Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: UNCLOS
Mains level: Paper 2- Understanding the rights of the coastal state under UNCLOS
Type: op-ed snap
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Coronavirus – Health and Governance Issues
Tackling second Covid wave
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Second wave of covid
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations
BIMSTEC
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Reviving BIMSTEC
Coronavirus – Economic Issues
An aggressive vaccination drive holds the key to economic revival
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Economic recovery and challenges posed by second covid wave
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan
India’s South Asian opportunity
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: RCEP
Mains level: Paper 2- India-Pakistan relations and its impact on the region
Cyber Security – CERTs, Policy, etc
Why the Personal Data Protection Bill matters
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: IT Act 2000
Mains level: Paper 3- Personal Data Protection Bill and related issues
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
India and the great power triangle of Russia, China and US
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Russia-China-US dynamic and its impact on India
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Pakistan
Explaining Pakistan’s flip-flop on trade with India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Resuming India-Pakistan trade ties
Foreign Policy Watch: India – EU
Why the Indo-Pacific has assumed significance for Europe after the pandemic
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: RCEP
Mains level: Paper 2- Asia-EU engagement
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
7th Fleet’s patrol in India’s EEZ was an act of impropriety
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Maritime zones under UNCLOS
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with UNCLOS 1982
Rohingya Conflict
India’s refugee Policy & Issues with it
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: 1951 Refugee Convention
Mains level: Paper 2- Need for refugee protection policy framework in India
Give small savers what is due to them
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Issue of linking interest rate on small saving with the G-sec yields
Internal Security Architecture Shortcomings – Key Forces, NIA, IB, CCTNS, etc.
Maoist Attack in Sukma
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Challenge of left wing extremism
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism – NCA, Lok Adalats, etc.
Lok Adalats
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Lok Adalat and their role
Mains level: Paper 2- Importance of Lok Adalats and concerns over speed undermining idea of justice
Internal Security Trends and Incidents
A holistic review of internal security challenge and response to them is needed
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- LWE challenge
Electoral Reforms In India
Need to remove the secrecy around the electoral bonds
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Various aspects related to the electoral bond scheme
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with the electoral bond scheme and alternatives to it
Government Budgets
A post-Covid fiscal framework for India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Provisions of the FRBM Act
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues with the FRBM and alternative framework
Police Reforms – SC directives, NPC, other committees reports
Why police reform recommendations have not been implemented
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Implementation of the SC recommendations in Prakash Singh case
Women empowerment issues – Jobs,Reservation and education
Address the silent crisis of India’s gender deficit
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Gender Gap Report
Mains level: Paper 2- Gender discrimination
India & NATO
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NATO
Mains level: Paper 3- Why India should engage NATO
