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Examine the causes responsible for the rapid increase in night-time temperatures in Indian urban areas. How are they different from daytime heatwave conditions?

Topic: Changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. Q2. Examine the causes responsible for the rapid increase in night-time temperatures in Indian urban areas. How are they different from daytime heatwave conditions? (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: IE Why the question …

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Increasing atmospheric instability during the pre-monsoon season is reshaping the traditional character of Indian summers. Examine the role of western disturbances and cyclonic circulations in altering India’s summer weather patterns.

Topic: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc. Q1. Increasing atmospheric instability during the pre-monsoon season is reshaping the traditional character of Indian summers. Examine the role of western disturbances and cyclonic circulations in altering India’s summer weather patterns. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: DTE Why the question Due to …

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Examine the causes and characteristics of Super El Niño events. Analyse their impacts on global climate and extreme weather patterns.

Topic: Salient features of world’s physical geography. Q1. Examine the causes and characteristics of Super El Niño events. Analyse their impacts on global climate and extreme weather patterns. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: NDTV Why the question Increasing frequency of extreme climatic events and recent projections of a possible strong El Niño make understanding …

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Discuss the causes responsible for the increasing length and intensity of summers in midlatitudes. Assess their impact on climatic processes. Evaluate the implications for human systems.

Topic: Salient features of world’s physical geography. Q1. Discuss the causes responsible for the increasing length and intensity of summers in midlatitudes. Assess their impact on climatic processes. Evaluate the implications for human systems. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: DTE Why the question Due to recent scientific findings on lengthening summers and rising accumulated …

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The World Weather Attribution Annual Report 2025

Context: The World Weather Attribution (WWA) Annual Report 2025 warns that climate change-driven extremes in 2025 pushed millions of people close to the limits of adaptation, despite La Niña conditions. About The World Weather Attribution Annual Report 2025: What it is? World Weather Attribution (WWA) is an international scientific collaboration that analyses how human-induced climate …

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Analyse the challenges faced by women in outdoor jobs due to rising temperatures and poor sanitation. How do these affect their reproductive and occupational health? Suggest ways to integrate gendered health risks into climate and labour policy.

Topic: Role of women and women’s organization. Q2. Analyse the challenges faced by women in outdoor jobs due to rising temperatures and poor sanitation. How do these affect their reproductive and occupational health? Suggest ways to integrate gendered health risks into climate and labour policy. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: TH Why the question …

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Increasing Water Gap in India

Syllabus: Water Source:  DTE Context: India is grappling with a severe water crisis exacerbated by rising temperatures, with 2024 being the hottest year since 1901, intensifying heatwaves and widening the water gap. What is Water Gap? The water gap refers to the difference between renewable water availability and water consumption in a specific region, indicating …

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UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice – Insights SECURE: 13 June 2024

The Insights IAS Secure Initiative for UPSC Mains Answer Writing practice enables you to practice daily answer writing, enhancing your skills and boosting your scores with regular feedback, expert tips, and strategies. Let consistency be the hallmark of your preparation and utilize UPSC Mains Answer Writing practice initiative wisely   Click on EACH question to post/upload …

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The debate over including heatwaves as a notified disaster under India’s Disaster Management Act, 2005, underscores the urgent need for formal recognition to improve preparedness and mitigate the growing impacts of extreme heat events. Examine.

Topic: Disaster and disaster management. 5. The debate over including heatwaves as a notified disaster under India’s Disaster Management Act, 2005, underscores the urgent need for formal recognition to improve preparedness and mitigate the growing impacts of extreme heat events. Examine. (250 words) Difficulty level: Tough Reference: Indian Express , Insights on India Why the …

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UPSC EDITORIAL ANALYSIS : Heatwave And The worker : 31 May 2024

Prelims: Current events of national importance(World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Heat wave, NDMA, Heat Action Plans (HAPs), climate action plans etc Mains GS Paper II: Conservation of Environment, Biodiversity and Environment(Environmental Pollution and pollutants and degradation)etc ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS Delhi has reportedly breached the 50-degree Celsius mark Following the death of a 40-year-old laborer due to extreme …

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Without action plans, India’s poorest will continue to bear brunt of heatwaves: study

GS Paper 1  Syllabus: Important Geophysical Phenomena   Source: TH  Context: A new report by the think-tank Centre for Policy Research on “How is India Adapting to Heatwaves?” indicates that the country is ill-prepared to face the heat.   Background: Landmark heatwaves (1998, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2022) have led to large death tolls and extensive …

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Heatwaves in India

GS Paper 1 Syllabus: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, tsunamis, Volcanic activity, cyclones, etc.   Source: DTE  Context: A new report by the World Bank suggests India could soon become one of the first places in the world to experience heatwaves that break the human survivability limit. India has witnessed a concurrent increase in meteorological …

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Insights into Editorial: Code red: On IPCC’s warning on climate points

    Context: The IPCC has issued arguably its strongest warning yet on impending catastrophe from unmitigated global warming caused by human activity, lending scientific credence to the argument that rising wildfires, heatwaves, extreme rainfall and floods witnessed in recent times are all strongly influenced by a changing climate.   About Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …

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