Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Data on migrants in India; Organizations which study migration and reports
Mains level: The issues faced by migrants in India and associated solutions
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Sikkim-Tibet Convention of 1890 and its significance
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Sikkim-Tibet Convention of 1890
Mains level: India-China border skirmishes
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
Reservation not fundamental right: SC refuses to hear pleas by TN parties
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Art. 32
Mains level: Making reservation system more efficient
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Guidelines for Import of Exotic Species
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CITES appendices
Mains level: Illict wildlife trade and its prevention
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ‘India Rankings 2020’
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NIRF
Mains level: Not Much
Tax Reforms
NITI Aayog bats for Border Adjustment Tax (BAT)
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BAT, Customs Duty
Mains level: Not Much
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
Nature Index, 2020
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nature Index
Mains level: NA
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Species in news: Indian Gaur
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Indian Gaur
Mains level: Not Much
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Lonar Lake colour changes to pink
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Lonar Crater Lake, Pleistoscene epoch
Mains level: NA
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Crisis of today should not blind us to the crisis of tomorrow
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Cyclone Nisarga and Amphan
Mains level: Paper 1- Climate change
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Faults in section inserted for the suspension of IBC amid pandemic
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: IBC
Mains level: Paper 3- Problems with IBC
G20 : Economic Cooperation ahead
Expanding the G7
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: G7 countries
Mains level: Paper 2- Should India join expanded G7 if invited to join as a member?
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
Strategic importance of Daulat Beg Oldie, Ladakh
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Shyok river, Nubra Valley, Sassar la pass
Mains level: Read the attached story
Genetically Modified (GM) crops – cotton, mustards, etc.
GM seeds: the debate, and a sowing agitation
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GM crops, BT
Mains level: Issues over GM crops
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
LAC row: China reaches accord with India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NA
Mains level: India-China border skirmishes and their impacts on bilateral relations
Interstate River Water Dispute
Vamsadhara River Water Dispute
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Vamsadhara River, Inter-state water dispute
Mains level: Inter-state water dispute
Challenger Deep: the deepest spot in the ocean
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench
Mains level: Deep sea exploration
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Species in news: Asiatic Lion
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Poonam Awalokan
Mains level: Man-Animal conflict
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Nepal
Complexity of India-Nepal relations
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Treaty of Sugauli-1816
Mains level: Paper 2- India-Nepal relations
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Will leaders act on the climate crisis as they did Covid-19?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Carbon Dioxide concentration in atmosphere
Mains level: Paper 3- Climate change
