Day: June 14, 2019

Topics covered: Awareness in space. Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG)   What to study? For prelims and mains: the telescope- features, objectives and significance.   Context: A joint team of German-Russian scientists is all set to launch next week a space telescope- Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG).   About the telescope: It will create a three-dimensional (3D) X-ray map of the …

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Topics covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.   Windrush Scheme   What to study? For prelims and mains: Key features of the scheme, issues associated.   Context: UK Home Secretary has issued another personal apology for the Windrush scandal, involving migrants being wrongly denied their …

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Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism.   Information Fusion Centre (IFC) for the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)   What to study? For Prelims: Key facts on IOR. For Mains: IOR- significance, potential, challenges to its security …

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Topics covered: Women related issues. Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill 2019   What to Study?  For Prelims: Key features of the Bill proposed. For Mains: Need, significance and challenges in implementation.    Context: The …

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Topic covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)   What to study? For prelims and mains: SCO- objectives, members, functions, significance, various organs and issues associated.   Context: SCO Summit 2019 is being held in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan.   About SCO: What is it? The Shanghai Cooperation …

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Topics Covered: Effects of liberalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.   Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019   What to study? For Prelims: Features of the Bill. For Mains: Need and concerns associated with the use of Aadhaar, issues of privacy.   Context: In a major …

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Topic :  Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships. Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in inculcating values. 7) What do you understand by …

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Topic: Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions. 6) Peaceful protests and strikes are a basic human right, but for doctors, their proximity to life and death and the social contract between a doctor and a patient are stated as the reasons …

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