Significance for Prelims: Tawang Map Significance for Mains: Threats emerging from Border areas(Indo-China Conflict at LAC). News: The Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh has long been a theatre for contentious border scuffles. Recently on December 9, Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed in the Tawang sector. It’s the...
Significance for Prelims: Alcohol formation Significance for Mains: Not Much News: Hooch tragedy in the Saran district of Bihar killed as many as 26 people. This incident created a political furore in Bihar as liquor is banned in the state. Main reason for killing due to hooch...
Significance for Prelims: Difference between LAC and LOC. Significance for Mains: Boundary dispute between India and China News: On December 9, Chinese soldiers came to an Indian post on the LAC in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh's Yangtse region. After that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed the parliament that...
Significance for Prelims: Concept of ‘ base editing’, CRISPR-cas 9 system Significance for Mains: Advancement of New Technology. News: New cancer therapy developed by Scientists from United Kingdom recently reported success in a teenaged girl, Alyssia. About T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cancer: T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cancer disease...
Significance for Prelims: Concept of retail and wholesale inflation Significance for Mains: Impact of high and low inflation and RBI’s stand. News: November retail inflation has fallen below the upper limit of the RBI’s extended comfort zone, i.e. 6%. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s (MoSPI) data...
Significance for Prelims: End-to-end encryption technologies. Significance for Mains: Issues associated with End-to-end encryption technologies. News: Big-Tech companies like Apple, Twitter, Signal, Whatsapp and Telegram announced end-to-end encryption to protect the data from a breach. But the FBI and other government agencies worldwide are not happy with...
Significance for Prelims: Not Much Significance for Mains: ‘ China Test’ for the solution to contemporary India’s principal strategic contradiction. News: China is emerging as contemporary India’s principal strategic contradiction after the recent Chinese Party Congress(CPC). Every other challenge, be it Pakistan, internal insurgencies, and difficulties in...
News: The Vice President of India recently commented on the ongoing heated debate between the Central government and the Supreme Court over the matter of judicial appointments. National Judicial Appointment Commission: SC in Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAoRA) case/Fourth Judges case, has held the NJAC as...
News: According to the NGO Oxfam India's "India Inequality Report 2022: Digital Divide," rising disparities in India based on caste, religion, gender, class, and geography are worryingly being mirrored in the digital sphere. Key Highlights of the report: Gender Divide: Only one-third of internet...
Significance for Prelims: SAARC and BIMSTEC Significance for Mains: Issues associated with SAARC & BIMSTEC and way forward. News: Failure of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation(SAARC) increased the importance of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). Importance of SAARC: ...
