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13th April
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Covid-19: Software vendors focus on big data, AI despite fall in IT spending
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
COVID-19 and the crumbling world order
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Use the COVID crisis to transform the agri-marketing system
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Taiwan: a role model for pandemic management
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Earth’s seismic noise levels
Global Geological And Climatic Events
What are Primordial Black Holes (PBH)?
Zoonotic Diseases: Medical Sciences Involved & Preventive Measures
What is Contact Tracing Technology?
Capital Markets: Challenges and Developments
How a dollar swap line with US Fed can help in uncertain times?
Corporate Social Responsibility: Issues & Development
Covid-19 donations to CM Relief Fund won’t qualify as CSR
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
[pib] Diverse names of harvesting festival
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
[pib] Operation Lifeline UDAN
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
[pib] YUKTI web-portal
[Burning Issues] J&K New Domicile Rules
Context Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs has promulgated the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020, which comes into force with immediate effect. It defines “domiciles” in the new Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir for protecting jobs in the Group D category and entry-level non-gazetted posts for the domiciles.… Continue reading [Burning Issues] J&K New Domicile Rules
12th April
11th April
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
World trade fall mustn’t stoke export pessimism
Government Budgets
A plan for the aftermath
Foreign Policy Watch: India-China
The new multilateralism
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Alternative Market Channel: Bypassing the Farmer Mandis
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Know all about the National Board for Wildlife
Minimum Support Prices for Agricultural Produce
What is Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)? How does it compare with MSP
5 questions, 5 perspectives – Nikaalo Prelims All India Open Mock Test 2020
Mock tests are not just about evaluating your level of understanding and checking your knowledge. They are also about knowing the weaknesses in your approach to attempting a paper. A quality mock test will cover and highlight your shortcomings in all these areas. For that, it should be designed and curated in that way. We… Continue reading 5 questions, 5 perspectives – Nikaalo Prelims All India Open Mock Test 2020
[Prelims Spotlight] Important Keywords Regarding Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, and Taxation – Part 2
Prelims Spotlight is a part of “Nikaalo Prelims 2020” module. This open crash course for Prelims 2020 has a private telegram group where PDFs and DDS (Daily Doubt Sessions) are being held. Please click here to register. Important Keywords Regarding Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, and Taxation – Part 2 11 April 2020 Fiscal Performance Index (FPI)… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Important Keywords Regarding Budgeting, Fiscal Policy, and Taxation – Part 2
10th April
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
A time for extraordinary action
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
The law cannot fall silent
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
Armed Forces: their role during crisis, procedures for requisition
Human Rights Issues
OPCW blames Syria for chemical attacks
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
TB diagnostic kit ‘Truenat’
Digital India Initiatives
[pib] ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign
Festivals, Dances, Theatre, Literature, Art in News
Assamese Gamosa
[Prelims Spotlight] Important Important Temples/Monasteries/Stupas/Caves
Prelims Spotlight is a part of “Nikaalo Prelims 2020” module. This open crash course for Prelims 2020 has a private telegram group where PDFs and DDS (Daily Doubt Sessions) are being held. Please click here to register. Important Temples/Monasteries/Stupa/Caves 10 April 2020 1. Important Temples/Monasteries/Stupa/Caves- Click2view 2. Important Historical Sculptures- Click2view
9th April
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
It’s time for the Red Berets
Government Budgets
Financing the pandemic rescue package
Finance Commission – Issues related to devolution of resources
Needed, greater decentralisation of power
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Is e-NAM portal capable of supporting farmers?
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
[pib] Chitra Acrylosorb Secretion Solidification System
Digital India Initiatives
[pib] Integrated Government Online Training (iGOT)
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
[pib] Kendriya Bhandar
4 pie charts to show that the Nikaalo Prelims Open Test is 110% relevant for Prelims 2020
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[Prelims Spotlight] Important IR Terms in News
Prelims Spotlight is a part of “Nikaalo Prelims 2020” module. This open crash course for Prelims 2020 has a private telegram group where PDFs and DDS (Daily Doubt Sessions) are being held. Please click here to register. Important IR Terms in News 9 April 2020 APC Network: Association for Progressive Communications comprises more than 20,000 subscribers… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Important IR Terms in News
8th April
Iran’s Nuclear Program & Western Sanctions
Sanctions and pandemic: On America’s Iran policy
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Japan
The wilting Sakura
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Third mass bleaching of Great Barrier Reef
Government Budgets
A different economic approach
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
Delhi’s ‘5T’ war against virus
Global Geological And Climatic Events
[pib] Ionospheric based monitoring of large earthquakes
Genetically Modified (GM) crops – cotton, mustards, etc.
[pib] Biofortified Carrot ‘Madhuban Gajar’
Innovation Ecosystem in India
[pib] “Samadhan” Challenge
[Prelims Spotlight] Major Rivers in India
Prelims Spotlight is a part of “Nikaalo Prelims 2020” module. This open crash course for Prelims 2020 has a private telegram group where PDFs and DDS (Daily Doubt Sessions) are being held. Please click here to register. Major Rivers in India 8 April 2020 Indus River System Indus Ancient name → Sindhu Origin → Bokharchu Glacier, Near Mansarovar In… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Major Rivers in India
7th April
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
Farmers are at their wits’ end
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations
Preparing for SAARC 2.0
WTO and India
Between nationalism and globalism
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
‘Bhilwara Model’ for containment of coronavirus
Judicial Reforms
What is Open Court System?
Parliament – Sessions, Procedures, Motions, Committees etc
MPLADS funds suspended over COVID-19 crisis
Capital Markets: Challenges and Developments
Euro Zone ‘Coronabonds’
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
[pib] Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH)
[Burning Issue] Migrant workers amid COVID-19 outbreak
Blamed for leaving their homes in defiance of the lockdown, hungry and cash-strapped migrants are struggling in packed shelters while those who managed to reach their native places are facing hostility. What makes India’s migrant crisis unique is not the nature of its migrant workforce but the abruptness of its public policy. Context… Continue reading [Burning Issue] Migrant workers amid COVID-19 outbreak
[Prelims Spotlight] Various Financial Sector And External Sector Keywords in News
Prelims Spotlight is a part of “Nikaalo Prelims 2020” module. This open crash course for Prelims 2020 has a private telegram group where PDFs and DDS (Daily Doubt Sessions) are being held. Please click here to register. Various FInancial Sector And External Sector Keywords in News 7 April 2020 Bonds A bond, also known as… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Various Financial Sector And External Sector Keywords in News
6th April
Government Budgets
A niggardliness that is economically unwarranted
Hunger and Nutrition Issues – GHI, GNI, etc.
Let no one go hungry
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
Oil in a post-Covid world
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Restarting the economy after lockdown
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
Comparing current crisis with Great Depression, 1929
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
COVID-19 and its impact on climate talks
Food Procurement and Distribution – PDS & NFSA, Shanta Kumar Committee, FCI restructuring, Buffer stock, etc.
AMMA Canteen and its success
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
What is Drive-through Testing?
Global Geological And Climatic Events
Pink Supermoon/ Paschal Moon
[Prelims Spotlight] ISRO and its Missions/Important Submarines in News
Prelims Spotlight is a part of “Nikaalo Prelims 2020” module. This open crash course for Prelims 2020 has a private telegram group where PDFs and DDS (Daily Doubt Sessions) are being held. Please click here to register. ISRO and its Missions/Important Submarines in News 6 April 2020 ISRO and its Mission in News 1.RISAT-2B: An… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] ISRO and its Missions/Important Submarines in News
5th April
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4th April
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
The spectre of a post-COVID-19 world
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Man versus microbe
Government Budgets
States at centre
Policy Wise: India’s Power Sector
Explained: 9 minutes light-out and its impact on grids
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Tropical Butterfly Conservatory
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Maldives
Operation Sanjeevani
[Burning Issue] The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020
The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has been passed by both the Houses of Parliament and is waiting for Presidents assent. About the Bill The Bill seeks to amend: The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) and The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 (CMSP Act) Background MMDR Act The… Continue reading [Burning Issue] The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020
[Prelims Spotlight] Important Rebellion – Part 2
Prelims Spotlight is a part of “Nikaalo Prelims 2020” module. This open crash course for Prelims 2020 has a private telegram group where PDFs and DDS (Daily Doubt Sessions) are being held. Please click here to register. Important Rebellion – Part 2 4 April 2020 NOTE: For better visibility of the text, right-click on the… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Important Rebellion – Part 2
3rd April
Communicable and Non-communicable diseases – HIV, Malaria, Cancer, Mental Health, etc.
Making the private sector care for public health
Important Judgements In News
The SC order on migrants labours raises several issues
Issues related to Economic growth
Opportunity in the Covid-19 crisis
What is Geo-fencing?
International Space Agencies – Missions and Discoveries
GRACE-FO Mission
Health Sector – UHC, National Health Policy, Family Planning, Health Insurance, etc.
BCG vaccine
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
[pib] CCI Green Channel Route
Corona Ab Bas Karo Na – Clear UPSC Prelims 2020 With This 60 Days Plan | Score 125+ Marks
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[Prelims Spotlight] Important Schemes Regarding MSME Sectors
Prelims Spotlight is a part of “Nikaalo Prelims 2020” module. This open crash course for Prelims 2020 has a private telegram group where PDFs and DDS (Daily Doubt Sessions) are being held. Please click here to register. 3 April 2020 Credit Guarantee Trust Fund for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) What is CGTMSE? CGTMSE… Continue reading [Prelims Spotlight] Important Schemes Regarding MSME Sectors
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