Indian Express

Indian Express

Subject 

Pg No 

Headlines

Relevance for Prelims and Mains  

GS 3

1,12 & 15

GDP growth rate revised down to 8.9%, construction sector contracts

Steady but slow 

GDP 2nd Advance Estimates: what’s changed since 1st, what it means

(Economy)

What are the second advance estimates of national income released by the National Statistical Office (NSO)?Its comparison with The Reserve Bank of India(RBI’s) data,How many revisions of GDP estimates are done, and why?

GS 3

1,6 &15

 

IPCC alarm bell:climate change effect worse than earlier 

IPCC report: Heat, humidity, sea rise to make India uninhabitable if emissions not cut

IPCC report warns of malaria outbreak in Himalayan region

 

Reading new climate report

(Environment)

Key takeaways from the second part of IPCC’s sixth assessment report,why multiple disasters induced by climate change are likely to emerge in different parts of the world in the next two decades? What is the Paris Agreement?

GS 2

1,

12 &13

India sends aid to Ukraine today, 4 ministers to help in evacuation

 

Failed by the west 

United against strongmen

(IR)

What are the diplomatic efforts being taken to evacuate Indian nationals stuck in cities and border points of Ukraine?What is the existential crisis that Ukraine faces today,How Western powers contributed to Ukraine’s plight? Its ramifications on India and the world ,India’s stand and what lies ahead ?

GS 2

 

12

 

Misreading defection law 

(Polity and Governance

Features of 10th schedule of the constitution, significance of anti- defection law,dismissal, exceptions and judicial review of the decision.

concerns associated with its misuse and measures to improve its transparency.

GS 3

19

Swift hit on russia roils rouble ,markets ;crude back over $100

Protectionism hurts :why is  panagariya batting for open trade 

 

(Economy)

What is SWIFT?What does the move aim to achieve?

 

How is protectionism holding back economic growth?What are other key economic concerns?

 

 
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