[ Day 16 – July 5, 2022] 75 Days Mains Revision Plan 2022 – GS1 Full Syllabus & Ethics

  GS 1 Full Syllabus Q1. What are the main drivers and causes of desertification and land degradation? Discuss the socio-economic impact of such changes. Suggest a few measures to mitigate the same. 15M Q2. Elucidate the factors driving feminization of agriculture in India. Is it good for rural society? Discuss the challenges faced by …

[ INSTA Ethics! ] : Ethics in public and private relationships.

    Private relationships are often given (For Ex: Life partner, Friends) or inherited (For Ex: Parents) that are relatively permanent with more tolerance for imperfections. Private relationship – Ethical Principles Care and Affection – Emotional bond of affection and care goes beyond limitations. This bond is not driven by legal rules or quid pro quo but by human emotions. …

EDITORIAL ANALYSIS:  A Chill Down Asia’s Spine

 Source: The Indian Express Prelims: Current events of international importance(Indo-Pacific, Regional forums, etc Mains GS Paper II: Multipolar World, Significance of Indo-Pacific for India, Indo-Pacific Region, Free and open Indo-Pacific, International organizations. ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS Last week’s summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Madrid was the significant Indo-Pacific presence. For the first time, the …

[Prelims] BE INDOMITABLE & CONQUER PRELIMS 2023 with Vinay Sir @ Delhi centre- OPEN FOR ALL

    Hello Dear Student! It has been a few days since the UPSC CSE/IFoS Prelims Results were declared. While some of you’ll are busy preparing for Mains, lakhs of you’ll may be disheartened by the results & may be struggling to find the right strategy to start over for the next attempt. Team InsightsIAS …

[Mission 2023] INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY 05 July 2022

  InstaLinks help you think beyond the issue but relevant to the issue from UPSC prelims and Mains exam point of view. These linkages provided in this ‘hint’ format help you frame possible questions in your mind that might arise(or an examiner might imagine) from each current event. InstaLinks also connect every issue to their …

Large Hadron Collider

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Science and Technology   Context: The world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will begin smashing protons into each other at unprecedented levels of energy beginning July 5. It is expected to throw up evidence of “new physics” — or physics beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics, …

Niti Aayog Report on Alternatives to Plastics

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.   Context: A Niti Ayog report has suggested on plastic alternatives or technologies making plastic degradable What does the report say? Status: India produces 3.47 mn tn of plastic waste/year, out of which 60% is collected for recycling. Goa, Delhi & Kerala have …

Development of Enterprise and Service Hubs (DESH)

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Effects of liberalisation on the economy (post-1991 changes), changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth.   Context: The government plans to table the Development of Enterprise and Service Hubs (DESH) Bill to overhaul the special economic zones (SEZ) legislation. DESHs as the DESH Act will replace the current SEZ …

India needs to scale up direct nutrition interventions

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of society, issues related to the development of the social sector, issues related to poverty and hunger etc   Context: Data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 2019-21, as compared to NFHS-4 2015-16, reveals a substantial improvement in the period of four to five years …

Sansad TV: Perspective- No Misleading Advertisements

  Introduction: Aiming to curb misleading advertisements and protect the consumers, who may be exploited or affected by such advertisements, the Central Consumer Protection authority under the Department of Consumer Affairs has notified Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022. The guidelines seek to ensure that consumers are not being …