Mains Paper 1: Society Prelims level: Economically Weaker Sections Mains level: Criteria for identifying the ‘Economically Weaker Sections’ for the purpose of granting reservation Context: • The questions raised by the Supreme Court of India about the criteria for identifying…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Parliamentary functioning process Mains level: Issues related to Parliament Context: • Against the backdrop of the hasty manner in which the three farm acts have been rammed through Parliament and then sought to be…
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, died on December 27, 2021, at the age of 90. Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in South Africa to end racial discrimination. He was diagnosed…
Mains Paper 3: Science and Tech Prelims level: James Webb Space Telescope Mains level: Awareness in the field of Science and Technology Context: • James Webb Space Telescope will bring into view a glimpse of the cosmos never previously seen…
Mains Paper 3: Defence and Security Prelims level: Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act Mains level: Internal security Context: • The announcement by the Nagaland government that a high-powered panel will be set up to look into the withdrawal of the…
Mains Paper 3: Environment Prelims level: Extended Producer Responsibility Mains level: Environmental Pollution Context: • In October, the Environment Ministry published draft regulations on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), set to come into effect by the end of this year. Disregarding…
• Mother Teresa Memorial Award is presented to Padma Bhusan Anil Prakash Joshi. The Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021 has been given to environmentalist Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi, who was awarded the Padma Bhushan this year. The…
• Recently, the heads of the world’s major economies—the Group of 20 (G20) nations has approved a new global minimum corporate tax. • The deal, announced at the G20 summit in Rome, Italy, is “historic” since this is the first…
• NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched, opening a new era of astronomy. • The telescope is an international collaboration led by NASA in partnership with the European and Canadian space agencies. Functions of JWST • Webb will gaze…
• An international group of researchers has succeeded in measuring for the first time the characteristics of a flare on a distant magnetar. • The team includes astronomers from Norway, Spain and the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES),…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Joint family system Mains level: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections Context: • Traditionally, the institution of joint family used to take care of the elderly when they reached the stage of not being able…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Card tokenisation Mains level: Impact on the stakeholders by stressing on its significance Context: • Tokenisation refers to replacement of actual credit and debit card details with an alternate code called the “token”, which…
