AFSPA

GS paper: 3 Topics Covered: Challenges to internal security through communication networks, the role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money laundering and its prevention.   Context:  AFSPA, which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces, has been fully or partially withdrawn from parts of three Northeast states …

Genome sequencing

GS paper: 3 Topics Covered: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Context: Complete human genome sequencing has been done Nearly two decades ago, when scientists published the map of the human genome for the first time, about 8% of the human DNA was left unsequenced. Now, this has been completed …

Central Bureau of Investigation

GS paper: 2 Topics Covered: Important organisation Context: Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana calls for immediate need for the creation of an independent umbrella institution, so as to bring various central agencies like the CBI, Enforcement Directorate and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office under one roof. Need for such an umbrella institution: Lack of credibility: …

Bamiyan Buddhas

GS paper :1 Topics covered: Indian Culture – Salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.   Context: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan assured the world of its intention to protect and conserve the Buddhist heritage in Mes Aynak. More on this: The earlier Taliban regime had destroyed several Buddhist …