Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Legal Issues and the Puttaswamy Case Judgment
Mains level: Need of Think Tank
Type: Explained
These Newscards correspond to the explained section of various newspapers. They become immensely important for both prelims and mains and special attention needs to be paid to them
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
The Crisis In The Middle East
Why Israel-Hezbollah conflict is heating up?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Location of Golan Heights
Mains level: Issues between Israel and Palestine
Oil and Gas Sector – HELP, Open Acreage Policy, etc.
US overtaskes UAE as India’s second largest LNG supplier
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Data related to LNG import
Mains level: Trade dynamics related to LNG
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Teaching computers to forget
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About Machine Unlearning (MUL)
Mains level: Significance of Machine Unlearning (MUL)
Target drug producers, not users
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Legal status of Marijuana
Mains level: Drug issues in India
J&K – The issues around the state
In 2024, newer districts are affected by militancy in Jammu
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status in August 2019
Mains level: Internal Security; Developments in Militancy (2014-2024)
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
Landslides in Wayanad
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Landslides, Landslide Atlas of India
Innovations in Biotechnology and Medical Sciences
Surprising ‘Dark Oxygen’ discovery could ensnarl deep-sea mining
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About Dark Oxygen
Mains level: Impact of Deep-Sea Mining
Climate Change Negotiations – UNFCCC, COP, Other Conventions and Protocols
What is South Africa’s new law on climate change?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About Paris Climate Agreement
Mains level: Initiatives against climate change by the Indian government
Organic Farming – Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY), NPOF etc.
Should India focus on natural farming?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF)
Mains level: Concerns related to Natural Farming
Right To Privacy
SC to examine acquitted man’s ‘Right to be Forgotten’: What is this right, and how have courts ruled earlier?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Right to be Forgotten
Mains level: Key judgments related to the Right to be forgotten
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakthrough
Why AI’s present and future bring some serious environmental concerns?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Legislation related to AI
Mains level: Why Emissions are higher due to data centres?
Foreign Policy Watch: The BCIM Corridor
A new push in the Bay of Bengal
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About BIMSTEC
Mains level: Importance of Strengthening Eastern Ties
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
How oil spills impact the environment?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Location of Manila Bay
Mains level: Impact of oil spill on environment
Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Global Implications
With uncertainty across the Atlantic, Europe worries about its own security
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About NATO
Mains level: Security Issues with European Countries and US Support
Coal and Mining Sector
States have the unlimited right to tax mineral-rich lands
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act of 1957 (MMDR Act);
Mains level: Design of power between Union and state;
Coal and Mining Sector
India’s illegal coal mining problem
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Legal Frameworks Governing Coal Mining;
Mains level: Factors Contribute to the Persistence of Illegal Coal Mining;
Why is there a move to split the Bengaluru municipal corporation into smaller bodies with a 3-tier structure?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Constitutional provisions related to Municipality ;
Mains level: Functions and challenges of Municipality,
North-East India – Security and Developmental Issues
The panel will look into issues stalling Bill, NE tribal councils told
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About Tribal Autonomous Councils;
Mains level: Controversy over the 125th Amendment Bill;
Genetically Modified (GM) crops – cotton, mustards, etc.
Why SC couldn’t agree on the environmental release of GM mustard?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About GM Mustard Crop
Mains level: Significance of GM crops
