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Source: The post is based on the article “The First Among Twenty” published in The Times of India on 31st October 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Indian Economy Relevance: About India’s per capita growth and its forecasts News: Recently IMF-World Bank meetings have been concluded in Washington. The IMF WEO expects per capita growth in India to be higher than that… Continue reading About India’s per capita growth: The First Among Twenty

Source– The post is based on the article “Desi dil, global lifesaver” published in the The Times of India on 29th October 2022. Syllabus: GS3- Science and Technology Relevance– Technological advances in medical science in India News- The article explains the project of developing artificial heart by IIT Kanpur. What is the importance of the… Continue reading Desi dil, global lifesaver

Source– The post is based on the article “That it has taken so long for India’s farmers to plant a genetically modified food crop shows an approach that is neither scientific nor swadeshi” published in The Indian Express and “Keen as mustard: GM crops need quick regulatory okays, Indian farming & Indian science will hugely… Continue reading GM crops – on apporval to GM Mustard

Source– The post is based on the article “Preparing For Wars of Tomorrow” published in The Times of India on 28th October 2022. Syllabus: GS3- Security Relevance– Changing nature of warfare News- The article explains the need for re-assessing war doctrines in context changing nature of warfare. Why is there a need to re-assess war-fighting… Continue reading Preparing For Wars of Tomorrow – on advance weapons

Source: The post is based on the article “Yes, it’s all about rocket science” published in The Times of India on 22nd October 2022.  Syllabus: GS 3 – Science and Technology  Relevance: Measures that can be taken by India to improve its launch of rockets  News: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark3 (GSLV-Mk3) which is India’s heaviest rocket will enter into… Continue reading Yes, it’s all about rocket science

Source: The post is based on the article “Flight risks: Helicopter safety standards have to be strictly enforced, otherwise they are not of much use” published in The Times of India on 20th October 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. Relevance: About the helicopter fatalities in India. News: The recent tragic chopper… Continue reading Flight risks: Helicopter safety standards have to be strictly enforced, otherwise they are not of much use

Source: The post is based on an article “Focus On PhD Quality, Not Publications” published in The Times of India on 19th October 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Social Justice Relevance: problems associated with the UGC guidelines News: University Grants Commission (UGC) came with PhD regulations in 2016. It prescribed that PhD scholars must publish at least one research paper… Continue reading Focus On PhD Quality, Not Publications

Source: The post is based on an article “Clean It Up More” published in The Times of India on 19th October 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Governance Relevance: problems associated with electoral bonds News: There are lots of money spent in fighting elections. Political parties often receive funding for elections from different sources. These sources of funds are mostly anonymous… Continue reading Clean It Up More