GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021. The biennial report by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) is an assessment of the country’s forest resources. Highlights of the Report: India’s forest and …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Science and technology. Context: Surgeons in the US have transplanted a pig’s heart inside a human patient in a bold endeavour that represents a remarkable first in the world of medical science. This success could potentially end the years-long backlog of people waiting to receive a healthy organ and …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Context: A new report of the US State Department on the Beijing’s extensive territorial claims of “historic rights” in the South China Sea (SCS) has rejected them as being “plainly inconsistent with international law”. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: India and its neighbourhood- relations. Context: Siachen and Sir Creek have long been termed “low hanging fruits” in the past for resolution between India and Pakistan and the two countries have held 13 rounds of Defence Secretary-level talks on Siachen, the last one in June 2012. However, there has …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Union government would provide Rs 3,000 crore to Tamil Nadu in the next five years under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission to address critical gaps in health infrastructure and health research, especially at the …
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