UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice – Insights SECURE: 14 June 2024

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How do vaccines function? Explain the types and the process of making vaccines.

Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. 4. How do vaccines function? Explain the types and the process of making vaccines. (150 words) Difficulty level: Tough Reference: The Hindu Why the question: Researchers have unearthed two promising vaccine candidates that could engage B-cells to make broadly neutralising antibodies to …

Vaccine hesitancy:

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to Health.   Context: While last year, before the second wave, vaccine hesitancy was ascribed to the low uptake, it is quite likely now that people are exercising their option of waiting for more kinds of the vaccine. The current attitude is foregrounded in the ground reality that …

As Omicron variant spreads, India faces a policy dichotomy, whether to go for a booster dose or to increase vaccine coverage in India and continue supplying vaccines globally. Comment.

Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 4. As Omicron variant spreads, India faces a policy dichotomy, whether to go for a booster dose or to increase vaccine coverage in India and continue supplying vaccines globally. Comment. (250 words) Difficulty level: Moderate Reference: …

Asian Development Bank (ADB):

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 …