Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 3- Oil war in international oil market and implications for India.
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Restarting the economy after lockdown
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Read the attached story
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Comparing current crisis with Great Depression, 1929
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Great Economic Depression, Slowdown vs. Depression
Mains level: Impact of the depression on colonial India
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
COVID-19 and its impact on climate talks
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: COVID-19 and its impact on climate change negotiation
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
AMMA Canteen and its success
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Amma Canteen
Mains level: Food subsidization and its impact
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
What is Drive-through Testing?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Drive-through Testing
Mains level: Coronovirus outbreak and its mitigation
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Pink Supermoon/ Paschal Moon
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Pink Supermoon
Mains level: NA
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
The spectre of a post-COVID-19 world
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- What are the possibilities that could be brought in the world by the epidemic.
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Man versus microbe
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Techniques used for detecting virus: RT-PCR, CRISPR and serological tests.
Mains level: Paper 3- Various techniques used in tests used to detect Covid-19 and their advantages.
Government Budgets
States at centre
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 3- Financial stress on the states and what centre should do to address the problem.
Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector
Explained: 9 minutes light-out and its impact on grids
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: 9 minutes light-out and its impact on grids
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Tropical Butterfly Conservatory
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Tropical Butterfly Conservatory
Mains level: Significance of butterflies for ecosystem
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Maldives
Operation Sanjeevani
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Operation Sanjeevani
Mains level: India-Maldives Relations
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
Making the private sector care for public health
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 2- Government should consider taking control of the private healthcare sector to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak.
Important Judgements In News
The SC order on migrants labours raises several issues
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Paper 2- The SC order on migrant labour rises several questions dealing with the fundamental rights.
Issues related to Economic growth
Opportunity in the Covid-19 crisis
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: FRBM Act.
Mains level: Paper 3- Opportunity to bring in reform that could benefit us in the medium term as well.
What is Geo-fencing?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Geo-fencing
Mains level: Geo-fencing and its application
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
GRACE-FO Mission
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GRACE-FO Mission
Mains level: Groundwater recharge and conservation efforts
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
BCG vaccine
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BCG Vaccine
Mains level: Coronovirus and the hunt for its vaccine
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
[pib] CCI Green Channel Route
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CCI Green Channel
Mains level: Not Much
