice of floor test
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Provisions under 10th Schedule
Mains level: Paper 2- Anti-defection law, 10th Schedule
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
What are Strategic and Non-strategic Sectors of Industries?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Strategic and non-strategic sectors
Mains level: Disinvestment of CPSEs
Anti Defection Law
Judicial intervention in Anti-defection Proceedings
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Tenth Schedule
Mains level: Issues over Judicial discretion in Anti-defection
Nuclear Energy
[pib] Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP-3) in Gujarat
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Criticality of the nuclear reactors
Mains level: India's nuclear energy policy
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
In news: Madhubani/Mithila Paintings
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Madhubani paintings
Mains level: Not Much
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Lonar Lake turned pink due to ‘Haloarchaea’ microbes
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Lonar Crater Lake, Pleistoscene epoch
Mains level: Not Much
Digital India Initiatives
Key stakeholders in data regulation
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Non-Personal Data
Mains level: Paper 3- Key stakeholder in the regulation of Non-Personal Data
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Exploring options to tackle China
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Options in dealing with China
[pib] RAISE Initiative
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: RAISE initiative
Mains level: Paper 3-Energy efficiency and safety
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Comparing fiscal responses to Covid on qualitative and quantitative basis
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- India fiscal response to Covid-19
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
What is a Serological Survey?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Serological survey
Mains level: Paper 2- Health and pandemic control measures
Urban Floods
National Flood Commission
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NFC
Mains level: Paper 3- Urban floods and related issues
[pib] DDT and its impact on environment
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: DDT
Mains level: Paper 3-Pollution and harm to ecology
Railway Reforms
Privatisation of Indian Railways
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues with allowing operation of passenger trains by private players
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
APMC Act is not the main problem
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: APMC Act
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues with the APMC Act
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East
Costs of neglecting new Arabian business
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Arab Countries
Mains level: Paper 2- India-Arabian countries, balancing relations with Iran
Explained: Consumer Protection Act, 2019
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Features of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019
Mains level: Consumer protection legislation in India
Ministry of External Affairs : Important Updates
What is the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), NATO
Mains level: Relevance of NAM
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) in Telecom Sector
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: AGR
Mains level: AGR disputes of Telecom companies
