12 May 21 Not all crises are opportunities for reforms (GS-3, Economy, The Hindu)
Context:- 30 years of the landmark economic reforms aka LPG reforms came in the time of economic crises. This time too in 2021 we are facing the economic crises but...
GS Paper III
11 May 21 Vaccine skirmishes (The Hindu, Economy, GS-3)
Context:- Developing countries are asking the intellectual property right wavier for COVID-19 vaccine. Why IPR waiver on COVID vaccines is needed. Developing countries are the one who are...
11 May 21 Decoding inequality in a digital world( The Hindu, GS-2,3 Science and tech, economy, governance)
Context:-Technological changes in education and health are worsening inequities. Covid-19 pandemic led to increased use of digital technologies in services, especially healthcare and education. This also led to inaccessibility...
10 May 21 A TRIPS waiver is useful but not a magic pill (The Hindu, GS-2, International Relations, Economy)
Context:- Innovation and invention during this tough time to fight against corona, on one hand we have to protect the people from the onslaught and on the other hand we...
06 May 21 Workers’ income fell by 17%, says report (The Hindu, Economy, GS-3)
Context:- Due to Covid-19 and Covid-2.0 led to income decrease by 17% in overall sectors. Effects of COVID-19:- In-formalization of employments Increase in the unemployment. Decrease in the demand 100 million...
05 May 21 An issue of lives versus livelihoods’(GS-2,3 Economy , social Justice, The Hindu)
Context:- a bleak future, with job losses, loss of rented accommodations, a lack of sustainable income and savings to ensure food, transportation back to villages or any other emergency including...
04 May 21 A transient high (GS-3, economy, The Hindu)
Context:- GST collection hit all time high since inception, but the bumpy road ahead due to covid can’t be underestimated. What is GST council and GST? GST is an indirect tax...
04 May 21 A ‘One Health’ approach that targets people, animals (GS-2,3 The Hindu editorial)
Context:- Recent corona outbreak shows that there is no boundary between human vaccine and animal vaccine, i.e. zoonotic disease must be cured. There are many examples, such as Nipah virus,...
19 Apr 21 Three city areas become model localities for waste management (GS-2, 3 The Hindu)
Context:- Solid Waste Management Rules 2016: applicable beyond municipal areas and have included urban agglomerations, census towns, notified industrial townships etc. focus on segregation of waste at source, responsibility on...
17 Apr 21 The Lyrid Meteor shower is active each year in the month of April. (GS-3 The Hindu, Science and Tech)
It is located in constellation Lyra. Radiant of a shower is the point from which the paths of the meteors originate. classified as the medium strength shower. They are...
