Mains Paper 1: Society Prelims level: Global System for Mobile Communications Mains level: Social empowerment Context: • There needs to be a feminist approach to technology to solve the social impacts of the South Asian pandemic crisis. What’s the issue?…
Mains Paper 2: International Prelims level: India-China Ties Mains level: India China bilateral relations Context: • The common notion that Even though China has a hard-power advantage (Economic and Military power) over India, it lacks behind India in the soft…
Mains Paper 2: National Prelims level: C. Rangarajan committee Mains level: Issues relating to poverty and hunger Context: • The World Bank $2-a-day (poverty line) might be inadequate but it would be a start and higher than the last line…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Quad group Mains level: Important international organisations and their groupings Context: • Russian leadeship asserted that both the Indian and Chinese govt.’s are “responsible” enough to solve issues between their countries, while underlining…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Direct tax Mains level: Parliament and State Legislatures Context: • In India, direct taxes go entirely to the Central government (Direct taxes are income tax and corporate tax). • The Central government is supposed…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Constituent Assembly Mains level: Parliament and State Legislatures Context: • Recently, the government of Tamil Nadu has decided to shun the usage of the term ‘Central government’ in its official communications and replace it…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Mains level: Judiciary Context: • The judgment of the Delhi High Court granting bail to activists Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal, and Asif Iqbal Tanha — they have been in jail…
Mains Paper 1: Geography Prelims level: Not much Mains level: India’s Physical geography Context: • The monsoon that hit the Kerala coast two days behind the schedule, just 10 days after it, has already covered 2/3rd of the country. •…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: India Cooling Action Plan Mains level: Infrastructure: Energy Context: • More frequent and intense heat waves are expected with a rise in global temperatures due to climate change. In the last three decades, there…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Gross Domestic Product Mains level: Resource Mobilization and the Growth related issues Context: • Since the revision of GDP calculation methodology in 2015, there’s been a debate about how India calculates its GDP and…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Galwan conflict Mains level: India and its neighbourhood relations Context: • On June 15 last year, the Line of Actual Control (LAC) witnessed its first deaths after 1975 when 20 Indian soldiers and…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: Group of Seven Mains level: Important Global groupings and their mandate Context: • India’s participation in the Cornwall summit of the G-7 led to the emergence of two messages: • PMs proclamation that…
