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List of 9 PM Articles<\/p>\n Source: Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n GS-2: Important International Institutions, agencies, and fora\u00a0 – their Structure, Mandate<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Synopsis: WEF’s executive chairman Klaus Schwab is advocating <\/strong>for rearrangement of the global order through \u201cThe Great Reset\u201d. India should also take this development seriously and try to limit the potential implications of this possible global reset.<\/p>\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n What is “The Great Reset\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n Why the “Great Reset” initiative is a step in the right direction?<\/strong><\/p>\n Firstly,<\/strong> economic reforms like deregulation and globalization reduced barriers to capital movement within the countries. Now it is being challenged even in a country like the US.<\/p>\n Secondly,<\/strong> US and EU countries failed in dealing with the COVID pandemic and its economic impacts. Whereas Asian Countries handled it effectively. It magnifies the failure of the Capitalism model of these countries.<\/p>\n How focus areas of The Great Reset’ are relevant for the present world?<\/strong><\/p>\n The agenda of The Great Reset<\/strong> focuses on many key issues faced by the world today. Three important themes among them are,<\/p>\n Way forward for India<\/strong><\/p>\n Rearrangement of the global order looks inevitable. India should prepare for changes <\/strong>that will be introduced due to it;<\/strong><\/p>\n Source: The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n Gs2: India and its Neighborhood- Relations.<\/p>\n Synopsis:<\/strong> The recent death of 4 fishermen resurfaces the unresolved issue of fisheries conflict between India-Sri Lanka at Palk Bay.<\/p>\n Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n Why the conflict has not been resolved yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n There are many reasons for the continuance of the conflict. They are,<\/p>\n A comprehensive solution to end this conflict is to ban unauthorized fishing. It should be followed by the <\/strong>facilitation of sustainable use of resources<\/strong> by fishermen from both sides<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: <\/b>click here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Syllabus: <\/b>GS 3<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Synopsis: <\/b>The RBI\u2019s plan to tighten regulations on large NBFCs is critical for financial stability.<\/span><\/p>\n Introduction\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n The RBI has planned an important change in its regulatory approach towards India\u2019s non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). It plans to monitor larger NBFCs almost as closely as it monitors banks.<\/span><\/p>\n Read – 4-tier structure for regulation of NBFCs| ForumIAS Blog<\/a><\/p>\n What was the need for a change in the regulatory framework?<\/b><\/p>\n What is RBI\u2019s proposed regulatory structure?<\/b><\/p>\n The RBI has introduced a four-tiered regulatory structure. By this, RBI is striking a balance between the need for low regulations and less systemic risks in the sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Way forward<\/b><\/p>\n Source: <\/strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Syllabus:\u00a0 GS 2 – <\/strong>Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Health, Education and Human Resources.<\/span><\/p>\n Synopsis: <\/strong>The hasty Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) <\/strong>to the two COVID-19 vaccines is against draft Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP)<\/strong> 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n Open Science principle is a global movement. It advocates steps against unethical practices such as fabrication and falsification of data, plagiarism, unethical authorship, etc.<\/p>\n Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP), 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Government has prepared a draft of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP)<\/strong> in December 2020 based on the principle of \u201cOpen Science<\/strong>\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n To implement ‘Open Science’ principles,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0STIP, 2020 provides for the following provisions:<\/span><\/p>\n However, EUA to 2 vaccine candidates without efficacy data is not consistent with this policy of the government.<\/p>\n Read<\/strong> – DST releases Draft 5th National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (forumias.com)<\/a><\/p>\n What are the two first vaccine candidates?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n First, Covishield: <\/strong>It is developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. It is manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute in India. The overall efficacy of the vaccine:<\/span><\/p>\n Major concerns on this Vaccine are 1. <\/strong><\/span>Limited ethnicity data in the present trials and 2. The a<\/span>bsence of results on elderly people above the age of 55.<\/span><\/p>\n Second, Covaxin: <\/strong>It is developed by Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). EUA was provided to vaccine while It was undergoing Phase III trials.<\/span><\/p>\n Research on these vaccines was public-funded research. The ICMR funded the clinical trial site fees for Covishield and collaborated in the development of Covaxin. Thus, these vaccines fall under the scope of the draft STIP 2020. So all data on these vaccines must have been available publicly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What are the implications of non-transparency?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Way Forward\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The government should implement STIP 2020 on a priority basis. It should make the data across the different stages of COVID-19 vaccine research public on ICMR\u2019s open access repository, the Department of Science and Technology, or other open access repositories identified by the CSIR.<\/span><\/p>\n Factly :-News Articles For UPSC Prelims | Jan 25,2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Happy Learning!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\nList of 9 PM Articles<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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\nWorld Economic Forum: Need for \u2018the Great Reset\u2019 of capitalism<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nReasons for increasing Palk Bay fishing conflict<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nNeed for New 4-tier Regulations for NBFCs<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nCOVID Vaccine and Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP), 2020<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Daily Factly Articles \u2013 25Jan. 2021<\/a><\/h3>\n