GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Context: Israel has carried out strikes in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave into Israel. The armed wing of Hamas have announced that it fired on Israeli planes. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions. Context: India has agreed to attend a virtual summit of leaders of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa grouping, likely to be held at the end of June. India hosted last year’s BRICS summit, which was also held virtually, and attended by the five leaders. This is the first …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effects of policies of developed nations. Context: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked President Joe Biden to designate Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism”. This is perhaps the harshest suite of sanctions available with the United States against Russia. Countries on the list: As of now, there …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies. Context: The UDAN scheme, the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s flagship initiative to provide air connectivity in non-metro tier II and III cities, has been selected for the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020. About UDAN scheme (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) Scheme: Launched …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important Constitutional Bodies. Context: The Supreme Court is set to witness many vacant posts in 2022 with many current judges retiring this year. The concern: The retirements come at a time when the court is in the process of steadying itself after particularly brutal waves of the pandemic. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important constitutional amendments. Context: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has asked all departments of the Central Government to collect the data on inadequacy of representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes before implementing the policy of reservation in promotion in government offices. Specified conditions: The DoPT …
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