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THE PLIGHT OF MIGRANT WORKERS AMIDST LOCKDOWN

Date: May 01,2020

GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. India’s strict lockdown measures, such as severing transport links, have taken a toll on the nation&rs...

A SECOND WHITE REVOLUTION AMIDST COVID-19?

Date: Apr 30,2020

GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context Covid-19 pandemic has thrown up the real possibility for our dairy...

HUMAN CHALLENGE TRIALS � THE CORONAVIRUS CONUNDRUM

Date: Apr 29,2020

GS 3 –Science and Technology Covid-19 is currently killing thousands of people a day. The vast majority of the world’s population has no acquired immunity to the disease. And the economy is grinding to a halt to curb its spread. Given the dire situati...

IMPORTANT TREATIES AND CONVENTION (Part 2)

Date: Apr 28,2020

GS 2 – International relations THE KIMBERLY PROCESS The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is the process established in 2003 to prevent "conflict diamonds" from entering the main...

IMPORTANT TREATIES & CONVENTIONS (Part 1 )

Date: Apr 28,2020

GS 2 – International relations 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION The 1951 Refugee Convention is the key legal document that forms the basis of our work. Ratified by 145 State parties, it defines the term &lsqu...

ON THE QUESTION OF PRINTING MORE MONEY

Date: Apr 27,2020

GS 3 – Indian Economy Context India's already-slowing economy weakened to at least an eight-year low this quarter and will slow even more sharply in the next six months due to the global coronavirus pan...

LATEST CHINESE AGGRESSION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

Date: Apr 26,2020

GS Paper 2: International Relations; Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. In news Concerns are growing across Asia and in Washington th...

AVIAN; SEASONAL AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

Date: Apr 24,2020

GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. AVIAN INFLUENZA Avian influenza, known informally as avian flu or bird flu...

COMPREHENSIVE OUTBREAK RESPONSE TO PANDEMICS

Date: Apr 24,2020

GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Pandemic is an epidemic of disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents o...

ENSURING SECURITY OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS

Date: Apr 23,2020

GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. In news Under the directions of Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit...

LATEST �RAMSAR� WETLAND SITES FROM INDIA

Date: Apr 22,2020

GS 3: Biodiversity: Conservation, Environmental pollution and degradation, Environmental impact assessment, Disaster and disaster management. NANDUR MADHMESHWAR WETLAND - MAHARASHTRA Nandur Madhm...

EPIDEMICS BURDEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Date: Apr 20,2020

GS 3: Biotechnology We are continuously learning about the unpredictable powers of nature. This is nowhere more true than in the continuous evolution of new infectious threats to human health that emerge – often without warning – from...

IMPORTANT SCHEMES BY MINISTRY OF POWER

Date: Apr 20,2020

GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. UDAY (UJWAL DISCOM ASSURANCE YOJANA) UDAY is a path breaking reform for realizing the Hon&r...

THE PUBLIC AND PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Date: Apr 20,2020

GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Public health management covers the administrative and managerial capacities, organizational structures, and...

SCHEMES BY MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Date: Apr 18,2020

GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. BIOTECH-KISAN SCHEME Biotech-KISAN scheme is a farmer centric scheme for f...

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