GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: India and its neighbourhood- relations. Context: The Karnataka Government has objected to a petition in the Supreme Court to “identify, detain and deport” Rohingya within a year, stating that there is no reason to take coercive action against or immediately deport them. What’s the issue? A petition has been …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Context: The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has recently released a report on CO2 emissions. Key findings: The increase in CO2 from 2019 to 2020 was slightly lower than that observed from 2018 to 2019 but higher than the average annual growth rate over the past decade. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Context: Israel government has approved more than 1,300 new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank (A territory the Palestinians seek as part of a future state). The move appears to run contrary …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Context: Executive director of the World Food Programme has said that Afghanistan is on the brink of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises with more than half the country facing “acute” food shortages. What’s the …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and issues arising out of it. Context: Bharti Airtel has decided to opt for the four-year moratorium on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) and spectrum payments, making it the second telco after Vodafone Idea to accept the offer, which was part of the recently announced telecom relief package. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. Context: The Supreme Court has directed the Supervisory Committee to take an immediate and firm decision on the maximum water level that can be maintained at Mullaperiyar dam, amid torrential rain in Kerala. Background: The SC constituted …
