02 December, 2020

• Slow Progress Page 06 - (International Relations)
• In Karabakh, Putin plays Peacemaker Page 13 - (International Relations)
• The last straw is being disabled Page 06 - (Social Issues)
• Regional priorities Page 06 - (International Relations)
• PMI shows manufacturing losing steam Page 14 - (Economy)
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01 December, 2020

• Self-Assessment Test
• State of Corruption (Polity & Governance/ Ethics)
• The perils of deregulated imperfect Agri Markets (Indian Economy)
• Is a person address public information? Article (Polity & Governance)
• Recalibrating India-Nepal ties (International Relations)
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30 November, 2020

• Takeaways from the discussion
• Assassination of Iranian scientist - (International relations)
• Appointments under Biden Administration(International Administration)
• Chinese dams on Brahmaputra - (International Administration)
• Agri-Bills - Analysis - reference - (Economy)
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29 November, 2020

• Ayurvedic doctors and sanction for surgeries Social Issues
• RT-LAMP: a new technology for detecting COVID-19 S&T
• Scaling new heights Economy
• India to host SCO summit tomorrow I.R
• Question for the day

28 November, 2020

• Prelims Test Series Course announcement
• Stepping out of the shadow of India's malnutrition (Indian Society + Polity & Governance + Indian Economy)
• Fiscal deficit reaches 120% of annual target - (Indian Economy)
• Core sector contraction widens to 2.5% - (Indian Economy)
• GDP contracts 7.5% in second quarter - (Indian Economy)
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27 November, 2020

• Announcement of DNS Anniversary
• PM Pitches for One Nation One Election (Polity & Governance)
• Rein in vaccine Nationalism, the profiteering ( Polity & Governance)
• Are tougher laws the answer to check online abuse (Internal Security)
• China looks to reset ties with World Dual Circulation (International Relations)
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26 November, 2020

• GS MTS & QIP Classes Announcement
• Heavy rain, as cyclone Nivar approaches coast (Physical Geography)
• We dont need no EdTech control - (Social Development)
• Moment of reckoning - (Polity & Governance)
• Govt. allocates Rs 2000 Cr for Infrastructure funding - (Indian Economy)
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25 November, 2020

• Sedition in India (Polity and Governance)
• Entry of Corporate/Industrial Houses in Banking (Economy)
• Poshan Abhiyaan needs a boost Page 10 (Social Issues)
• Govt. orders "priority" for local tenders Page 14 (Economy)
• Govt. orders priority for local tenders Page 14 (Economy)
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24 November, 2020

• Prelims Test Series Course announcement
• A Plea for paid leave during menstruation - (Indian Society + Polity & Governance + Indian Economy + Ethics)
• Weaker germs, stronger cures - (Science & technology)
• Banking health and the ‘K Curve’ dynamics - (Indian Economy)
• Over 800 cr. fund lying unutilised: plea - (Environment & Ecology)
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23 November, 2020

• 132 countries attend global meet on criminal finances Economy
• No Minister, the trade agreement pitch is flawed - Economy
• Pressure and punishment 06 Economy
• PM for integrated fight against climate change - Env
• Question for the day

22 November 2020

• Parliamentary panel bats for laws to counter bioterrorism (Disaster Management)
• India to double oil refining capacity in five years, says PM (Indian Economy)
• Odisha tribe sees rise in migration- PVTGs in India (Polity & Governance)
• Paddy procurement goes up by 18%- Flaws in Open-ended Procurement Policy (Indian Economy)
• How kala-azar was eliminated from a highly endemic district in Bihar (Science & technology)
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21 November, 2020

• Prelims Test Series Course announcement
• Australia to temporarily host ISRO satellite tracking facilities
• Children pen manifesto for political parties in Assam
• In a first, govt. approves study on status of radicalisation - (Ancient History)
• The Time Use Survey as an opportunity lost - (International Relation)
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20 November, 2020

• Digital India is now a way of life, says PM (Economy)
• Oxford vaccine triggers robust immunity in elderly (Science)
• Is India facing a two-front threat? (I.R)
• Rajasthan govt. launches maternity benefit scheme for second child (Social Issues)
• Another bailout (Economy)
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19 November, 2020

• Finance Panel for PPPs on health Infra Page 10 (Social Issues)
• The need for “Maximum government” Page 07 (Economy)
• New challenges + Decoding Biden’s presidency, for India and the world Page 06 (International Relations)
• Defer govt. proposal till all-party meet - Page 02 (Art and Culture)
• Beating the Chill - Page 01 - (Art and Culture)
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18 November, 2020

• Announcement of Prelims Test Series Program
• RCEP is not just a trading arrangement; leaving it is a short-sighted move (International Relation)
• Fragile ceasefire (International Relation)
• Constitutional fault lines (Polity & Governance)
• Find out what happened to missing circus animals during inspection (Polity & Governance)
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17 November, 2020

• Winter session of Parliament unlikely amid rising COVID cases (Polity)
• Andhra Pradesh's capital conundrums (Polity)
• Unabating attacks on journalists (Polity)
• Needed, a policy framework in step with technology (Governance)
• Comply with FDI ceiling, govt. tells digital news firms (Eco)
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16 November, 2020

• India, U.S. keen on training peace missions (International Relations)
• Worst air quality on Deepavali in four years (Environment)
• Mega trade bloc RCEP takes off (International Relations)
• Arunachal records best sex ratio, Manipur the worst (Social Issues)
• Former CEC calls for a ban on opinion polls (Polity and Governance)
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12 November 2020

• Announcement of No DNS till 15th and DNS Weekly Answer Writing
• Govt. to govern OTT platforms (Polity & Governance)
• Home Ministry amends FCRA rules (Polity & Governance)
• GDP shrank 8.6% in Q2 pushing economy into a recession (Indian Economy)
• Social infra PPPs eligible for viability gap funding (Indian Economy)
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11 November 2020

• Employment-finally an Election Issue Indian Economy
• Dose of Optimism (Editorial) + India's m-RNA vaccine may be ready in March Science & Technology
• Strengthening Public health Capacities in Disasters Disaster Management
• PM Seeks respect for 'Territorial Integrity' International Relations
• Answers for Self-Assessment Test and Question for the Day

10 November, 2020

• Lessons from Vietnam and Bangladesh Economy
• Under Biden, unfurling India foreign policy concerns I.R
• No fireworks Env
• The cost of clearing the air Env
• India, Maldives sign four MoUs to boost ties I.R
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09 November 2020

• Prelims Quiz
• Comparison of Indian and American Constitution (Polity and Governance)
• Convergences and Divergences in INDO-US Ties (International Relations)
• Strategic Comfort with Maldives 09 Page 08
• No deaths due to Dengue (Science and Technology)
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08 November 2020

• India successfully launches earth observation satellite EOS-01
• NEET quota in T.N. (Polity & Governance)
• Ancient skeleton offers clues on prehistoric era (Ancient History)
• Soak in the Sun, sleep early and tight to avoid myopia - (Science & Technology)
• Lessons from Ladakh glacial lake outburst - (Science & Technology)
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07 November, 2020

• Takeaways from the discussion
• India - US relations under Joe Biden (International relations)
• GST on Mobility aid items (Social Issues)
• Food Fortification (Social issues)
• Criteria 15th Finance commission (Economy)
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06 November, 2020

• Mizoram Occupying 1.5 of Assam Land (Polity & Governance)
• Do recent indicator hint at real economic revival? - (Economy)
• NPCI allows WhatsApp to offer payment services- (Economy)
• The crucial expertise of CAPFs - Article - (Security)
• All insults not offence under SC/ST Act (Polity & Governance)
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05 November, 2020

• NGT to hear pollution cases beyond NCR - Environment
• The Financial capacity of states is being weakened - Polity
• Differential licensing will hurt telcos - Economy
• US formally exits Paris pact on curbing climate change International relations
• Prelims Summary
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04 November, 2020

• Takeaways from the discussion
• Divestment from Fossil fuel Industry - (Environment)
• Governance in Indian States - Data Point (Polity & Governance)
• Merchandise trade of India - (Economy)
• Academic Freedom in India - (Polity & Governance)
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03 November, 2020

• The nutrition fallout of school closures (Science & Technology)
• A-G declines consent for contempt case against Jagan - (Polity & Governance)
• HC panel questions setting up of special courts to try MPs - (Polity & Governance)
• Reinforcing RBI accountability (Indian Economy)
• Serosurveys underestimate building of herd immunity - (Polity & Governance)
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02 November, 2020

• The shifting trajectory of India foreign policy I.R
• A secure future for platform workers Economy
• Baroda bypoll: a battle of prestige Polity
• More ups than downs in India ties I.R
• Question for the day (Economy)

1 November, 2020

• DNS QUIZ
• Nath moves SC over EC curbs on Congress campaigners list - (Polity and Governance)
• High Tech Transfers: FAQ (International Relations)
• The coming together of the Quad in the seas (International Relations)
• What is the D614G mutation in coronavirus? - (Science and Technology)
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31 October, 2020

• Takeaways from the discussion
• Impact of Protectionist Policies (Economy)
• Urban Floods (Environment)
• MALABAR Naval Exercise (International relations)
• Monsoon Prediction (Geography)
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30 October, 2020

• Mains Compass 2020 Economic Development
• (i) Centre sets up Commission to tackle NCR pollution + (ii) SC says will study ordinance to check stubble burning – (Environment)
• Less pollution, more soil fertility Article - (Environment)
• Gaps in Learning - Editorial - (Social Issues)
• The India-US partnership is deepening - Lead Article - (International Relations)
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29 October, 2020

• Countering deep fakes, the most serious AI threat - (Science & technology)
• The challenges of walking the Indo-Pacific talk - (International relations)
• U.K. to partner for developing GIFT City, funding infra pipeline (Economy)
• Green’ crackers to make full-fledged Delhi debut (Env)
• Rhino horn trade: 7 Kaziranga workers held (Env)
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28 October, 2020

• MAINS TEST SERIES AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
• India Discom stress is more than the sum of its past- (Economy)
• The Gilgit-Baltistan game plan (International Relations)
• India outreach to Myanmar (International Relations)
• GST and the complexity of political negotiations (Polity and Governance)
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27 October 2020

• Self-Assessment test
• India & China's foreign Policy towards West Asia (International Relations)
• President K.R.Naraynan (Polity & Governance)
• Defense agreements between India and USA- (International relations)
• FATF - reference - (International relations)
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26 October 2020

• GS MTS & QIP Classes Announcement
• Room temperature superconductivity, possible but under severe pressure (Science & Technology)
• Evidence of dairy production in the Indus Valley Civilisation - (Ancient History)
• U.S. allies welcome Israel-Sudan deal but Iran, Palestine cry foul - (International Relation)
• Kerala’s move to bar CBI draws flak - (Polity & Governance)
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24 October, 2020

• House panel mulls action against Amazon (Polity & Governance)
• India’s UN journey, from outlier to the high table (International relation)
• Forex reserves hit record high of $555.12 bn (Indian Economy)
• Pakistan to stay on FATF grey list till 2021 (International relations)
• Taking on the Centre (Polity & Governance)
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23 October 2020

• QIP Mains
• Drive a harder bargain at the Delhi meet - Lead Article (International Relations)
• Sooner, better - COVIRAP Editorial - (Science & Technology)
• CPI-IW base year revised to 2016 - (Economy)
• RBI to buy Rs. 20,000 cr. Of G-Secs - (Economy)
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22 October, 2020

• Self-Assessment test
• Declining US influence in West Asia (International Relations)
• Waiver of Merchant Discount Rate (Economy)
• Sanitation Workers - Status, acts and bodies - (Social Issues )
• Panchayati Raj in Jammu & Kashmir - (Polity & Governance)
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21 October, 2020

• The many bright spots on India innovation horizon (Science & technology)
• WII scientists anxious about potential funding cut - (Polity & Governance)
• Quad group should eventually become formalised: Biegun - (International relations)
• Amendment needs referendum - (International relations)
• Govt. increases poll spend ceiling by 10% (Polity & Governance)
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20 October, 2020

• Announcement of Mains Test Series
• Introduction
• Ethics in Journalism (Ethics and Integrity)
• Many gains in fighting HIV (Science and technology)
• Warehousing scheme for farmers (Economy)
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19 October, 2020

• Self-Assessment test
• Politicisation of the office of Governor (Polity & Governance)
• Police reforms (Polity & Governance)
• National Green tribunal (Polity & Governance)
• Hunger Index (Economy)
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18 October 2020

• Announcement of the release of Mains Compass of Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude
• A work-in-progress campaign for rights - (International Relation)
• Jagan vs. judges - (Polity & Governance)
• How global warming might affect food security - (Indian Geography)
• Huge inflows continue into Telangana, A.P. dams - (Indian Geography)
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17 October, 2020

• 2020 Mains Compass - ESSAY
• (i) Stubble Burning: Justice Lokur, Students to save NCR (ii) AQI improves in Delhi, neighbouring states (iii) CPCB expects dip in pollution levels in Delhi (Environment)
• New group to revive Bodoland movement (Security + Polity & Governance)
• Valley's Voice (Gupkar Declaration) (Editorial) (Internal Security)
• Hope amid Uncertainty (WEP 2020 Report) (Editorial) (Economy)
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16 October, 2020

• Prelims Quiz
• The message in Peace Nobel- Multilateralism (EDIT) - (International Relations)
• The road to zero Hunger by 2030 (EDIT) - (Social Issues)
• Should the government regulate TRP (EDIT) - (Ethics)
• Map Locations - (Geography)
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15 October, 2020

• DNS Mains Answer Writing
• Self-Assessment Test
• The RBI tunes in to the economy- Benefits and Challenges of Inflation Targeting (Indian Economy)
• Phased manufacturing policy that is hardly smart (Indian Economy)
• J&K, Ladakh women to benefit from rural scheme: NRLM-DAY (Polity & Governance)
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14 October, 2020

• Self-Assessment test
• UAE Israel Agreement (International Relations)
• Weakening RTI - (Polity & Governance)
• Financial Action Task Force- (International relations)
• IMF Reports - (Economy)
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13 October, 2020

• Prelims Quiz
• Congress System (Polity and Governance)
• Towards cleaner air in Delhi Page 07 (Environment)
• Govt. moves to spur demand Page 01 - (Economy)
• American duo win Economics Nobel Page 13 (Economy)
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12 October, 2020

• Self Assessment Speed Test
• Blue Flag tag for Kasarkod, Padubidri beaches - (Environment & Ecology)
• Paper-strip virus test to be out soon: Vardhan - (Science & Technology)
• Crime against women(DATA POINT) - (Polity and Governance)
• At 15, RTI Act crippled by huge backlog - (Polity and Governance)
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11 October, 2020

• Essay Test Series & QIP
• Leading the global fight against hunger (Social Issues)
• Genetic Scissors and rewriting the code of life (Science & Technology)
• Navy to hold PASSEX with US carrier (International Relations)
• Shrinking spaces for winged visitors a cause for concern (International Relations)
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10 October, 2020

• Self-Assessment test
• MERS - COV virus (Science & technology)
• National Butterfly Tag - (Environment)
• Kyrgyzstan - (International relations)
• Cotton production profile - (Economy)
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09 October 2020

• Essay Test Series and QIP
• Should Indian start-ups take on global Internet giants? (Indian Economy)
• Freeze Assam ST list for good, says tribal body: Identification of STs (Social Issues)
• Q2 records 107% surge in fresh investments: Concept of Gross Capital Formation and Trends
• Keeping vigil even during unusual times- CAG ( Article)- (Polity & Governance)
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08 October, 2020

• Essay Test Series & QIP
• DNS Mains Answer Writing
• SC: Public places cannot be occupies indefinitely (Polity & Governance)
• Bodoland poll gets Assam Cabinet nod (Polity & Governance)
• (i) Four for One Editorial + (ii) Quad worried about China's 'gross aggression' (International Relations)
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07 October, 2020

• Prelims 2020 CSAT solution announcement
• Self Assessment Speed Test
• black hole researchers get Nobel Prize for Physics - (Science & Technology)
• The disintegration of the criminal justice system - (Polity and Governance)
• Grapes of wrath (Editorial) - (Polity and Governance)
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06 October, 2020

• Virus researchers get Nobel Prize for medicine (Science & technology)
• Farm Acts unwanted constitutional adventurism + An unconstitutional harvest - (Polity & Governance)
• DRDO successfully tests ASW missile system - (Science & technology)
• CM announces anti-pollution campaign ahead of winter: PUSA Decomposer Capsules– (Environment & Biodiversity )
• Ecosystem services provided by Delhi zoo valued at 426 cr.- (Environment & Biodiversity)
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05 October, 2020

• Daring Cities 2020 Conference - Kejriwal to attend (Environment)
• Mixed Signals - GST Collections - Editorial (Economy)
• Transforming Business and the Insolvency System - Article (Governance)
• A commission misguided - NCPCR Article (Polity & Governance)
• Question for the Day

04 October 2020

• Prelims 2020 solution announcement
• World longest highway tunnel opened in Himachal Pradesh - (Indian Economy)
• Moratorium loans up to cr. may get relief - (Indian Economy)
• DAP 2020: Offset clause and Rafale-like deals - (Indian Economy)
• What does herd immunity mean for COVID-19?) - (Science & Technology)
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03 October, 2020

• Regulate Extraction of Minor Minerals: MMDR Act, 1957 and National Mineral Policy 2019 (Environment)
• 16% of the PDS Stocks in MP Unfit: Public Distribution System- Working, Flaws and Solutions needed - (Economy)
• Pathways to Diversity- Editorial- (Environment)
• Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Social Issues
• Flagging Cess Non-Transfer, its economic Impact - Reference
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01 October, 2020

• Announcement on Solution of Prelims 2020
• Mains Question Assignment from DNS
• Time to shift focus to the maritime sphere - (International Relation)
• On the Quad, define the idea, chart a path - (International relation)
• Centre sticks to target for borrowing - (Indian Economy)
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30 September, 2020

• Prelims Quiz
• Going beyond the Me Too movement Page 07 - (Social Issues)
• Why are Azerbaijan and Armenia fighting again 14 - (International Relations)
• 60 mn Indians may have been exposed to virus: ICMR survey 01 - (Social Issues)
• A wage code that is a hasty composition 06 - (Economy)
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29 September, 2020

• UN and the retreat from multilateralism (Challenges to United Nations) (International Relations)
• RBI extends enhanced borrowing limit for banks till March-2021 (Economy) (Marginal Standing Facility)
• Engineering Exports drop 18% during April to August 20 (India's Merchandise Export and Import) (Economy)
• True Issue (100 years of Non-Cooperation Movement) (Indian History)
• QOD

28 September, 2020

• Prelims Quiz
• Solutions
• Shaheed Bhagat Singh (History)
• The benefits of a carbon tax - (Environment)
• Growth compulsions, fiscal arithmetic - (Economy)
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27 September, 2020

• Self Assessment Speed Test
• Farm Bills: who gains and who loses - (Polity & Governance)
• Address aspirations of Tamil people, Modi urges Rajapaksa + A party for the Rajapaksas - (International relation)
• CAG moots probe over cess accounting dodge - (Polity & Governance)
• PSU to PSU stake sale just moves funds to govt., says CAG - (Polity & Governance)
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26 September, 2020

• Parliamentary Scrutiny on Backburner (Polity & Governance)
• Vodafone Tax Controversy- (Economy)
• Regional Rapid Transit System- (Polity & Governance)
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (History)
• Fridays for Future Movement (Environment)
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25 September, 2020

• (i) India, Pak. Trade charges at SAARC, CICA meet (ii) Gilgit-Baltistan poll has no legal basis, says India (International Relations)
• (i) The foreign hand Editorial (ii) FCRA Bill incompatible with international law (Polity & Governance)
• Environmentalism at the core - Article - (Environment)
• Bio-decomposer technique will curb stubble burning (Environment)
• RBI releases document on UCB's cybersecurity (Economy)
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24 September, 2020

• Pre-Parikshan
• Weekly series of Mains Question Assignment from DNS
• Self-Assessment Speed Test
• Weighing in on the efficacy of female leadership - (Social Issues)
• Seeing dystopia in India democracy - (Polity & Governance)
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23 September, 2020

• Pre-Parikshan Announcement
• Prelims Quiz
• SAARC - Uniting to combat COVID-19
• Making the language of the law comprehensible
• SAFAR
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22 September, 2020

• Dilution without adequate deliberation (Polity & Governance/ Economy)
• Govt. unveils 2.6% hike in wheat MSP amid protests- Critical Analysis of MSP - (Economy
• Point of Order- Editorial- Editorial- (Polity & Governance)
• Parliament passes IBC Bill (Economy )
• Bacteria behind deaths of Botswana Elephants (Environment)
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21 September, 2020

• Govt. tables Bill to amend FCRA (Polity & Governance)
• Make ethics code must for all news channels, NBA tells SC (Polity & Governance)
• Define the contours of hate in speech - Lead Article (Polity & Governance)
• U.S. says UN sanction on Iran back in force (International Relations)
• A neglected temple's transition over the centuries (History & Culture)
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20 September, 2020

• Tata Group to unveil India first CRISPR test - (Science &Technology)
• Protection against SARS-CoV-2 may be short-lived - (Science &Technology)
• Tracking cases through sewage analysis - (Science &Technology)
• Rusty Moon - (Science &Technology)
• External debt increases almost 3% to $559 billion at March-end - (Indian Economy)
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19 September, 2020

• Announcement regarding Pre-Parikshan
• Announcement regarding DNS Topics compilations
• Prelims Quiz
• AFSPA- (Internal Security)
• Farm Loan Waiver - (Economy)
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18 September, 2020

• Reject this inequitable climate proposal - Lead Article (Environment)
• A push for Reform - Editorial (International Relations)
• Is the QUAD rising after China's challenge at the LAC? - (International Relations)
• US to strengthen relationship with India + U.S. keen on finalising BECA at 2+2 Dialogue – (International Relations)
• Wetlands being identified in Rajasthan to protect Biodiversity (Environment)
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17 September, 2020

• LS nod to amend banking Act: Regulation of Cooperative Banks in India (Polity & Governance + Economy)
• Agriculture Marketing: Farmers fear end of MSP Regime + MSP is here to stay + Centre silent on sending farm Bills to committees - (Economy)
• Locals of same tribe oppose Bru resettlement in Tripura area - (Social Issues)
• Plea to make Punjabi official language in J&K (Polity & Governance )
• Unlawful activities Prevention Act (UAPA) (Internal Security)
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16 September, 2020

• Self-Quiz to be taken before DNS
• Venus in focus (Science &Technology)
• Impediments to equal productivity, dignity (Social Justice)
• An economic disaster foretold (Indian Economy)
• Parliament and its panels (Polity & Governance)
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15 September , 2020

• Urban Unemployment (Economy)
• Agri reform bills
• Intra Afghan Talks - (International relations)
• Subramanyam Bharathi - (Art & culture)
• Mekedatu Project, Kondapochamma reservoir (Geography)
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14 September, 2020

• Prelims Quiz
• Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha - (Polity and Governance)
• Exploiting the Chinese exit (EDIT) Page 07 - (Economy and International Relations)
• Coronavirus fears and preconception advice (EDIT) Page 06 - (Social Issues)
• Long haul ahead (EDIT)
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13 September, 2020

• Any Non-Political Body can get FCRA Exemption + Foreign Funds and NGOs FAQ (Polity & Governance)
• Oxford Vaccine Trials to resume in U.K. + Why is Phase-3 of Vaccine Trial Complicated? – FAQ – (Science & Technology)
• Has Economic Slowdown hit EPFO Earnings? - FAQ - (Economy)
• Are there Re-infection Fears Around COVID-19 - FAQ (Science & Technology)
• Science behind air-breathing Scramjet Engine (Science & Technology)
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12 September, 2020

• India, China agree on 5-point action plan + Glimmer of Hope + Divergences remain despite 5-point plan (International Relations)
• Gujarat emerges best for start-ups again: DPIIT + Initiatives for Start-Ups - (Economy)
• Centre releases Post-Devolution Grants to 14 States - (Polity & Governance)
• Smothering the housing rights of the urban poor - Article (Polity & Governance)
• Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (Environment & Biodiversity)
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11 September, 2020

• Self-Quiz to be taken before DNS
• An agriculture-led revival as flawed claim - (Indian Economy)
• The great greying of China - (International Relation + Economy)
• Have a clear loan policy: SC to govt. - (Polity & Governance + Indian Economy)
• California wildfires growing bigger - (Environment & Ecology)
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10 September , 2020

• Blockchain technology in Indian Elections (Science & technology) (Important aspects of Blockchain technology)
• Changing definition of farmer - (Economy) (Issues in the present definition of farmers)
• Bt Cotton - (Environment)
• Initiatives to boost domestic defense production (Science & Technology ) Prelims pointers
• Digital divide - Indices (Economy)
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09 September, 2020

• NSO Report: Digital Divide in India (Social Justice) (NSO Report, Social Consumption of Education in India)
• A case for down-to-earth governance - Lead Article Article (Polity & Governance) (Importance of Local Governance, Participatory Democracy)
• The demonisation of dissent - Article - (Polity & Governance) (Hate Speech, Preventive Detention Law, Article 19(2), Subjective Satisfaction of Police)
• What is in a NAM and India's alignment Article (International Relations) (NAM, India Foreign Policy, India and its neighbourhood)
• Mountain that sustain millions - Article (Geography) (Vulnerability of Himalayan Ecosystem)
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08 September, 2020

• Hypersonic cruise vehicle test puts India in elite club Page 01
• Empower the youth first Page 06
• The search for an end to the complex Naga conflict Page 07
• Tibetan soldier funeral seen as Delhi signal to Beijing Page 09
• Who will lead the Jamboo Savari this time? Page 08
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07 September, 2020

• Mixed Messaging: India's Integration into Global Value Chains (GVCs) - Prospects and Challenges Indian Economy
• Court's drift and Chinks in the Judiciary's Armour: Problems with the Master of Roster System - (Polity & Governance)
• Research Paper calls for Change in India's Forest Policy - (Environment & Biodiversity)
• Close old Power Plants: Prelims Pointer on Energy Sector (Environment & Biodiversity)
• Government suspends FCRA licence of 4 Christian Groups ( Polity & Governance)
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06 September, 2020

• The 13th Amendment - (Polity & Governance) (The issue of rights of Tamil people in Sri Lanka)
• What is the GST compensation due to States? - (Indian Economy) (GST compensation)
• A.P tops in Ease of Doing Business- (Indian Economy) (Ease of Doing Business in India)
• Is COVID19 setting off a bradykinin storm in the body? - (Science & Technology) (Corona virus and human physiology)
• Question of the day (Polity & Governance)

05 September, 2020

• Parliament stifled, business, and a word of advice (Polity and Governance)
• Appropriate strategy (Security)
• Greece rejects NATO mediation (International Relations)
• RBI alters priority sector norms to help start-ups, farmers avail loans (Economy)
• PRELIMS REVISION
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04 September, 2020

• Question Hour - Instruments that hold the government accountable (Polity) (Issue of parliamentary accountability)
• Increasing Marriageable age of girls - (Social issues ) (debate on increasing the marriageable age of girls)
• Quadrilateral security dialogue - (International Relations)
• National digital health mission - reference - (Social issues )
• Telecom sector - reference (Economy )
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03 September, 2020

• Mains Question Assignment
• missed opportunity (Editorial) (Internet, Economy)
• Dissent and detention Page (Editorial) (Polity and Governance)
• Mission Karmayogi to train govt. officials- (Polity and Governance)
• Victory in a long battle for equal opportunities Page - (Defence and Security)
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02 September, 2020

• In Kashmir, still a long way to go - Lead Article (Polity & Governance) (Scrapping Article 370, Complexity of Kashmir, Discussions needed,)
• A 'new' democracy? Article (Polity & Governance) (New Democracy, Suppression of Human Rights, Global Phenomena)
• Telcos get 10 years to pay AGR dues to govt. + AGR dues have to be paid in toto: SC - (Economy) (Adjusted Gross Revenue, Core and Non-Core Activities)
• India aims for balance with slew of Multilateral meetings (International Relations) (2+2 Dialogue, India-US, QUAD)
• India, Russia to hold naval drills in Andaman Sea (International Relations) (Bilateral Naval Exercise, INDRA 2020, India-Russia, KAVKAZ)
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01 September, 2020

• GDP falls 23.9% in first quarter + No calm before COVID-19 storm (data point) - (Indian Economy)
• PLA aggression blocked at Pangong Tso - (International Relation)
• 'China controls 1,000 sq. km in Ladakh- (International Relation)
• GST reform needs a new grand bargain - (Indian Economy)
• Ex­President Pranab Mukherjee passes away - (Polity & Governance)
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31 August, 2020

• Relocation of Manufacturing from China - (Economy)
• Ease of Doing Business Report - (Economy) A development that will hardly put India at ease (EDIT)
• Geographical Indicator - (Economy) (Haladi Loses its flavour amid pandemic) 01
• Roll On-Roll Off - (Economy) (Karnataka CM flags off RO-RO train to Solapur) Page 08
• Award winning cardiologist Dr. Padmavati passes away
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30 August, 2020

• India pulls out of Kavkaz due to China (Security) (Kavkaz, Multilateral Exercise, Russia, SCO)
• Turkey to hold exercises near Cyprus coast (International Relations) (Greece-Turkey Dispute, NAVTEX, Cyprus, Mediterranean)
• UAE puts an end to economic boycott of Israel - (International Relations) (UAE-Israel, Abraham Agreement, Palestine)
• Butterflies are migrating early in Southern India this year (Environment) (Eastern Ghats, Western Ghats, Kerala, Parambikulam Tiger Reserve)
• Environmentalists petition PM on Char Dham Project (Environment) (Char Dham Project, High Powered Committee)
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29 August, 2020

• J&K reorganisation act 2019 (Polity) (MHA Notification)
• India - Japan - (International Relations) (Key Areas of Cooperation)
• Capturing data for national well being - (Social issues)
• GST - reference (Economy)
• Question for the day (International Relations )

28 August, 2020

• States can have sub-groups among SC/STs, says court - (Polity and Governance) (Sub-classification and test of creamy layer in SC/ST reservation )
• News on GST Compensation - Polity and Governance)
• an a digital ID aid India primary health ecosystem? - (Polity and Governance) (National Digital Health Mission)
• 5 members of Great Andaman tribe test positive - (Polity and Governance) (PVTGs)
• Revision through Mind Maps
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27 August, 2020

• Outer Space treaties and Issues (International Relations )
• Agri - marketing reforms (Economy)
• South China Sea (International relations)
• Rule 270 Lok Sabha (Polity & Governance)
• Question for the day (International Relations )

26 August, 2020

• Arunachal to seek 6th Schedule status (Polity & Governance + Environment) (Sixth Schedule, Article 371H, Constitution 55th Amendment, Tribes, National Park)
• Capital air quality improves but still worse among big cities (Environment) (Air Quality Index)
• The marginalisation of justice in public discourse - Lead Article - (Polity & Governance) (Distributive Justice, Distribution of Benefits and Burden, Need & Desert principle)
• China floats BRICS 5G base as India mulls ban (Economy) (BRICS Innovation Base, 5G & Artificial Intelligence)
• Magnets for Manufacturing - Article (Economy) (Attracting Manufacturing firms to India)
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25 August, 2020

• DNA Technology Regulation Bill, 2019 (Science & Technology)
• India does need a Fiscal Council (Editorial) (Economy)
• Palestine, now a footnote (Editorial) (International Relations)
• The challenge of catching elusive taxpayers (Editorial) (Economy)
• Back and forth (FATF) (International Relations)
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24 August 2020

• A-G declines plea against swara (Polity and Governance)
• SC overreacted in Bhushan case (Polity and Governance)
• More evidence of India's food insecurity (Indian Economy)
• Not possible to fully block Chinese firms: Officials (International Relation)
• Balaghat women curb felling of trees (Polity and Governance)
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22 August, 2020

• Differential impact of COVID-19 and the lockdown - Lead Article (Social Justice)
• Ahead of Bihar poll, EC nod for filing nomination online (Polity & Governance)
• Kerala readies to host its first dragonfly festival (Environment)
• SBI to raise Rs. 8931 cr. Via Basel III Bonds (Economy)
• Third warning as Godavari level rises at Bhadrachalam (Environment)
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UPSC Prelims 2020 | MCQs on Current Affairs | March 2020 Part 2 of 2 | Raus IAS

• Black Carbon
• State of India's Bird 2020 Report
• ESG Investment
• Constitution (One Hundred and Fourth Amendment) Act, 2019
• Migratory Species in India - Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species - CMS COP13
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21 August, 2020

• Menstrual Leave (Social issues)
• Increasing the marriageable age for girls (Social issues)
• Leadership required to handle Modern global issues (Polity & Governance)
• Namath Basai (Social issues)
• Son of the Soil - Reference (Polity & Governance)
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20 August, 2020

• China-Russia ties as a major determinant (International Relation)
• SC confirms CBI probe into Sushant's death (Polity and Governance)
• DATA POINT - Young and jobless (Indian Economy)
• Ex-judge Kurian calls for intra-court appeal (Polity and Governance)
• Govt. to set up National Recruitment Agency (Polity and Governance)
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19 August, 2020

• No need to audit PM-CARES: SC (Polity & Governance)
• SYL issue can disturb nation's security: Punjab CM (Polity & Governance)
• Time for India and Nepal to make up -Lead Article (International Relations)
• Aiming to decolonise through colonial logic - Article (Polity & Governance)
• "No-Go" Forest approved for mining (Environment)
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18 August, 2020

• Corruption allegations against Judges (Polity & Governance) (Allegation of corruption as Contempt of Court)
• Reviving Indian Economy - (Economy) (What needs to be done)
• LG vs Delhi Government - (Polity & Governance)
• Contempt of Court Reference (Polity & Governance)
• Question for the day (Polity) (Infrastructure projects aided by India)

17 August, 2020

• Issues faced during implementation of RTI Act (Polity and Governance)
• Discussion on Aviation Sector (economy and Infrastructure)
• Elected Autocracy (Polity and Governance)
• U.S. FDA nod for rapid, inexpensive saliva test (Science and Technology)
• Prelims Pointer
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16 August, 2020

• Govt. may review the age of marriage: PM (Social Justice)
• Digital Health Mission will liberate Citizens (Social Justice)
• T-Cell immunity prevents recurrent severe COVID-19 disease (Science & Technology)
• The milk puzzle (Science & Technology)
• Hurdles to Naga Peace - FAQ (Security)
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15 August, 2020

• How will the Israel-UAE pact impact the Gulf? (International Relation)
• Iran, Turkey lash out at UAE over Israel deal (International Relation)
• Limited peace (Editorial) + India hails UAE-Israel pact, reiterates Palestine cause (International Relation)
• Gaps in the casting of India's foreign policy (International Relation)
• RBI to transfer 57,128 crore surplus to Centre for FY20 (Indian Economy)
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14 August, 2020

• Taxpayer's Charter (Economy)
• ILO Conventions on Child Labour (International Relations)
• UAE-Israel Agreement (International Relations)
• India- Maldives (International Relations)
• Official languages act - 1963 (Polity & Governance)
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13 August, 2020

• US Presidential Elections - (Polity and Governance)
• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao - (Social Issues)
• A self-reliant foreign policy-EDIT Page 07 - (International Relations)
• Shutting the door on Huawei -EDIT Page 07 - (International Relations)
• How the tiger can regain its stripes-EDIT Page 07 - (Environment)
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12 August, 2020

• India's population data and a tale of two projections (Social Development)
• Aaditya writes to Centre over draft EIA notification (Environment & Ecology)
• The future of Indian secularism (Indian society)
• Confidential report on Assam Accord released (Polity & Governance)
• Question of the day (Environment & Ecology)

11 August, 2020

• New undersea cable to boost Net speed in Andaman (Science & Technology) (Optical Fibre Cable, OFC, Andamans, Act East Policy)
• Isolating China, as proposition and the reality - Lead Article (Social Justice) (Expansionist China, New Cold War, Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network)
• The main bricks to use in India's steel frame Article - (Governance) (Charges against bureaucracy, Inaccessibility, Corruption, Concerns with Police)
• Making up for shortfalls in GST collections Article (Indian Economy) (35:43) (GST Compensation, Fall in GST Collection)
• Question for the Day

10 August ,2020

• When Covid-19 Pandemic forced Governments to step up (Social Issues)
• LAC complicates India's options (International Relations)
• Balancing Priorities (Environment)
• The latecomers guide to face mask (Science and Technology)
• PM launches farm Infra scheme (Economy)
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09th August, 2020

• Electric Vehicles Policy- Need, Initiatives and Challenges ( Indian Economy)
• Farm Mechanisation- Benefits, Challenges, Need for Inclusive and Sustainable mechanisation – (Indian Economy)
• Six BSP MLAs in Rajasthan move SC- Reforms in the Anti-Defection Law- (Polity & Governance)
• G.C. Murmu takes charge as new CAG- Details about Office of CAG (Polity)
• Sun coronal magnetic field measured (Science & technology)
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08 August, 2020

• 2011 report had flagged unsafe conditions at Calicut airport + 18 killed as landslip buries tea workers’ quarters in Idukki (Polity and Governance)
• Food Vision 2050 Prize for Naandi Foundation - (Indian Economy)
• Alert amid uncertainty (Editorial) - (Indian Economy)
• Project proposals must include drone survey report, says State wildlife board - (Environment & ecology)
• Question of the day (Polity & Governance)

07 August, 2020

• Cartographic Challenge - Editorial (International Relations)
• Can the NEP fix access to universal education - Parley (Social Justice)
• An invisible humanitarian crisis in India - Lead Article (Social Justice)
• RBI keeps key policy rates unchanged (Indian Economy)
• Question for the Day

06 August, 2020

• Medical device industry (Economy)
• Vulnerabilities of Nuclear weapons (Security)
• EWS Quota challenged (Polity)
• Bru Tribes (Polity)
• Migration during Pandemic - Sociological Analysis (Social Issues )
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05 August, 2020

• Language of Unity: Challenges to Three-Language Formula (Polity & Governance)
• Trump bars H1B Visa holders from Federal Jobs (International Relations)
• J&K, Ladakh, a year on (Polity & Governance)
• Alcohol Cess hurting States- Cess Vs Surcharge (Indian Economy)
• 24 Million may drop out of School due to pandemic: UN (Social Issues)
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04 August, 2020

• Draft defence policy (Security)
• COVID-Vaccine (Science & technology)
• Real Interest rates (Economy)
• Purchasing manager's Index (Economy)
• Asymmetric Federalism (Polity)
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03 August, 2020

• A policy with many a right intention (Polity and Governance)
• Keep the focus on education (Polity and Governance)
• Parents, the first and natural tutors (Polity & governance)
• Rebuild India's confidence, revive the economy (Indian Economy)
• Question of the day (International relation)

2 August, 2020

• ICMR fast tracks approvals for Israeli research coordinated by DRDO (Science & Technology)
• One ration card facility in 24 States now (Economy) (One Nation One Ration Card Scheme, NFSA)
• China and Nepal have treated each other as equals: Xi - (International Relations) (New Quadrilateral Arrangement, Trans-Himalayan Connectivity Network)
• Arab world's first nuclear plant achieves criticality (Science & Technology) (Pressurised Water Reactor, Barakah, UAE)
• Detecting Alzheimer's (Science & Technology) (Alzheimer Disease, Tau, Plaques, Microtubule)
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01 August, 2020

• Afghan Peace process (International Relations)
• Decoupling Indian and Chinese Economy (Economy)
• Urban Local Governance (Polity)
• Index of eight Core industries (Prelims)
• Question for the day (Economy)

31 July, 2020

• Electoral Reforms: Bringing Political Parties under RTI ( Polity & Governance)
• Should Government go easy on Telecom (Indian Economy)
• Getting ahead of constitutional Practices (Polity & Governance)
• A Long Road + An Education policy that is sweeping in its vision (Social Issues)
• World Gold Council (Economy)
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30 July, 2020

• Mains Writing Answer assignment
• New Education Policy-2020-School Education (Social Issues)
• New Education Policy -2020- Higher Education (Social Issues)
• Prospects and Challenges of AIIB (International Relations)
• Global Internet Governance (Internet and Social Media)
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29 July, 2020

• RIC, a triangle that is still important (International relation)
• China says disengagement at most localities along LAC is complete - (International Relation)
• Rajasthan Cabinet seeks House session on July 31 - (Polity & governance)
• Centre unable to pay States GST dues: official - (Polity & governance)
• At 2,967 tigers, India's capacity at peak - (Environment & Ecology)
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28 July, 2020

• In reverse gear - Draft EIA - Editorial (Environment)
• Needed, a map for India's foreign policy - Lead Article (International Relations)
• An opportunity to reshape health care - Article - (Social Issues)
• The majority cannot afford a balanced diet - Article (Social Issues)
• Question for the Day

27 July 2020

• Remember Jawans, PM tells people (Page 01) - (Internal Security) (Kargil War)
• Five drown in Assam, flood toll crosses 100 - (Environment) Over 14 lakh affected by Bihar floods (Floods)
• Scandalizing as contempt (EDIT) - (Polity and Gov) The chilling effect of criminal contempt (EDIT) A motorcycle and the art of court management (EDIT)
• A revolution in policy mindset- (Inclusive Growth)
• Prelims Pointers
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26 July, 2020

• Cabinet decision binding on Governor - Polity
• Don't privatize PSBs, cut govt. stake: Marathe - Economy
• India, U.K. affirm commitment to an FTA - Economy
• Kashmir saffron now has GI certificate - Science
• Is SARS-CoV-2 a latent virus which can recur? - Science
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25 July, 2020

• Currency Swap Agreement between India & Sri Lanka (Economy)
• India - Sri Lanka - need to reset ties- (International Relations)
• Anti - Defection - Revision (Polity)
• Permanent commissioning of Women in Army - Revision - (Social Issues)
• Question for the day (Economy)

24 July, 2020

• Calibrated Balance - Editorial (International Relations)
• Escalating Tensions - Editorial (International Relations)
• Curbs on bidders from new nations- (Economy)
• Deepening India South Korea ties - Article (International Relations)
• Towards national security & peace in Hong Kong - Article (International Relations)
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23 July, 2020

• Mains Assignment Question
• SC will hear today Rajasthan Speaker's plea against HC order (Polity & governance)
• Transforming higher education (Social Development)
• Set up a High Court for Puducherry - (Polity & governance)
• Are people in J&K citizens or subjects? - (Polity & governance)
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22 July, 2020

• Towards Robust Data Regulation (Non-Personal Data Governance Framework) ( Polity & Governance)
• The COVID-19 Fiscal Response and India's standing (Indian Economy)
• The Main planks in countering China Policy (International Relations)
• Import Slump (Indian Economy)
• Limited Trade Deal (International Relations)
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21 July, 2020

• India's Role in Changing geo-Politics (International relations)
• Community Canteens (Social Issues)
• Oxford Vaccine (Science & Technology)
• Railway privatization (Economy)
• Central groundwater Authority (Environment)
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20 July, 2020

• A chance to restore the rule of law - Article (Polity & Governance)
• Why a separate Anti-torture law? - Article (Polity & Governance)
• Pulse Oximeters (Science & Technology)
• Make the right call on 'Malabar' going QUAD - Article (International Relations)
• China committing gross abuses against Uighurs: U.K. (World Geography)
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19 July, 2020

• Levy on digital services is ambiguous, say tax experts (Economy)
• Psoriasis drug in COVID-19 therapy (Science)
• What is plea bargaining and how does it work? (Polity)
• Govt. opens up NDRF for individual donations (Polity)
• Govt. mulls Australia's entry into Malabar drill (I.R)
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18 July, 2020

• Iran India & China, Chabahar Port Issue (International relations)
• Reformed Multilateralism (International Relations)
• UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee (International Relations)
• Question for the day (International relations)

17 July, 2020

• Rebel MLAs move High Court Against Speaker's notice ( Debate about Anti-Defection) (Polity & Governance)
• India registers a steep decline in MMR (Social Issues)
• Sources of Government's Borrowings - (Indian Economy)
• Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA): Importance for India (International Relations)
• Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (Polity & Governance)
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16 July, 2020

• Mains Assignment Question
• China's post COVID aggression is reshaping Asia + Trump ends HK's special trade status, backs sanctions + China lashes out at U.K. for Huawei ban(International Relation)
• SC to hear appeals against Maratha quota (Polity & governance)
• India and European Union push trade talks - (International Relation)
• Question of the day (International relation)

15 July, 2020

• EU, India to meet on resuming FTA negotiations (Economy and International Relations)
• Lost opportunity (EDIT, International Relations)
• China making deep inroads into Iran (International Relations)
• ICMR caution on itolizumab, tocilizumab (Science And technology)
• Centre limits duration of online school sessions (Social Issues)
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14 July, 2020

• Chabahar port (International relations)
• RBI monthly review - (Economy)
• Operation twist
• Open market operation
• Long term repo Operations
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13 July, 2020

• The sum and substance of the EU's China dilemma (International Relation)
• China, Iran close to reaching trade and military partnership (International Relation)
• Hardly smart about urban health care (Polity & governance)
• Disabled are entitled to same benefits of SC/ST quota: SC (Polity & governance)
• NATGRID to get info of suspects from FIRs (Polity & governance)
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12 July, 2020

• Should Kuwait's draft expat bill worry India? (International Relations)
• The Spectre of U.S. sanctions: Implications of CAATSA law (International Relations)
• Indo-China Border Dispute - International Relations)
• Is the airborne spread of COVID-19 a risk? (Science & Technology)
• Psoriasis drug gets DCGI nod for emergency use (Science & Technology)
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11 July, 2020

• Do we need a Fiscal council? (Article) - Economy
• Reform with caution (Article) - Polity
• Right to education is kore than a right - Polity
• In the name of cooperative federalism (Article) - Polity
• Solar energy will play big role in Atmanirbhar Bharat: PM - Economy
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10 July, 2020

• Owning upto criminalisation in politics (Lead Article) (Polity & Governance)
• Is internet freedom being sacrificed for national security? (Polity & Governance + Security Challenges)
• Privy Purse: PM's Fresh Move (Archives) (Polity & Governance)
• Government notifies Draft Rules on Wages Act (Economy)
• Full play of Internet of Things in design - Telangana Secretariat (Science & Technology)
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09 July, 2020

• Three NGOs linked to Congress under Home Ministry scanner (Polity & Governance)
• The social contract needs to be rewritten (Polity & Governance; Ethics, integrity and aptitude)
• The pandemic is about eyes shut (Polity & Governance; Ethics, integrity and aptitude)
• Prelims related news
• Question of the day (Polity & Governance)

08 July, 2020

• Growing Nuclear Arsenal of China (International relations)
• India - China Naval Contestation - (International relation)
• India's Largest Butterfly (Environment )
• Ethiopian Ethnic Communities (International relation)
• US CAATSA law (International relation)
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UPSC Prelims 2020 | MCQs on Current Affairs | March 2020 Part 1 of 2 | Raus IAS

• Indian Ocean Commission - (IOC)
• OPEC & OPEC Plus
• Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962
• Indices/Report on Governance and Raw of Law
• Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework
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07 July, 2020

• Announcement on Mains Answer Writing Practice
• Haryana Cabinet's nod for Reservation for Locals: Locals First Policy Rationale and Implications- (Polity & Governance)
• MGNREGA: Benefits, Implementation Challenges and Reforms needed (Polity & Governance)
• Drug Trafficking: Challenges to India's Internal Security (Internal Security)
• India to review FDI from China (Indian Economy)
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06 July ,2020

• Raja Ravi Verma (Step into the LIGHT) (Art and Culture)
• Locust Attacks (FAO issues locust alert for India) (Economy and Environment)
• China doubles down on claims on eastern Bhutan boundary (International Relations)
• Vaccine trials take 6 to 9 months: WHO Chief Scientist (Social Issues)
• India must not cast anchor in 'Enrica Lexie' (EDIT)
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05 July, 2020

• Amid Ladakh standoff , China, Pak. hold talks (Polity & Governance)
• Mulling national logistics law (Indian Economy)
• Gotabaya sets up committee to look into Colombo Port concerns (International Relation)
• Infant mortality rate surged in M.P. in 2018 (Social Development)
• Why has Indian Railways opened doors for private players? (Indian Economy)
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04 July, 2020

• Reset rural jobs policies, recognise women's work (Article) (Economy)
• Not the time to profiteer: NPPA (Economy)
• Police violence and how some lives do not matter (Article) (Polity)
• Traffic on roads abutting Nagarahole Park (Env)
• ICMR looks at vaccine launch by Aug 15 (Science)
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03 July, 2020

• China opposes U.K.'s citizenship offer (International Relations)
• Businesses back new Security Law (International Relations)
• Cores contraction (Economy)
• India loses jurisdiction over Italian marines case (International Relations)
• Private trains will benefit travellers: Rly Board chief - (Infrastructure, Railways)
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02 July, 2020

• Striking a blow against Assam's inclusive ethos (Article) (Polity)
• SBI unit to set up SPV for aiding NBFCs on liquidity (Economy)
• How not to tame the digital dragon (Article) (Polity)
• Reforming India's digital policy (Article) (Economy)
• Police reform and the crucial judicial actor (Article) (Polity)
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01 July, 2020

• Free foodgrain scheme till November + Paswan welcomes PMGKAY extension (Economy)
• External debt rises in March (Economy)
• World Bank okays fund for Namami Gange (Environment)
• Banks sanction Rs. 1 lakh crore loans to 30 lakh MSMEs (Economy)
• Making trade more digitised - Article (Economy)
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30 June, 2020

• Legitimate concern (Editorial) (Internal Security)
• In 24 hours, Palestine faces an existential threat (Editorial) (International Relations)
• Grain aplenty and the crisis of hunger (Editorial) (Economic and Social Development)
• The STARS project needs an overhaul (Editorial) (Education)
• Share public data with the public (Editorial) (Internet and Social Media)
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UPSC Prelims 2020 | MCQs on Current Affairs | February 2020 Part 2 of 2 | Raus IAS

• Power of a speaker
• Fifteenth Finance Commission
• Reservation in Promotion
• Sand Mining regulation
• Technical Textile
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29 June, 2020

• Making sense of China's calculations (International Relations)
• P.V. Narasimha Rao, the subversive insider (Polity & Governance)
• 'Draft EIA notification fosters non-transparency, encourages environmental violations'- (Environment and Climate Change)
• Letter and spirit & Mapillah Rebellion (Reference) (Polity & Governance + Indian History )
• Mains Value Addition
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28 June, 2020

• Colombo plea for postponing debt repayment hangs fire (International Relation)
• PTI denting national interest: Prasar Bharati (Polity & Governance)
• South China Sea rights should be rooted in UN treaty: ASEAN (International Relation)
• Black hole merges with unusual compact object (Science & Technology)
• RBI extends borrowing time for banks (Economy)
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27 June, 2020

• Getting out of Guns, Germs and Steel Crisis- Lead Article (Indian Economy)
• Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (Current Affairs)
• Central Board of the RBI (Indian Economy)
• World Drug Report by UNODC (International Relations)
• Tensions in the South China Sea (Reference)
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26 June, 2020

• Chinese build-­up started in May: MEA + It's wait and watch on disengagement + Why China is being aggressive along the LAC (International Relation)
• Industry flags delay in China imports (Indian Economy)
• Can online learning replace the school classroom? (Polity & Governance)
• India reiterates cultural linkages with Nepal (International Relation)
• Question of the day (Polity & Governance)

25 June, 2020

• With space reforms, private sector to get level playing field (Science)
• The many questions about Favipiravir (Article) (Science)
• RBI will supervise coop. banks (Economy)
• CCEA nod for animal husbandry infra fund (Economy)
• China, Kashmir and the ghost of August 5 (Article) (I.R)
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24 June, 2020

• Government e Marketplace (Economy)
• H1B Visa ban (Economy)
• India - China Naval Contestation (International relation)
• Geo-Politics of South China Sea & its importance for India
• Why India needs a maritime strategy
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23 June, 2020

• India attends RIC Meeting (International Relations)
• China Joins UN Arms Treaty (International Relations)
• Lone Wolf Attacks- Challenges to Internal Security (Internal Security)
• Promote People Power against COVID-19 (Social Issues)
• Ambubachi Festival and Kamakhya Temple ( Art and Culture)
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22 June, 2020

• Secrecy of ballot is key to free and fair elections: SC (Polity & Governance)
• Additional funds sought for Jal Jeevan Mission (Economy)
• India's continuing two-front conundrum - Lead Article (International Relation)
• Fighting Double Pandemic; Silent Victim of Violence - Data Point (Social Justice)
• Operation Samudra Setu (Security)
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21 June, 2020

• Solar Eclipse (Science and Technology)
• Single Transferable Vote (FAQ) (Polity and Governance)
• Who does Galwan Valley belong to? (FAQ) (Internal Security)
• A Spur in the Grand rivalry (Profiles) (Internal Security)
• Govt. invites global vessel owners to flag ships in India (Economy)
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20 June, 2020

• Anti-defection law (Polity)
• Coal Sector Reforms (Economy)
• FATF (International relation)
• NDRF, PMCARES, PMNRF (Polity)
• Question for the day (Polity)

19 June, 2020

• India coasts to win in Security Council polls (International Relations)
• At the high table (International Relations)
• Can India decouple itself from Chinese manufacturing? (Economy)
• Rapid antigen testing starts in city (Science and Tech)
• Galwan: Postscript to a tragedy (Internal Security)
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18 June 2020

• A.P assembly opposes NPR, NRC - Polity
• Assessment of OIL well blowout impact begins - Env
• A presence of equitable and effective care (Article) - Social Issues
• Multilateralism in post COVID world (Article) - I.R
• With China, India has to be Aatmanirbhar - I.R
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UPSC Prelims 2020 | MCQs on Current Affairs | February 2020 Part 1 of 2 | Raus IAS

• 4th EAS CONFERENCE ON MARITIME SECURITY
• LONG TERM REPO OPERATIONS
• EASE OF LIVING INDEX INDEX 2019
• REGULATION OF RO WATER PURIFIER
• LOCUST ATTACK
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17 June, 2020

• Nepal ties and the Benaras to Bengaluru spectrum - (International Relation)
• For better conditions of work - Lead Article - (Economy)
• 20 Indian soldiers killed in face-off at Galwan - (International Relation)
• A quota case - (Polity & Governance)
• Rural India, the new viral flash point - (Polity & Governance)
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16 June, 2020

• India- China (Lead Article) - (International Relations)
• India - West Asia - (International Relations)
• Models of Development for Indian States (Polity & Governance)
• COVID Testing - (Science & Technology )
• Nuclear Arsenal - (International Relations)
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15 June, 2020

• The need for an anti-discrimination law - Lead Article - (Polity & Governance)
• Diversity & Discrimination - NCERT
• Constitutional Provisions
• Important Legislations
• Behind the curve - GST Compensation Cess - Editorial - (Economy)
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14 June, 2020

• Various kinds of Boundaries in India -(Internal Security)
• Biotic Interactions- (Environment)
• Nepal's 2nd Constitutional Amendment- (International)
• Can a COVID-19 vaccine be developed soon? )- (S&T)
• Jal Jeevan Mission - (Social Issues)
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13 June, 2020

• Reserves exceed $500 bn for the first time (Economy)
• NHRC takes note pf heath workers woes (Polity)
• Sample from Lonar lakes sent for testing (Environment)
• Food inflation accelerates 9.28 % in May (Economy)
• NGT directive to UPPCN on biowaste (Science)
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12 June, 2020

• A case for quiet diplomacy (Soft Power & Quiet Diplomacy) (International Relations)
• IITMadras top institution in govt. ranking (NIRF) (Misc)
• Lion census method outdated: experts (Canine Distemper Virus) (Biology)
• Govt. considering universal basic income, says NHRC (NHRC & UNHRC) (Misc)
• First estimation exercise of Indian gaur in Nilgiris in recent years (Indian Gaur) (Environment & Ecology)
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11 June, 2020

• Border Adjustment Tax (Economy)
• G7 Grouping - Need for a New Institution (International Relations)
• IBC Code - Analysis (Economy)
• Health Care in India- Issues (Social Issues)
• Import of Exotic Species (Environment)
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10 June, 2020

• The anatomy of anti-black racism (Society)
• Democrats unveil police reforms after Flyod's death (Polity and Governance)
• Being vocal on the right local (Indian Economy)
• Question of the Day

09 June, 2020

• LG overrules Delhi Govt. order to restrict COVID-19 treatment (Polity & Governance)
• Who's afraid of monetisation of the deficit? - Lead Article (Economy)
• The critical role of decentralised responses - Article (Polity & Governance)
• The e-diplomacy experiment & Economy to contract 3.2% in FY21 - WB - (International Relations + Economy )
• Question for the day

08 June, 2020

• Swarms of extremism (Polity & Governance)
• China's internal pressures are driving Xi's tough stance on border (International relation)
• Addressing the elephant in the room (Environment & Ecology)
• FB needs stricter policies on misinformation (Polity & Governance)
• Question of the Day

07 June, 2020

• Gross Value Added numbers and the Economy (Economy)
• Deep Sea Microplastics (Env)
• Suspend imports of Rubber : UIPSA (Economy)
• Serotonin triggers desert locusts swarm (Science)
• Figuring out COVID 19 terminologies (Science)
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06 June, 2020

• India, China hold talks, agree to resolve differences peacefully - (International Relation)
• A right time to shift pharma gears - Article - (Social Issues)
• Ahead of vote for UNSC seat, India launches campaign brochure - (International Relation)
• RBI creates Rs. 500 funds, to boost payment infra - (Economy)
• Summary for Prelims
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05 June, 2020

• Embracing Alternative Protein (Need for alternative protein) (Environment)
• India-Australia meet to strengthen ties (International relations)
• Can social media platforms be arbiter of truth (Social Issues)
• No action against employers for not paying wages (Polity & Governance)
• India vows $15 mn to vaccine alliance (What is GAVI) (International Organizations)
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UPSC Prelims 2020 | MCQs on Current Affairs | January 2020 Part 2 of 2 | Raus IAS

• Convention 190
• ADITYA L1
• Indian Ocean Dipole
• Ramsar Wetland
• Global Social Mobility index
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04 June, 2020

• India - china (International Relations)
• Power Subsidy in Agriculture (Economy)
• G11 grouping (International Relations)
• Agri-Marketing reforms approved by cabinet
• Question for the day (International Relations)

03 June, 2020

• Introduction to GSI Hybrid Course
• Remdesivir cleared for emergency use
• Electronics incentive schemes launched
• Moody's downgrades 11 banks
• Monsoon bounty
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02 June, 2020

• Cabinet committee okays 50,000 cr. infusion for MSMEs (Indian Economy)
• Can allow non-profit organisations to list on 'social stock exchanges - (Indian Economy)
• Google rejects Australia's call for payout (Indian Economy)
• A new architecture in quake - prone areas (Physical Geography)
• Prelims Summary
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01 June, 2020

• It's time for a universal basic income programme in India (Universal Basic Income ) (Social Issues)
• Too many aspirants for MGNREGS jobs (MGNREGA Analysis ) (Social Issues)
• SpaceX's spacecraft successfully docks with ISS (Commercialisation of space sector) (Science)
• Questions for the day

31 May, 2020

• Draft e-commerce policy (Why India needs a policy on e-commerce) (Economy)
• Prelims Perspective (a) Locust attack (b) G-7 countries (c) D10 club
• US cuts ties with WHO (International Relations)
• PM CARES fund not under the ambit of RTI act
• Question for the day (International Relations)

30 May, 2020

• HC asks A.P. govt. to reinstate Ramesh Kumar (Polity & Governance) (Autonomy of Election Commission)
• U.S. sanctions a double-edged sword: Hong Kong (International Relation) (Assertion of China)
• Anchoring ties with Canberra the virtual way (International Relation) (Geo Strategy and Geo Politics)
• Prelims Summary (Geo Strategy and Geo Politics)
• Question of the Day

29 May, 2020

• Working with China to resolve LAC issue - (International Relation) (Peaceful Settlement of Border dispute based on 5 Past Agreements)
• From a stand-off to a stalemate - Article - (Security) (Different areas which saw Chinese Aggression in the past)
• Beijing's Ladakh Brinkmanship - Article (International Relation) (US-China Relationship, US-India-China Geo-politics, South China Sea)
• For a reset in India-Nepal relationship - Lead Article - (International Relation) (Sagauli Treaty, Origin of Kali River, India-Nepal boundary dispute)
• i) Export Blocks - Editorial ii) FDI rises 13% to $50 bn iii) Scrapping of RBI Bonds (Export amid COVID, Rise in FDI, RBI Bonds) (Economy)
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28 May, 2020

• Agriculture Marketing Structure - Analysis (Economy) (Issues that impact agricultural marketing in India)
• Forest Rights Act 2006 & PESA Act 1996 (Polity) (Tribal Rights)
• Hong Kong Protest (International Relations) (Background of protests in Hong Kong)
• Question for the day (Environment)

27 May, 2020

• PM reviews LAC standoff with NSA, CDS & 3 Service Chiefs + Xi meet PLA, urges battle preparedness - (International Relations) (India-China border dispute, Galwan Valley Region, Galwan River)
• Oil Price Pickle - Editorial - (Economy) (Decline in Crude Oil Prices in International Market; Govt. raising tax on fuel)
• FSDC Meeting on Thursday (Economy) (Financial Development Stability Council, Origin and Functions)
• Fisheries Scheme has no relief component - (Economy) (PMMSY, Blue Revolution, Economic Package)
• Whitewash - Archives - (History & Culture) (Hunter Committee Report, Jallianwala Bagh, Rowlatt Act)
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26 May, 2020

• Criminal Defamation- (Polity and Governance) Batting for free speech (Editorial)
• A well balanced stimulus package (Editorial) - (Economy)
• Moving Beyond Geopolitics (Editorial) - (international Relations)
• Guru Arjan Dev JI - (Art and Culture)
• Purandardas - (Art and Culture)
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25 May, 2020

• For farms and farmers (Problems in Minimum Support Price) (Economy)
• Hardly the 1991 moment for agriculture (Agriculture Marketing Reforms) (Economy)
• The need for a million worksites now (MGNREGA and Migrants) (Social Issue)
• Howrah's botanical garden now a graveyard of 1,000 trees (Jagdish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden)
• Failing to perform as a constitutional court (Supreme Court & Migrant Crisis) (Polity and Governance)
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UPSC Prelims 2020 | MCQs on Current Affairs | January 2020 Part 1 of 2 | Raus IAS

• OPEC(Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
• Shanghai Cooperation Organization
• International North-south Transport Corridor (INSTC)
• 'Blue dot network'
• Competition Commission of India (CCI)
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24 May, 2020

• Belt and Road Initiative - (international Initiative) (China suggests shift in BRI approach amid debt concern)
• Heat Waves- (Geography, Environment) (Heat wave conditions prevail in Odisha)
• Phase 1 trial: Adenovirus COVID-19 vaccine found safe
• Reference (International Relations and Internal Security)
• QOD

23 May, 2020

• RBI cuts repo rate again, down to 4% (Indian Economy) (Monetary Stimulus )
• Lower the temperature, defuse the issue (International Relation) (Economic stimulus for COVID-19)
• 'New security law will tighten Beijing's grip on Hong Kong (International Relation) (Geo Strategy and Geo Politics)
• Will exit Open Skies Treaty, announces U.S. (International Relations) (Geo Strategy and Geo Politics)
• Question of the Day

22 May, 2020

• Keeping the peace - Editorial - (International Relations) (India-China border dispute)
• The lockdown has highlighted stark inequalities - Article - (Economy) (Increase in Social Inequality post COVID, Lack of welfare measures by govt.)
• Finance Panel flags recovery uncertainty (Economy) (Debt to GDP Ratio to increase for states & centre, Nominal GDP)
• The Reform Act Unmasked - Archives - (History & Culture) - (Government of India Act, 1919)
• PET recycling units seek permission to import - (Science & Technology) - (Industry asks to remove import ban, PET - Polyethylene terephthalate)
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21 May, 2020

• Defense Policy reforms - Analysis (Security) (Defence reforms under COVID economic stimulus)
• Comparison of Economic Vision of India and China (International Relations) (Issues in India’s economic Vision)
• Locust attack (Environment) (Impact on Biodiversity)
• India - China Boundary issue - revision (International Relations) (Boundary issues between India and China)
• Question for the day (Geography)

20 May, 2020

• Behind new incidents, a changed dynamic along India-China Border (International Relations) (India China Relations)
• Hotter oceans spawn super cyclones (Geography) (Cyclones)
• A callous response (Social Issues) (Migrants and Governance)
• A good year for Olive Ridley turtles (Reference)(Environment)
• Prelims Practice
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19 May, 2020

• Introduction to GS Integrated Hybrid Course
• Tropical Cyclone Nomenclature (Geography and Environment) - (Odisha, West Bengal brace for Amphan)
• Draft Amendment in the Electricity Act, 2003 (Economy) - (A jolt to National Energy Security) (Editorial)
• A matter of relief (Editorial) (Economy) - (Revision of all 5 tranches)
• Stimulus to cost only about 1% of GDP (Economy)
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18 May, 2020

• GSI - Hybrid/Online program
• Centre throws open all sectors to private players + Govt. hikes borrowing limits for States by 5% (Indian Economy) (Economic stimulus for COVID-19)
• 'Punjab farmers' to go for direct seeding of rice (Polity and Governance) (Major crops and cropping pattern)
• Getting India back to the Afghan high table + 'India must not give Taliban legitimacy until it joins intra-­ Afghan talks' (International Relations) (Afghan peace talk)
• Question of the Day

17 May, 2020

• Important announcement for Queries on E-Learn
• Govt. throws open defence, coal sectors - Introduction to 4th set of Key Economic Reforms (Economy) (Economic Reform in various sectors)
• Coal & Mining Sector Reforms - (Economy) (Reform in Coal Sector, Removal of Captive Mining)
• Coal Nationalisation
• Captive Mining
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16 May, 2020

• 3rd Tranche of Economic Stimulus (Economy)
• Agri Infrastructure Fund for farm-gate infrastructure for farmers
• Formalisation of Micro Food Enterprises (MFE)
• Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)
• National Animal Disease Control Programme
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15 May, 2020

• Introduction to Gs Integrated Hybrid Course
• 2nd Tranche of announcements Economic Relief Package (Economic and Social development)
• Changes to labour laws (Polity and Governance/economy)
• Summary for prelims
• Question of the day (Polity & Governance)

UPSC Prelims 2020 Practice MCQs _ Economy _ Part 3 of 3 _ Rau's IAS

• Human capital index
• Apprentice rules Amendment 2019
• International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) Act, 2013
• Elephant Bond
• Strategic disinvestment
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14 May, 2020

• Major stimulus package for MSMEs (Economy)
• Nature of Package offered by the government (Economy)
• Collateral free automatic loans for standard MSMEs (Economy)
• Subordinate debt for stressed MSMEs (Economy)
• Fund of funds for MSMEs (Economy)
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13 May, 2020

• GSI - Hybrid/Online program
• PM announces 20 lakh crore economic stimulus package (Indian Economy)
• Riding roughshod over State governments + Reaffirm cooperative federalism (Polity and Governance)
• India may miss nutrition targets (Social Development)
• Italy, India and a common thread in partnership (International Relation)
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12 May, 2020

• GS Integrated Hybrid Course Introduction
• India-Nepal Border dispute- (International Relations)
• Labour reforms in India- (Economy) Legal but not appropriate (Editorial) Equal freedom and forced labour (Editorial) Trade Unions may knock at ILO's door
• Provisions related to Rajya Sabha (Polity and Governance) The Need for a Second Chamber (Editorial)
• E- NAM - (Agriculture) (Mandis linked to e-NAM see 65% rise in count post lockdown)
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11 May, 2020

• Norms issued for restart of industrial units (Disaster Management) (Norms for industrial re-opening, Important highlights of Disaster Management Act)
• Trends shaping the post-COVID-19 World - Lead Article - Lead Article (International Relations) (Changing Global Order, Emergence of Strong China, Retreat of US)
• NIV develops tests to detect Antibodies (Science & Technology) (ELISA Test for Coronavirus, Antibody test)
• Tying up with Todas to keep the virus at bay (Science & Technology) (Toda Artisans, Nilgiris, PVTG-Tamil Nadu)
• Venture Capital Fund for scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (Social Issues) (Venture Capital Fund for SC/OBC promotes entrepreneurship)
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10 May, 2020

• Government Borrowings (Economy) (Central government borrowings)
• Inter State Migrant Worker Act (Economy) (labour laws )
• PM CARES - Concerns (Economy) (Issues surrounding PM CARES FUND)
• Prelims perspective
• a. Lipu Lekh Pass
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09 May, 2020

• Green tribunal directs LG Polymers to deposit 50 cr (Polity and Governance) (Compensation for damage to life, property and environment)
• Contempt for labour (Polity and Governance) (Labour Rights)
• Shaping Indias response in a global hinge moment (International Relation) (India Geo-strategy in Indo-pacific region)
• Prelims Summary
• Question of the Day

08 May, 2020

• Water wisdom during a pandemic (Environment & Ecology) (Water Management)
• A. Vizag gas leak claims 11 lives; over 350 hospitalized B. Toxic disaster (Editorial) (Styrene Gas) (Environment)
• Band-like clouds seen over Sun neighbour (Space) (Binary Dwarf)
• CSIR contributes to genome database (Bio-Technology) (Gene, Genome and Genome Sequencing)
• Conducting elections during a pandemic (Ref-1) (Polity & Governance) (Legislative Council)
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07 May, 2020

• Resuscitating Multilateralism with India's help - Lead Article (International Relations) (Multilateral System, Global Supply Chain, Globalisation)
• A war like state and a bond to the rescue Article (Economy) (About Consol Bond, Issued in war like situation)
• Rent control amidst pandemic - Article (Polity & Governance) \ (Model Tenancy Act, 2019, Housing for All by 2022)
• Pigs die of suspected Hog Cholera in Meghalaya (Science & Technology) (Hog Cholera - Classical swine Fever - & African Swine Fever, Disease caused by virus)
• Summary for Prelims
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06 May, 2020

• New Economic Model (Economy) (Problems in the present economic model)
• Steps to Boost Economic Growth : Abhijit Banerjee (Economy) (Measures to deal with Economic crisis caused by COVID-19 Pandemic)
• Status of casual labors A. Classification of workers - NSO (Social Justice) (Steps to improve status of workers in India )
• Question for the day

05 May, 2020

• Features of elearn platform
• COVID­19 and Indias fiscal conundrum (Indian Economy) (Resource Mobilisation)
• MPLADS, its suspension, and why it must go (Polity & Governance) (Issues arising out of implementation of schemes )
• Off course (Editorial) (Polity & Governance)) (Inter-State River Water Dispute)
• Prelims Summary
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UPSC Prelims 2020 Practice MCQs _ Economy _ Part 2 of 3 _ Rau's IAS

• Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs)
• Liquidity Coverage ratio
• Operation twist : RBI
• Monetary Policy Corridor
• Inflation
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04 May, 2020

• Important Announcement from UPSC for Prelims Exam (Prelims exam-2020 deferred)
• E-Learn Platform of Raus IAS
• BRICS against COVID-19 (International Organization) (New Development Bank & BRICS)
• Tripura groups oppose settlement of Brus (Human Geography) (Bru Tribe)
• Scramble for funds as Centre tightens purse strings (Ref-1)
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03 May, 2020

• Minorities panel chief charged with sedition (Polity & Governance) (National Minority Commission, Sedition, Freedom of Speech, Case Laws)
• an antibody test help tackle COVID-19? - FAQ (Science & Technology (RT-PCR Test - Antigen -direct test, Rapid Testing Kits - Antibodies)
• States scrape the barrel as revenue dry up (Indian Economy) (Drying up of state taxes and revenue)
• Documenting the last honey hunting group of Arunachal (History & Culture) (About Sherdukpen Tribe, Chi Lupo â Honey Hunter, Best Documentary Film)
• Drug Approved for use in Emergency - Remdesivir (Science & Technology) (Remdesivir - Antiviral drug - used to treat Ebola & Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
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02 May, 2020

• Trends in tax receipts (ECONOMY) (Trends in government revenues)
• Food nutrition and livelihood security : COVID impact (Economy)- (09:49) (Social impact of lockdown)
• Index of eight core industries (Economy) (Measuring industrial growth)
• BCG Vaccine for COVID-19 Prevention (Science & technology)
• Summary
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01 May, 2020

• Features of elearn platform
• Governors Rule in BTAD may impact Assam alliance govt (Polity & Governance) (Autonomous District Council)
• EC vague on RTI asking if J&K is in Electoral College (Polity & Governance) (Presidential Election)
• Should govt. intervene in platform-publisher relationships? (Polity & Governance) (News Aggregator)
• Prelims Summary (Science & Technology)
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30 Apr, 2020

• Study on China dams bring Brahmaputra into focus (International Relation) (India and China and control over rivers)
• By any calculus, India qualifies for UNSC permanent seat (International Relation)- (Security Council Seat for India)
• Afghan peace and India's elbow room (International Relations) (India Afghanistan Relations)
• A greater impact on women (Social Issues) (COVID and Women)
• Prelims Pointers
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UPSC Prelims 2020 Practice MCQs _ December_ Part 2 of 2 _ Rau's IAS

• EUROPEAN UNION GREEN DEAL
• TYPHOID VACCINE
• National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
• Global Refugee Forum
• Global Gender Gap Index
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29 Apr, 2020

• Discussion on E-Learn - (Searching topics discussed in DNS)
• $1.5 Billion ADB Loan to fund COVID response (International Relation) (Loan provided by ADB to India)
• Anti-graft laws cover Deemed Universities: SC (Polity & Governance) (Officials of Deemed universities are Public Servant under Prevention of Corruption Act)
• Global Terrorism Index 2019 - slammed by NITI Aayog (International Relations) (Important highlight of 2019 Report on Global Terrorism Index)
• USCIRF downgrades India in 2020 List (International Relations) (India placed under Country of Particular Concern - CPC, US can impose sanctions)
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28 Apr, 2020

• Impact of COVID-19 on geopolitics and geo economics (International Relations) (Changing of Global Order)
• RBI : Liquidity for MFs (Economy) (Liquidity scheme for Mutual Funds by RBI )
• India in the post pandemic world (Social Justice) (Steps India should take to improve the Poor and vulnerable sections)
• Virtual Proceedings : SC (Polity & Governance)
• Report : Trends in world military expenditure (Science & technology)
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27 Apr, 2020

• CERT-In to conduct security audit of COVID-19 data (Polity & Governance) - (Data Security)
• At the edge of a new nuclear arms race (International Relation) - (Nuclear arms race)
• Immunocompromised (Science & Technology) - (Immune System
• CM asks people of all faiths to donate plasma (Science & Technology) (Plasma therapy)
• Prelims Summary
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