Nobel Medicine Prize:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.   Context: U.S. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch. They will …

The Conference on Disarmament

GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Context: The Conference on Disarmament (CD) is being held in Geneva. At the conference, India expressed deep concern over the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems that could endanger peace and security, saying the possibility of terrorists …

Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) Act of 2016

GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.   Context: The Supreme Court has stepped in to protect homebuyers from exploitation by builders who delay …