GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Cybersecurity related issues. Pegasus snooping Context: Stressing that the power of the state to snoop in the name of national security into the “sacred private space” of individuals is not absolute, the Supreme Court has appointed an expert technical committee overseen by former Supreme Court judge R.V. Raveendran to examine …
GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Biotechnology related issues. Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG): Context: INSACOG led team has traced a total of 108 mutations of the SARS-Cov-2, which include four novel mutations in India, in the wastewater samples collected from Pune city between December 2020 and April 2021. How important is it for countries …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Context: The Government of India has applied for loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to procure as many as 667 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. The Manila-based ADB and the Beijing-based AIIB, where …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and related issues. Context: The Centre has proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 that will enable it to “maintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level”. Presently, the registration of births and deaths is done by the local registrar …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. Context: Supreme Court has made few observations regarding the applicability of judicial review in matters related to ‘National Security’ of the Country. What’s the issue? The Court was responding to submissions made by Solicitor-General for the Centre, …
