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18th November

Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.

India’s challenge in balancing the emissions and economy

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | : Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Coronavirus – Economic Issues

India’s challenges in maintaining its viability against competitive economies

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Vulture Action Plan for 2020-25

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Judicial Reforms

Article 32 and the Supreme Court

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution - historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.

‘Myths of Online Education’ Report

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc

Governor’s inaction and judicial scrutiny

op-ed snap | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Federalism,Indian Constitution - historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

18th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 19th November GS-1 Indian Society and Diversity. GS-4 Ethics and Human Interface: Essence,… Continue reading

17th November

Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.

2025 nutrition targets call for a multi-dimensional focus

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Challenges from the RCEP despite staying out of it

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Needed, a policy framework in step with technology

op-ed snap | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Achievements Of Indians In S&T

Judicial Reforms

What is Recusal of Judges?

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Economic implications of India opting out of RCEP

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures

What is mRNA vaccine?

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Wetland Conservation

Lonar Lake, Sur Sarovar declared as Ramsar sites

Places in news | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

17th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 18th November GS-1 Population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues. GS-4 Moral… Continue reading

16th November

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

PLI Scheme extended to 10 key Sectors

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Canada

India-Canada relations

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Air Pollution

Air pollution in India

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

China-led RCEP takes off without India

IOCR | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

North-East India – Security and Developmental Issues

Assam-Mizoram Boundary Dispute

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Federalism

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

Sex Ratio in India

DOMR | | Mains Paper 1: Population & Associated Issues

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Middle East

UAE’s Golden Visa Program

Prelims Only | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Effect Of Policies & Politics Of World On India'S Interests

Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.

Places in news: Tristan da Cunha

Prelims Only | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Global Geological And Climatic Events

Leonid Meteor Shower

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 1: Geographical Features & Their Location

16th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 17th November GS-1 Role of women and women’s organization. GS-4 Attitude Question 1)… Continue reading

13th November

Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector

Power sector reforms: UK lessons for India

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.

Issues with the regulation of digital media by government

op-ed snap | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Governance, Transparency & Accountability, Citizens Charters

Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc

How to improve the income and Productivity of Indian labour?

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Coronavirus – Economic Issues

Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan 3.0 Package

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc

What is a Technical Recession?

DOMR | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.

Contempt of Court and A-G’s consent

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution - historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure

Indian Navy Updates

[pib] Project-75

PIB | Security Issues | Mains Paper 3: Various Security Forces, Agencies & Their Mandates

New Species of Plants and Animals Discovered

Species in news: Rohanixalus -the frogs of the new genus

Species | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

[Burning Issue] US and Indian Election System: A Comparison

India and the US are the two largest democracies in the world but the electoral systems of the two countries… Continue reading

13th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 16th November GS-1 Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism. GS-4 Aptitude Question 1)… Continue reading

12th November

Banking Sector Reforms

`Financial institutions in India need more freedom

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Languages and Eighth Schedule

Issues with legal language in India

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary,Governance, Transparency & Accountability, Citizens Charters

Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc

Governing OTT Platforms

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Ministries & Departments Of The Government

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

What is the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) Scheme?

Schemes | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Investment Models

NGOs vs. GoI: The Conflicts and Scrutinies

Home Ministry amends FCRA rules

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: NGO, SHG & Civil Society

Tribes in News

Religious Code for Sarna Tribals

| | Mains Paper 1: Modern Indian History

Port Infrastructure and Shipping Industry – Sagarmala Project, SDC, CEZ, etc.

Gujarat Maritime Cluster Project at GIFT City

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries

SpaceX-NASA’s Crew-1 Mission

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

[pib] PLI Scheme extended to 10 key Sectors

PIB Schemes | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

12th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 13th November GS-1 Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth… Continue reading

11th November

Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.

Strengthening the public health capacities in disasters

| Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Disaster Management

Air Pollution

State Pollution Control Boards

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Important Judgements In News

Striking a fine balance in the review of RBI’s policies

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

India’s catch-up evolution in techno-policy landscape

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Foreign Policy Watch: India-SCO

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

IOCR | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.

What is OPEC+?

IOCR | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

The Crisis In The Middle East

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on peace deal

Places in news | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: India & Its Neighborhood - Relations

International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries

Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT)

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

11th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 12th November GS-1 Indian National Movement. GS-4 Case Studies. Question 1) With the… Continue reading

10th November

Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States

Unfurling India’s foreign policy concerns

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Air Pollution

The cost of cleaning air

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

Economic lessons from Vietnam and Bangladesh

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth,Indian Economy

Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources

15th Finance Commission submits report to President

| Polity | Mains Paper 2: Federalism

Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States

How a Biden’s Presidency may affect India?

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries

GRACE-FO Mission

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Tax Reforms

[pib] Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

PIB | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Statutory, Regulatory & Various Quasi-Judicial Bodies

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Maldives

India-Maldives relations

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

10th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 11th November GS-1 Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India. GS-4 Case… Continue reading

Adapt to the expectations of UPSC, bury old ways of preparation | Fill Samanvaya for IAS 2021 to know how.

Do you know what UPSC expects from an aspirant? Have you had a look at Pre 2020 paper? It can… Continue reading

[Burning Issue] Fiscal Stimulus & COVID

“In an economy that is overleveraged to historic proportions, economic stimuli may not do the trick.” – Kenneth Eade Several… Continue reading

9th November

Electoral Reforms In India

Comparing the mandates of election commissions of India and the U.S.

op-ed snap | Polity | Mains Paper 2: Comparison Of The Indian Constitutional Scheme With That Of Other Countries

Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.

Interfaith marriages and religious conversions

| | Mains Paper 1: Communalism, Secularism, Regionalism

Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.

Himachal Pradesh’s law against religious conversion

| | Mains Paper 1: Communalism, Secularism, Regionalism

Telecom and Postal Sector – Spectrum Allocation, Call Drops, Predatory Pricing, etc

Regulation of Other Service Providers (OSP)

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth

Iran’s Nuclear Program & Western Sanctions

Chabahar Rail Project

| International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.

Glacial Lake Outburst in Ladakh

| Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Important Geophysical Phenomena

Foreign Policy Watch: United Nations

UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ)

IOCR Prelims Only | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Important International Institutions

9th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 10th November GS-1 Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms,… Continue reading

8th November

UPSC Mains 2020 Timetable released | 60 days daily answer writing starts on Habitat

Dear aspirants, UPSC has released the timetable for the Mains exam 2020. Click here to download. With this, as a… Continue reading

7th November

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Taxes and the fundamental rights

op-ed snap | | Mains Paper 2: Executive & Judiciary,Parliament & State Legislatures

Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations

Sharing Indo-Pacific vision in the region

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Gravitational Wave Observations

What is Einstein’s Eclipse?

Prelims Only | Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.

State coverage ratios under NFSA

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Poverty & Hunger

Global Geological And Climatic Events

Cyclonic storms during October

| Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Geographical Features & Their Location

Port Infrastructure and Shipping Industry – Sagarmala Project, SDC, CEZ, etc.

Ghogha-Hazira Ferry Service

Prelims Only | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways Etc.

[Burning Issue] India’s push for a Gas-based Economy

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has last month approved ‘Natural Gas Marketing Reforms’, taking another significant step to move… Continue reading

6th November

Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.

Using the crucial expertise of CAPFs

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Disaster Management,Various Security Forces, Agencies & Their Mandates

Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.

Equity in education matters

op-ed snap | Governance | Mains Paper 2: Health & Education

Electric and Hybrid Cars – FAME, National Electric Mobility Mission, etc.

Green Hydrogen based vehicular fuel

op-ed snap | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia,S&T - Applications In Everyday Life

International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries

What is a Fast Radio Burst (FRB)?

| Science Tech | Mains Paper 3: Awareness in various sc and tech fields

Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) and its flaws

| Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

Air Pollution

Brown Carbon ‘Tarballs’

| Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Important Geophysical Phenomena

Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan

Back in news: Kartarpur Corridor

Places in news | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India

Air Pollution

Pusa Bio-Decomposer

Prelims Only | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia

6th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 9th November GS-1 Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country. GS-4 Case Studies.… Continue reading

5th November

Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States

The next administration will also pursue ‘America First’

op-ed snap | International Relations | Mains Paper 2: Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and agreements involving India,Effect Of Policies & Politics Of World On India'S Interests

Fixing the rules of economy

op-ed snap | Economics | Mains Paper 3: Effects Of Liberalization On The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth,Inclusive Growth & Issues,Indian Economy

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Weakening financial capacity of States

op-ed snap | | Mains Paper 3: Indian Economy

Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports

What is General Consent accorded to the CBI?

| Governance | Mains Paper 2: Civil Service

Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education

Supreme Court’s guidelines for deserted Wives and Children

SC Judgements | Polity | Mains Paper 1: Role Of Women & Women Organization

Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.

What is the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)?

| Economics | Mains Paper 3: Issues relating growth and development, employment

Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.

Char-chaporis of Assam

Prelims Only | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 1: Geographical Features & Their Location

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Ethics New Batch (02)

Hello students, It’s often mentioned by IAS Toppers that a good score in the ethics paper can shoot up your rank and can also… Continue reading

5th November 2020| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement

Important Announcement: Topics to be covered on 6th November GS-1 Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone… Continue reading

4th November

Free speech in France

op-ed snap | | Mains Paper 2: Comparison Of The Indian Constitutional Scheme With That Of Other Countries

Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.

Pondering on the free speech

op-ed snap | | Mains Paper 2: Indian Constitution - historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure