GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security. Context: The Office of High Commissioner of Human Rights, United Nations, has expressed its concerns over the ongoing use of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act throughout India and has called the situation as ‘worrying. What’s …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Internal security related issues. Context: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has resigned as interlocutor for the Naga peace process to prevent it from derailing. Background: Ravi is the Governor of Nagaland and has been crossing swords with the extremist Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Context: Early-stage findings of Chang’e-5 probe, which use geological mapping to link ‘exotic’ fragments in the collected samples to features near the landing site, were recently presented by China. Background: Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon had begun its journey back to Earth …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: As per the latest findings, continuous loss of biodiversity is observed across the shorelines of settlement zones in Indian Sundarbans. Issues and challenges: Small patches of mangroves are being lost gradually and quietly due to their indiscriminate destruction for either coastal development or short-term gains. …
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GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Economics of animal rearing. Context: A review meeting on the performance of the Rashtriya Gokul Mission was held recently. What is the Rashtriya Gokul Mission? ‘Rashtriya Gokul Mission’ was launched in 2014 to conserve and develop indigenous bovine breeds, under the National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Food security related issues. Context: The UN Food Systems Summit is taking place in New York. It will seek to set the stage for global food systems transformation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It is envisioned that the Summit will have objectives and outcomes including …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Context: The world’s largest healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has completed three years. It was launched on September 23rd, 2018. Key Features of PM-JAY: The world’s largest health insurance/ assurance scheme fully financed by the government. It provides cover …
