Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- What are the factors that helped Kerala deal with Covid-19 successfully compared to the rest of the country?
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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Insolvency code should be suspended for six months to help companies recover
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: IBC, difference between operational and financial creditor, threshold limit to file insolvency case etc.
Mains level: Paper 3- Purpose and issues with IBC, its various provisions and changes that needs to be made in the wake of Covid-19.
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
What is Post-intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PICS
Mains level: Mental health concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Anastomosis surgery for re-implantation
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Anastomosis Surgery
Mains level: Not Much
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Species in news: Trimeresurus Salazar
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Trimeresurus Salazar
Mains level: Not Much
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
[pib] Plasmonic Semiconductor Nanomaterials
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Nanomaterials, Semiconductors
Mains level: Applications of nanomaterials
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Can the insolvency code handle the aftermath of the corona crisis?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Committee of creditor, difference between financial and operational creditors etc.
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues in the IBC and suggestion to improve it.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
China manipulates the WHO, India needs to be cautious
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: WHO.
Mains level: Paper 2- How failure of WHO to alert the world in time of Covid-19 pandemic matters for India?
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Partnership with the private sector in a fight against Covid-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- The dominance of private health sector in India makes partnership with it a must to deal effectively with any pandemic.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
The WHO balance sheet
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: WHO and its funding
Mains level: Fall of major global institutions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc
TRAI wants set top boxes to be made interoperable
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: TRAI
Mains level: TRAI and its regulations of telecom services
[pib] Amendment to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in India
Mains level: EIA and its stages
Indian Navy Updates
What are MK 54 torpedoes, AGM-84L Harpoon missiles that US has cleared for sale to India?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Read the attached story
Mains level: India-US arms trade
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
Economic liberalisation and its faults
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- How the Covid-19 brought into focus the faults of economic liberalisation.
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Government must fix an upper limit for fiscal deficit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Need for the stimulus and relief package to in the wake of Covid-19 and issues involved in its size.
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Making use of technology to trace Covid-19 cases
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Aarogya Setu App.
Mains level: Paper 3- Using technology for tackling the Covid-19.
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Ambedkar and the Poona Pact
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Poona Pact, Communal Award
Mains level: Read the attached story
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
What is pooled testing, recommended by the ICMR?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Pooled testing
Mains level: Intensive measures required for the containment the ongoing pandemic
Digital India Initiatives
[pib] CollabCAD tool to create 3D Computer Aided Designs
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CollabCAD tool and its utility
Mains level: Not Much
Tourism Sector
[pib] “DekhoApnaDesh” Webinar
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: "DekhoApnaDesh" Webinar
Mains level: Various initiaitves tourism promotion
