Source: This post has been created based on the article “Focus on female voter is reassuring. But sensitive politics is needed” published in the Indian Express on 7th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections. News: The article… Continue reading Focus on female voter is reassuring. But sensitive politics is needed
Tag: Social issues
Aligning higher education with the United Nations SDGs
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Aligning higher education with the United Nations SDGs” published in The Hindu on 7th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice — Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Education. News: The article discusses the importance of higher education… Continue reading Aligning higher education with the United Nations SDGs
Educating our security chieftains
Source: The post is based on the article “Educating our security chieftains” published in Business Standard on 6th October 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Issues Related with Education Relevance: concerns with Professional Military Education (PME) in India News: In May 2013, the then Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, laid the foundation stone of the Indian… Continue reading Educating our security chieftains
Nanded Horror – on the deaths of children in Maharashtra
Source: This post has been created based on the article “Nanded Horror” published in the Times of India on 5th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: Social Justice – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health News: Recent deaths in a Nanded hospital point to the prevailing issues with the health… Continue reading Nanded Horror – on the deaths of children in Maharashtra
Counting deaths in India’s prisons
Source: This post is created based on the article ‘Counting deaths in India’s prisons, published in The Hindu on 3rd October, 2023. Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2, Social Issues, Criminal Justice System, prison reforms News: The Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has highlighted that suicides are the main cause of ‘unnatural’ deaths among Indian… Continue reading Counting deaths in India’s prisons
Push for more women, this time in the police
Source: This post is created based on the article ‘Push for more women, this time in the police’ published in The Hindu on 30th Sep, 2023. Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 – Social Issues – News: Recently, One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment Bill, 2023 has been passed. The bill reserves one-third of total seats in… Continue reading Push for more women, this time in the police
Parliament to workplace
Source– The post is based on the article “Parliament to workplace” published in “The Indian Express” on 29th September 2023. Syllabus: GS2 – Social empowerment. Relevance – Issues related to women empowerment News– The recent landmark legislation mandating the reservation of a third of parliamentary and assembly seats for women is a game changer for… Continue reading Parliament to workplace
Unhealthy dynamics – Gender bias in cancer care reflects a larger health care crisis
Source: The post is based on articles “Unhealthy dynamics – Gender bias in cancer care reflects a larger health care crisis” published in Business Standard on 29th September 2023 and “Lancet report on cancer in women is a wake-up call” published in The Indian Express on 29th September 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Social Issues – Issues… Continue reading Unhealthy dynamics – Gender bias in cancer care reflects a larger health care crisis
Nearly 69 lakh cancer deaths among Indian women were preventable: What a study says on gender and the disease
Source– The post is based on the article “Nearly 69 lakh cancer deaths among Indian women were preventable: What a study says on gender and the disease” published in “The Hindu” on 27th September 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Social Issues – Issues related to development and management of health Relevance- Cancer among women News– A new… Continue reading Nearly 69 lakh cancer deaths among Indian women were preventable: What a study says on gender and the disease
Devotion Of Teacher X – Individual and national futures depend on math skills
Source: The post is based on the article “Devotion of Teacher X – Individual and national futures depend on math skills, which depend on good teacher training” published in The Times of India on 28th September 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Social Issues – Issues Related with Education Relevance: concerns with math proficiency in India News: India… Continue reading Devotion Of Teacher X – Individual and national futures depend on math skills
