Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Poor health infrastructure of SAARC countries and other common problems.
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
It will take fiscal boldness now to relieve financial distress
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Money multiplier.
Mains level: Paper 3- Government spending to sustain the economy hit by the corona crisis.
Defence Sector – DPP, Missions, Schemes, Security Forces, etc.
‘Trends in World Military Expenditure’ Report, 2019
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Highlights of the report
Terrorism and Challenges Related To It
Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2019
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not Much
Mains level: Need for a global consensus on Terrorism
Global Geological And Climatic Events
New list of names of tropical cyclones over north Indian Ocean
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Naming of Tropical Cyclones
Mains level: Tropical Cyclones
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
Raja Ravi Varma, the painter who helped Indians bring their gods home
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Europeanized school of painting in India
Mains level: NA
RBI Notifications
RBI should preserve its inflation credibility
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: MPC
Mains level: Paper 3- MPC and RBI actions which are inimical to mandate of MPC.
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
Sharp fall in oil prices is opportunity for India to increase stockpile
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: SPR
Mains level: Paper 3- Importance of SPR , issues with it and need for the diversification.
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
New global order in post-Covid-19 world
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Changes in the post-Covid-19 world in geopolitics and the geoeconomics.
Judicial Reforms
Kesavananda Bharati Case (1973): The judgment that upheld basic structure of India’s constitution
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Features of Basic structure doctrine
Mains level: Basic structure doctrine
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
How the ozone layer hole over Arctic closed?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Ozone, Polar Vortex
Mains level: Ozone hole healing
Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc
What are Deep Fakes?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Deep Fake
Mains level: Cyber bullying and other threats posed by AI
Modern Indian History-Events and Personalities
Who was Lord Basaveshwara?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Lord Basaveshwara and his philosophy
Mains level: Six schools of Indian Philosophy
Nuclear Diplomacy and Disarmament
World at the edge of a new nuclear arms race
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CTBT, New START, INF etc.
Mains level: Paper 2- CTBT and reasons for India's decision to withdraw from the talks.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
The universal delivery of food and cash transfers by the state amid Covid-19
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much.
Mains level: Paper 2- Provision and suggestions to reduce the impact of corona crisis on the poor.
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
East India will require heavy investment to tide over the post-Covid loss of livelihood
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Consumption expenditure.
Mains level: Paper 3- The lack of employment opportunities is one the biggest challenges facing eastern states and Covid-19 pandemic has made it the pressing issue. What are the reasons for the problem? Suggest the ways to deal with the problem.
Contention over South China Sea
What’s behind diplomatic tensions in the South China Sea?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Spratly and Parcel Islands- Their location
Mains level: South China Sea dispute
Right To Privacy
What are the concerns around the AarogyaSetu app?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Aarogya Setu App
Mains level: Privacy issues with the app
Gravitational Wave Observations
GW190412: The first merger of two black holes with unequal masses
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: General Relativity, Black Holes, Black Holes merger
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
The Curie Family and its Nobel legacy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Radioactivity
Mains level: NA
