GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism. Context: Indian security agencies have reported that the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and its functionaries might have taken refuge in the country. What is ARSA? ARSA, formerly known as Harakah al-Yakin, or ‘Faith …
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GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Internal security related issues. Context: As per the latest data released by NCRB: Manipur, Assam and Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of cases under ‘Offences against State’ in 2020. However, there was a decline in the overall number of cases registered — 5,613 cases (26.7 per cent) in 2020 …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation and Pollution related issues. Context: The sea snot that dominated the landlocked Marmara Sea earlier this year is nowhere to be seen on the surface nowadays, but its fallout appears to be bigger than experts initially hoped. Impact of sea snot: Overall, 60% of species have already disappeared. …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. Context: Vodafone Idea (Vi) claimed to have achieved a peak 5G data speed of 3.7Gbps on the mmWave spectrum band in a recent test conducted in Pune, Maharashtra. Peak download speeds …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Indian economy. Context: There were few articles recently mentioning about Grey Market. Traders are interested in grey market stocks because it can be a way of taking advantage of movements in the company’s share price before it has actually listed. Also, any activity is usually taken as an indicator for …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Issues related to Health. Context: National Snakebite Awareness Summit was recently organised in virtual mode by the Integrated Health and Wellbeing Council, New Delhi. The summit was held on the eve of the International Snakebite Awareness Day, observed on 19 September every year. What’s the issue? India is registering …
