Mains Paper 3: Security Prelims level: Nagaland Peace Accord Mains level: Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security Context: • By any measure, Nagaland Governor R N Ravi’s letter to Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Generalised system of preferences Mains level: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests Context: • Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced that India and the US were…
Mains Paper 2: National Prelims level: Food security Mains level: Public Distribution System objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security Context: • In the early days of India’s lockdown, stories of food insecurity were rampant. •…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: 25-year strategic partnership Mains level: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests Context: • Reports that Iran and China are close to concluding a 25-year strategic partnership…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Arabian peninsula Mains level: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests Context: • Few of India’s external partnerships draw the kind of passion that Iran does in…
Mains Paper 2: Education Prelims level: HRD Ministry Mains level: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education Context: • The coronavirus pandemic has led to a crisis in education, amplifying and deepening the many fault…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Consumer price inflation Mains level: Economic inclusive growth and issues arising from it Context: • A spurt in vegetable prices, especially of tomatoes and potatoes, raises questions not only on the Reserve Bank of…
Mains Paper 3: Security Prelims level: Line of Actual Control Mains level: Security challenges and their management in border areas Context: • While India has long considered the potential of a two-front war with Pakistan and China, it was only…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Sino-Iranian Partnership Mains level: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests Context: • Despite widespread international attention and much political excitement in India, the Iran-China deal worth…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Trade surplus Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment Context: • The latest trade data released by the ministry of commerce paints a worrying picture.…
Mains Paper 3: Disaster and disaster management Prelims level: Kaziranga National Park Mains level: Kaziranga National Park, its location and significance Context: • In the last week of April, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal took stock of the state’s flood…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Compressive privatisation programme Mains level: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilisation of resources, growth, development and employment Context: • The slowdown in economic activities has taken an increasing toll on government finances.…
