GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security. Context: Students in Srinagar who led the celebrations of Pakistan’s victory over India in recent T20 World Cup cricket match will be charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The students will also be marked as …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Internal security related issues. Context: The latest form of the National Population Register (NPR) appears to have retained contentious questions such as “mother tongue, place of birth of father and mother and last place of residence”, according to a document compiled by a committee under the Registrar General of India. …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Context: China has called for an expedition in negotiations with ASEAN countries on a code of conduct framework for the South China Sea. Background: Next year is the 20th anniversary of the signing of …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission, one of the largest pan-India schemes for strengthening healthcare infrastructure, in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi. About the scheme: The scheme aims at strengthening healthcare infrastructure across the country. Its objective is to …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: AIIB has said that it would look to fund both social as well as climate-resilient infrastructure in India in the coming years. Meanwhile, it has also asked India to strike a balance between ramping up physical infrastructure and the social …
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GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Issues related to Health. Context: AY.4.2 is a descendant of the Delta variant of COVID-19. The Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2, was first identified in India in October 2020. The AY.4.2 (dubbed “Delta Plus” and now named VUI-21OCT-01 by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)) sub-lineage contains 2 mutations …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: The Civil Aviation Ministry has notified a traffic management framework for drones. The framework has been issued under the Drone Rules 2021. Overview of the framework: Public and private third-party …
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