Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: What is Yen carry trade?
Mains level: Why is it unwinding right now?
Type: Explained
These Newscards correspond to the explained section of various newspapers. They become immensely important for both prelims and mains and special attention needs to be paid to them
Bills/Act/LawsDOMREthicsExplainedHistorical SitesIndia MappingIOCRop-ed snapPIBPrelims OnlySC JudgementsSchemesSpeciesStatesWorld Mapping
Foreign Policy Watch: India-United States
A shift in the US to autocratic trends  Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: US Democracy; Differences Between Democracy and Autocracy;
Foreign Policy Watch: India-Bangladesh
How India needs to deal with the new Bangladesh? Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Implication of Military Coup on India Bangladesh relation
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
On UP’s stringent Anti-conversion law    Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Legislations in News;
Mains level: Concerning features of Anti-Conversion Law;
Poverty Eradication – Definition, Debates, etc.
Counting the ‘poor’ having nutritional deficiency      Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: NSSO
Mains level: Key highlights of NSSO Report;
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
The Waqf Board Amendment Bill 2024
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Waqf Amendment Bill 2024; Waqf Act of 1995;
Mains level: Waqf Amendment Bill 2024; Waqf Act of 1995;
Trade Sector Updates – Falling Exports, TIES, MEIS, Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
Why was a Customs Duty hike imposed for Lab Chemicals?  Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Ethanol production in India,
Mains level: Challenges to ethanol production,
Renewable Energy – Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, etc.
Powering India’s future Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Clean energy
Mains level: Govt. initiative related to clean energy
Women Safety Issues – Marital Rape, Domestic Violence, Swadhar, Nirbhaya Fund, etc.
The issue of institutional violence, addressing it  Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Gender-based laws
Mains level: Weak implementation of gender-based law
Liquor Policy of States
On doorstep delivery of alcohol      Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: How much of India consumes liquor?
Mains level: Impact of liquor consumption over society
Industrial Sector Updates – Industrial Policy, Ease of Doing Business, etc.
Balancing competition and sustainability for India
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR)
Mains level: Key Features of the BRSR Framework
Minority Issues – SC, ST, Dalits, OBC, Reservations, etc.
Why did courts revisit bar on sub-quotas?    Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Why did the Supreme Court Overrule a Five-Judge Decision of 2004 related to the subcategorisation of SC?
Climate Change Impact on India and World – International Reports, Key Observations, etc.
Underwater mapping reveals insights into melting of ice shelves   Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About the Dotson Ice Shelf (DIS) in the Amundsen Sea
Mains level: Reasons behind ocean warming
Government Budgets
What do Scientists make of the Budget?    Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: Concerns about the sidelining of basic research and stagnation in research funding
Economic Indicators and Various Reports On It- GDP, FD, EODB, WIR etc
An unstated shift in Modi’s economic direction            Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: About Employment Linked Incentives (ELI)
Disasters and Disaster Management – Sendai Framework, Floods, Cyclones, etc.
 Why the Odisha government will plant palm trees to combat lightning strikes         Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Lightning strikes in India
Mains level: NDMA Guidelines for Lightning
Civil Services Reforms
Elephant in Civil Servant’s room          Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Mains level: The idea of Constitutional Democracy
Forest Conservation Efforts – NFP, Western Ghats, etc.
Centre reissues draft notification on ecosensitive areas in Western Ghats         Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs)
Mains level: Reason behind the designation of Western Ghat as an ESA
Foreign Policy Watch: India-ASEAN
Growing Bilateral Relations between India and Vietnam   Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Bordering countries of Vietnam
Mains level: Importance of Vietnam for India
Renewable Energy – Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, etc.
The relevance of pumped storage projects     Â
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level: Renewable energy
Mains level: Significance of Pumped Storage Projects
