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Subject

Pg No

Headlines

Relevance for Prelims  and Mains 

GS II

1

 

1

 

13

Quad leaders for ‘open, free’ Indo­Pacific

Exclusive blocs’ should not

target ‘third party’: China

U.S. NSA implies LAC situation discussed at Quad leaders meet

(IR)

What is the meaning of Indo Pacific? What are the challenges before QUAD and how can India take leverage from the platform to become a regional power?

GS II

1

Bureaucrats cannot be State Election Commissioners: SC (Polity)

What are constitutional provisions regarding State Election Commissioners? Why are bureaucrats being debarred from this post?

GS III

1

Novavax reports 96.4% efficacy on original virus (Health)

How is vaccine Efficiency calculated? What are the other vaccines given approval and being manufactured in India?

GS III

1

 

14

Retail inflation at three ­month high of 5.03% (Economy)

Inflation quickens as Jan. IIP contracts (Economy)

What is inflation? What is retail inflation and its impact on citizens? What are the ways to reduce it?

What are the trends in IIP and reasons behind them? (Please don’t try to mug up data but focus on reasons.)

GS III

3

Reserve 5% parking capacity for EVs, says Jain (Economy)

What are E-Vehicles and their different forms? What are major bottlenecks in popularising them?

GS II

5

MHA denies info on IPS officers, says serves ‘no public interest (Governance)

What are the clauses in the RTI Act based on which information can be denied by Information Officers? What can be done to implementation of Act in true spirit?

GS III

6

The new media rules are a tightening noose (Polity)

What are the criticism of IT Rules 2021? Why is it being termed as over regulatory or prone to misuse?

GS II & III

6

A moral test (Health, IR)

What are the moral obligations of privileged nations? How can vaccines be made more available and accessible globally?

GS II

6

Casting the Asian dice on a West Asia board (IR)

How can India spread its roots in west asia in the current scenario when the US stronghold is loosening?

GS II

6

13

Two bad options (IR)

Russia for Taliban’s inclusion in Afghan interim govt. (IR)

What is the best option before Afghans in the present scenario: War or Shared Government? How India must cater to these new developments?

GS II

9

Bring down benzene emission at fuel outlets, says panel (Environment)

What are the source and harmful effects of Benzene Pollution? How can it be mitigated? Is it a parameter in AQI? What are recommendations of NGT?

GS II

10

Stop influx from Myanmar: Centre (IR and Polity)

Should India work on its Refugee Policy? How giving refuse can deteriorate India Myanmar Relations? Also see Ethical Perspective.

GS II

10

Centre’s reply sought on plea against Places of Worship Act (Polity)

What is secularism? How Indian Secularism different from Western? Further, how is Places of Worship act against the ethos of Secularism?

GS III

13

WHO says no reason to stop using AstraZeneca vaccine (Health)

Why are probable side effects of AstraZeneca? What is Vaccine Hesitancy? What are different trial phases before the launch of Vaccines?

GS III

14

Centre to infuse ?14,500 cr. into banks under PCA soon (Economy)

What is Prompt Corrective Action? When is it enforced? What are the challenges faced by Banks and way Ahead?

GS III

14

Railway freight usage surpasses FY20 level (Economy)

What are the key goods which helped railways to recover from the pandemic phase slow down?

GS III

14

Withdraw directive on AT­1 bonds, SEBI told (Economy)

What are AT 1 bonds? How is it different from other bonds and what is the purpose of their roll out?

 
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