The Debate Over The Basic Structure of the Indian Constitution
Relevance: GS paper 2. Indian Polity The recent statement by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar regarding the basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution has sparked a debate on the limits of parliamentary sovereignty in amending the Constitution. The Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud, compared the basic structure of the Constitution to the North […]
PIB Summaries 24 January 2023
CONTENTS Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar Focus: GS II: Government Policies and Interventions Why in News? Recently, The President of India conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2023 to 11 children at an Award ceremony in Delhi. About Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar Bal Shakti Puraskar Bal Kalyan Puraskar State Formation Day Focus: GS I: […]
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 24 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 24 January 2023 Contents Income Inequality in India: To What Extent Does Taxation Contribute? Context Despite three decades of economic liberalisation, India is still a country of contrasts, with significant growth and success coexisting with persistent poverty and deprivation. Relevance: GS Paper-3: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of […]
National Girl Child Day 2023
January 24th, marks National Girl Child Day in India, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the rights and welfare of girls in India. The Ministry of Women and Child Development started the National Girl Child Day in 2008 to address the discrimination and challenges faced by girls in India. The day emphasizes the […]
Static Quiz 24 January 2023 (Indian Economy)
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 23 January 2023
Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 23 January 2023 Contents Collaborations Must Be “Enlivened” Context Relevance: GS Paper-3: Infrastructure: Energy Mains Question Why is international energy collaboration required? What role can the public and private sectors play in ensuring the success of these collaborations? Discuss. (150 Words) Collaborations are required due to the following factors EU-India Clean […]
What is Immune Imprinting?
Context: Since last September, countries like the UK and the US have rolled out variant-specific or bivalent boosters, in the hope that they would provide better protection against the coronavirus infection in comparison to the original vaccine. However, a slew of recent studies has shown that a phenomenon in our bodies, called immune imprinting, might […]
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
Context: The EU is weaning itself off piped Russian gas by rapidly expanding imports of liquified natural gas, much of it fracked in the US. Relevance: GS III: Indian Economy Dimensions of the Article: What is LNG? Market Limitations Energy Requirements What’s the climate impact of LNG? Energy Intensity: Methane Loss: High Greenhouse Gas Emissions: […]
World Economic Forum 2023
Context: Recently, The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2023, held in the Swiss town of Davos, ended – a conference that started in a world possibly fundamentally altered, but whose processes and outcomes remained pretty much business as usual. Relevance: GS III: Indian Economy Dimensions of the Article: Some key takeaways from WEF Davos 2023. […]
Measles and Rubella
Context: As the new year dawned, so did a crucial target for India. India had set a target to eliminate measles and rubella (MR) by 2023, having missed the earlier deadline of 2020, due to a variety of reasons, exacerbated by disruptions due to the pandemic. An earlier target that was set for 2015 was […]