GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: Calling for abolishing the law on sedition, former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman has expressed concern on booking critics of the government for sedition. He said, it is time to …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Infrastructure. PM GatiShakti — National Master Plan: Context: Large-scale absence of coordination and collaboration among agencies has been a major challenge to time bound infrastructure project implementation in India. Very often these projects have faced time overruns, leading to significant cost escalations. An overview of pending projects in …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The United States is pushing the United Nations Security Council to impose more sanctions on North Korea following a series of North Korean missile launches. The United States has already imposed unilateral sanctions over the missile launches. It blacklisted …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The early 2022 edition of the Agency’s bi-annual Electricity Market Report has been published. Highlights of the report: Nations are largely turning to fossil fuels to meet the increase in electricity demand as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifting. …
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GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. Context: The postponement of the Assembly elections in Punjab to February 20 underlines the importance of the Ravidassia community in the state. What’s the issue? Several political parties had urged …
GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Important Geographical phenomenon. Context: Various parts of India, especially North India, have been experiencing a severe cold wave. Warnings for the severe cold waves have been issued in several northern states. What is a Cold Wave? A cold wave is different for the plains and the mountains. According …
