Urban Forest Programme Archives TOPIC: General Studies 3 Environment and Conservation Climate Change In News: Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar launched the Urban Forest program on the occasion of World Environment Day on 5th June. Despite all constraints, the country …

Impact of Electric Vehicles on Auto Industry Archives TOPIC: General Studies 3 Environment – Pollution, Climate Change In News: Visible effect of the lockdown is clean air in cities as vehicles went off roads. The Himalayan range became visible from …

PM Modi holds virtual Bilateral Summit with Australian PM Scott Morrison Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 India and its neighbours In News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held the India-Australia Virtual Summit with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on June 04, …

Strategic Oil Reserves & Energy Security Archives TOPIC: General Studies 3 Energy – Oil Energy Security in the times of COVID-19 India’s Situation India, the world’s third largest crude oil importer has an existing storage capacity of 5.3 million tonnes …

Indian Ocean Islands Diplomacy Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 International Relations Sri Lanka – An example of the Contest between India and China Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to accelerate Indian-assisted development projects in Sri Lanka …

India, Nepal Map Row Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 India’s relation with neighbours – Nepal In News: The Ministry of External Affairs slammed the Nepal government’s approval of a new Nepalese map that shows territories contested with India as a …

Hong Kong National Security Law Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 India’s neighbourhood International Relations In News: Chinese authorities announced plans to bypass Hong Kong’s legislature to enact a national security law that pro-democracy campaigners say is aimed at cracking down …

COVID KAVACH ELISA – Indigenous IgG Elisa Antibody Test Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 Global Pandemic – COVID-19 General Studies 3: New technological development to fight COVID-19 In News: The Centre announced that an IgG ELISA test for detection of …

SERO-SURVEY Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 Response to COVID-19 Crisis In News: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have decided to conduct a population-based ‘sero survey’ in select districts of the country with an aim to monitor the trend …

Primary Education Opportunities & Challenges Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education In News: In the second week of March, state governments across the country began shutting down schools and …

Changing Labour and Tax Laws Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 Labour reforms In News: The information technology industry has approached the central government ministries to flesh out changes to taxation and labour laws in line with the work-from-home model. The …

Antibody & Other Treatments for COVID-19 Archives  TOPIC: General Studies 2 Global crisis – COVID-19 In News: The Israeli Defence Minister has mentioned that scientists at the country’s main biological research institute have made a “significant breakthrough” in developing …

Scientific Social Responsibility Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 Global Crisis – COVID-19 Scientists and researchers have been doing their best in the fight against Covid-19 by coming up with solutions to the various challenges borne by this pandemic. Govt. of …

Revised discharge policy for COVID-19 patients Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 Global Crisis – COVID-19 In News: The Union Health Ministry has revised discharge rules for patients suffering from coronavirus infection. The health ministry shared a three-tier discharge policy with …

Visakhapatnam Gas Leak Archives TOPIC: General Studies 3 Disasters and its management In News: A major leak from a polymer plant LG Polymers near Visakhapatnam impacted villages in a five-km radius, leaving at least 9 people dead and thousands of …

Smart Cities & Managing COVID-19 Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 Global crisis – COVID-19 Governance – Smart Cities India’s Smart cities have used various technological solutions to tackle Covid-19 and manage the situation on the ground. Slowing down the spread …

Vaccine Development for COVID-19 Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 Global crisis – COVID-19 With confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpassing 2.7 million and continuing to grow, scientists are pushing forward with efforts to develop vaccines and treatments to slow the pandemic …

Pakistan’s anti-India propaganda exposed Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 India and its neighbourhood Government policies – cyber-warfare In News: Recent media reports claim that Pakistan has launched a cyber warfare against India by spreading fake propaganda on alleged Islamophobia in …

Road Ahead for International Students Archives TOPIC: General Studies 2 Government policies for education during COVID-19 crisis In News: The ongoing lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has sent graduating students into a tizzy. Those looking to go abroad for …