GS Paper 3: Topics covered: Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate. Context: The government is reassessing the concept of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) to fix overlaps in the system and streamline the process due to which there has been a delay in the …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Food security related issues. Context: Recently, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has released Global Food Policy Report: Climate Change & Food Systems. Key findings on India: India’s food production could drop 16% and the number of those at risk for hunger could increase 23% by 2030 …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: Space Debris from the re-entry of the Chang Zheng 3B serial Y86 — China’s orbital launch vehicle, us suspected to have fallen at various places in Gujarat. What is Chang Zheng 3B serial Y86, from where the debris is suspected to have fallen? Chang …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International Institutions. Context: While speaking to the heads of countries at the second global COVID-19 conference in the third year of the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the much-discussed matter of revamping the World Health Organization. India’s calls for WHO reforms, especially after the body’s initial handling …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effects of policies of developed nations. Context: The United States sees India’s participation in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) as “very important”. Therefore, Washington is designing the framework to prioritise “flexibility and inclusion”. Under this, participating countries can join IPEF without necessarily joining all the four pillars of the …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies. Context: The Centre has committed Rs 2.01 lakh crore for the PMAY-U, of which Rs 1.18 lakh crore has been released and Rs 1.10 lakh crore has been spent. 21 crore houses have been sanctioned …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Indian Constitution and historical underpinnings. Context: The Delhi High Court has ordered the Centre to file its submissions in response to a petition seeking restoration of Anglo-Indian representation by nomination in Parliament. The court observed that the provision for Anglo-Indian representation by nomination in Lok Sabha was introduced to …
GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Indian culture – salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. Context: Char Dham Yatra has come to be known as a risky pilgrimage because at least 23 pilgrims have died en route since the Char Dham Yatra began on May 3 in Uttarakhand. …
