Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NFSA
Mains level: Food and nutrition security of India
Archives: News
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Urban Floods
Making sense of Assam floods
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Floods in Assam
Civil Aviation Sector – CA Policy 2016, UDAN, Open Skies, etc.
Aviation sector in India: Issue and Challenges
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Indian aviation sector- challenges and opportunities
OBOR Initiative
Status of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: BRI
Mains level: Chinese BRI and its progress
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Australia
What are Critical Minerals?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Critical Minerals
Mains level: Read the attached story
Wildlife Conservation Efforts
Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986
Mains level: Not Much
Services Sector
What is Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: PMI
Mains level: Not Much
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
Three new ‘exotic’ sub-atomic particles discovered Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Quarks
Mains level: Not Much
Nobel and other Prizes
What is Fields Medal, the ‘Mathematics Nobel’?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Fields Medal
Mains level: NA
Mother and Child Health – Immunization Program, BPBB, PMJSY, PMMSY, etc.
Malnutrition in India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: National Nutrition Mission
Mains level: Paper 2- Need for direct nutrition intervention
Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Global Implications
The perils of multilateralism
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 2- \Multilateral engagement vs. bilateral engagement
Poverty Eradication – Definition, Debates, etc.
The extent of poverty
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Poverty line
Mains level: Paper 3- Estimating poverty in India
ISRO Missions and Discoveries
Outer Space
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NA
Mains level: Outer Spaces and its utility
Tax Reforms
Hotels cannot force customers to pay Service Charge: Centre
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NA
Mains level: Unfair practices against consumer rights
Waste Management – SWM Rules, EWM Rules, etc
Enforcing the Single-Use Plastic Ban
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Single use plastics
Mains level: Need for plastic waste management
Innovations in Sciences, IT, Computers, Robotics and Nanotechnology
What is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)?
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Mains level: Not Much
New Species of Plants and Animals Discovered
Species in news: Chenkurinji
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Chenkurinji
Mains level: Not Much
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
The inflation tightrope
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Dutch disease
Mains level: Paper 3- Inflation challenge
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Towards a single low tax regime
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Single slab structure in GST
Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.
Why rice and wheat bans aren’t the answer to inflation
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Not much
Mains level: Paper 3- Issues with export ban
