UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS – 31 August 2024 covers important current affairs of the day, their backward linkages, their relevance for Prelims exam and MCQs on main articles InstaLinks : Insta Links help you think beyond the current affairs issue and help you think multidimensionally to develop depth in your understanding of these issues. …
Source: Th Context: Recently, Australia has granted millions of workers the legal right to disconnect from their jobs outside work hours, unless deemed unreasonable. This law, similar to those in Europe and Latin America, allows workers to ignore after-hours contact from employers, promoting work-life balance. Advantages of the ‘Right to Disconnect’: Promotes work-life balance. …
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Content for Mains Enrichment Source: The Guardian Context: The Australian government has announced a formal apology to individuals impacted by the thalidomide tragedy, a drug prescribed for morning sickness during the 1950s and 1960s that led to severe birth defects. What happened? Thalidomide is a sedative drug prescribed to pregnant women in order …
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GS Paper 4 Syllabus: Applications of Ethics Source: IE, IE Example 1: Australia: Indigenous “Voice to Parliament” Australia is currently conducting a referendum that will determine whether the country’s indigenous peoples should have a formal voice in the law-making process. The referendum aims to alter the Constitution to recognize the Aboriginal and Torres Strait …
Mapping Source: TH On October 14, Australians will vote in a referendum regarding the establishment of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, aiming to give Indigenous people a say in government policies that affect their lives. The referendum seeks to enshrine this mechanism in the Constitution, but there are concerns about how the Voice’s powers …
GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Bilateral Relations Source: TH, PIB Context: Australian Prime Minister’s visit to India for India-Australia Summit concluded recently Issues in the relation: India-Australia relations face several challenges, including the controversy over the Adani coal mine project, which caused tensions due to protests by activists. Visa restrictions for Indian students and professionals seeking …
InstaLinks : help you think beyond the issue but relevant to the issue from UPSC prelims and Mains exam point of view. These linkages provided in this ‘hint’ format help you frame possible questions ina your mind that might arise(or an examiner might imagine) from each current event. InstaLinks also connect every issue to their …
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InstaLinks : help you think beyond the issue but relevant to the issue from UPSC prelims and Mains exam point of view. These linkages provided in this ‘hint’ format help you frame possible questions ina your mind that might arise(or an examiner might imagine) from each current event. InstaLinks also connect every issue to their …
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Introduction: The foreign ministers of the Quad grouping of India, the US, Australia and Japan vowed to work vigorously to achieve the grouping’s shared vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific and collectively deal with common threats such as terrorism. At the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Melbourne, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, …
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