Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Lessons from Bangladesh and Vietnam for Indian economy
Type: op-ed snap
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Maldives
India-Maldives relations
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- India-Maldives relation
Electoral Reforms In India
Comparing the mandates of election commissions of India and the U.S.
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Power of the ECI
Mains level: Paper 2- Comparing the powers of the Election Commission of India to its counterpart in the U.S.
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Taxes and the fundamental rights
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GST
Mains level: Paper 2- Testing the legitimacy of tax
Foreign Policy Watch: India-SAARC Nations
Sharing Indo-Pacific vision in the region
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Indo-Pacific construct
Mains level: Paper 2- India's Indo-Pacific vision
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
Using the crucial expertise of CAPFs
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: CAPFs
Mains level: Paper 3- Role of CAPFs in disaster management.
Higher Education – RUSA, NIRF, HEFA, etc.
Equity in education matters
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Equity in education and impact of digital education on it
Electric and Hybrid Cars – FAME, National Electric Mobility Mission, etc.
Green Hydrogen based vehicular fuel
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Hydrogen fuel cell, H-CNG
Mains level: Paper 3- Adoption of hydrogen as vehicular fuel
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
The next administration will also pursue ‘America First’
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- India-U.S. relations and implications of the Presidential elections in the U.S.
Fixing the rules of economy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Productivity of economy
Mains level: Paper 3- Reforms, productivity and technology to fix the problems of economy
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Weakening financial capacity of States
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: GST provisions
Mains level: Paper 2- Declining financial heath of the States
Free speech in France
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- Issues with the secularism in France
Freedom of Speech – Defamation, Sedition, etc.
Pondering on the free speech
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Right of free speech
Mains level: Paper 2- Free speech and violence
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
Consolidation of quad reflects India’s political will
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Five eyes
Mains level: Paper 2- Quad and its future
The shifting trajectory of India’s foreign policy
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BECA
Mains level: Paper 2- India-U.S. relations and implications for relations with other countries
Urban Floods
Need for Sponge cities Mission in India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: urban floods
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Allaying the fears of farmers over MSP regime
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: MSP
Mains level: Paper 3- Agri bills and issue of MSP
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Countering deepfakes, the most serious AI threat
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Deepfakes
Mains level: Paper 3- Threats of the deepfakes
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
The challenges of walking the Indo-Pacific talk
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: India FTAs
Mains level: Paper 2- Limits and challenges India faces in its engagement in Quad and Indo-Pacific construct
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
Excessive optimism over a pact with election-bound US is premature
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BECA
Mains level: Paper 2- India-US and optimism
