GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Infrastructure- airways. Context: So far, the AAI has awarded 948 routes under UDAN, of which 403 routes have taken off that connect 65 airports and 8 heliports. However, some of the routes launched have discontinued. This was because of the failure to set up airports due to lack of …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: NASA has announced the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on December 24. Webb, the world’s premier space science observatory, will succeed the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s flagship telescope that has been in service for more than three decades now. About JSWT: …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Context: China has announced sanctions on four members of the U.S. government’s Commission on International Religious Freedom in retaliation for penalties imposed on Chinese officials over complaints of abuses in the country’s northwestern Xinjiang …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: Karnataka has demanded that the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) give clearance for the detailed project report (DPR) of Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir Project in its next meeting. What’s the …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure. The Belagavi border dispute Context: An inter-state dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra dating back to the period of Independence and the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines in 1956 has reared its …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Parliament and state legislatures- functioning. House panel Context: Lok Sabha has sent the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to raise the age of marriage for women to 21 to a standing committee. Rationale behind the legislation: The age of marriage should be uniformly applicable …
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