✅Gs-3 : Climate change- Climate finance
🅾️Context : OECD report on climate finance
🔰India and climate action- Click here
👆Some interesting observations here and also sets a context for COP 28 in DUBAI
➡️What is the OECD report saying in short?
⚜️1. Private sector doesnt care about climate finance
⚜️2. Whatever money that the rich countries are paying poor countries is not a grant but a loan as they should pay that money back.
⚜️3. 100 billion target is a joke if we want to solve climate problem we need atleast 1 trillion an year! and whatever we were able to mobilise only around 70-80 billion and that too as loan ( read point 2)
📍Now read the second article from IE from 18th nov newspaper club these 2 articles- pl remember that you are not journalists trying to break some news- it is OKAY NOT TO finish the articles on same day- but to selectively read them- the news you read should make sense for your final exams!
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
🅾️Context : OECD report on climate finance
🔰India and climate action- Click here
👆Some interesting observations here and also sets a context for COP 28 in DUBAI
➡️What is the OECD report saying in short?
⚜️1. Private sector doesnt care about climate finance
⚜️2. Whatever money that the rich countries are paying poor countries is not a grant but a loan as they should pay that money back.
⚜️3. 100 billion target is a joke if we want to solve climate problem we need atleast 1 trillion an year! and whatever we were able to mobilise only around 70-80 billion and that too as loan ( read point 2)
📍Now read the second article from IE from 18th nov newspaper club these 2 articles- pl remember that you are not journalists trying to break some news- it is OKAY NOT TO finish the articles on same day- but to selectively read them- the news you read should make sense for your final exams!
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
✅GS3- climate change and its effects on health
✅GS2- Health
🅾️Impact of Climate Change on Public Health Systems in India:
⚜️1. uninhabitable temperatures if global temperatures rise by 2°C
⚜️2. Increases the prevalence and severity of heat-related illnesses
⚜️3. Warmer temperatures facilitate the growth of vectors
⚜️4.Extreme weather events affect food production and water supply
🅾️Steps to Mitigate Adverse Effects:
⚜️1. Urban Planning
⚜️2. Increase in climate-related health issues.
⚜️3. Develop integrated policies that address climate change and health
⚜️4. Empower local governments to tailor specific interventions
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
✅GS2- Health
🅾️Impact of Climate Change on Public Health Systems in India:
⚜️1. uninhabitable temperatures if global temperatures rise by 2°C
⚜️2. Increases the prevalence and severity of heat-related illnesses
⚜️3. Warmer temperatures facilitate the growth of vectors
⚜️4.Extreme weather events affect food production and water supply
🅾️Steps to Mitigate Adverse Effects:
⚜️1. Urban Planning
⚜️2. Increase in climate-related health issues.
⚜️3. Develop integrated policies that address climate change and health
⚜️4. Empower local governments to tailor specific interventions
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
Forwarded from UPSC Ethics by VK IAS
✅Gs-4 : Ethics/ Essay-Indian materialism and ethics- also important for Prelims- Indian philosophy schools
➡️This is the first school of Indian philosophy for philosophy optional students.
🅾️Essay and Ethics channel : https://www.tg-me.com/joinchat-mrcWyE8pY2UyMDll
➡️This is the first school of Indian philosophy for philosophy optional students.
🅾️Essay and Ethics channel : https://www.tg-me.com/joinchat-mrcWyE8pY2UyMDll
✅Gs2- Fundamental rights-Affirmative action
➡️I am posting an old news item together with today's news- This is an old news dating back to march 2021.
🅾️Haryana quota scenario- Local reservations= termed as "Race to the bottom"- due to state's incapacity to deliver- click here
➡️Context : Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 mandates 75% private sector job reservation for local candidates. This raises significant constitutional questions related to the right to equality under Article 14 and the right to practice any profession under Article 19(1)(g).
📍Court : The Punjab and Haryana High Court deemed the law unconstitutional, suggesting it infringes upon the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution.
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
➡️I am posting an old news item together with today's news- This is an old news dating back to march 2021.
🅾️Haryana quota scenario- Local reservations= termed as "Race to the bottom"- due to state's incapacity to deliver- click here
➡️Context : Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 mandates 75% private sector job reservation for local candidates. This raises significant constitutional questions related to the right to equality under Article 14 and the right to practice any profession under Article 19(1)(g).
📍Court : The Punjab and Haryana High Court deemed the law unconstitutional, suggesting it infringes upon the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution.
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✅Gs-2 : Health- Blood disorders- sickle cell anaemia
🅾️Context : CRISPR-Cas9 Therapy for Sickle Cell & Thalassemia
🅾️Global Prevalence
⚜️Sickle cell disease range: 90 to 1,342 per 100,000.
⚜️High burden in African and Indian populations.Parental gene combinations determine child's risk-25% chance child with two carrier parents will have the disease.
🅾️Read about the Blood disorders : Click here
@hinduhighlights for News analysis
@upschighlights - Relevant hashtags for Prelims- Click here
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🅾️Context : CRISPR-Cas9 Therapy for Sickle Cell & Thalassemia
🅾️Global Prevalence
⚜️Sickle cell disease range: 90 to 1,342 per 100,000.
⚜️High burden in African and Indian populations.Parental gene combinations determine child's risk-25% chance child with two carrier parents will have the disease.
🅾️Read about the Blood disorders : Click here
@hinduhighlights for News analysis
@upschighlights - Relevant hashtags for Prelims- Click here
🎖Please Subscribe : Youtube.com/vikaskanukollu
✅Gs-3 : Science and technology- Space communication
📍Context : Psyche Spacecraft Experiment: NASA's spacecraft successfully tested a laser signal to Earth over 16 million km.
➡️Now Use this article as a chance to understand the basics of Electromagnetic spectrum- underlined in Red- Click here
➡️Data Transmission in Space:
⚜️Current Method: Mostly via radio waves with longer wavelengths and lower frequencies.
⚜️Challenge: Radio waves are susceptible to interference and offer limited data bandwidth.
⚠️Significance : Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)-Uses near-infrared laser signals for higher bandwidth communication.
🅾️Advantage: At least 10 times more data transfer than current radio systems; less interference.
@hinduhighlights for News analysis
@upschighlights - Relevant hashtags for Prelims- Click here
🎖Please Subscribe : Youtube.com/vikaskanukollu
📍Context : Psyche Spacecraft Experiment: NASA's spacecraft successfully tested a laser signal to Earth over 16 million km.
➡️Now Use this article as a chance to understand the basics of Electromagnetic spectrum- underlined in Red- Click here
➡️Data Transmission in Space:
⚜️Current Method: Mostly via radio waves with longer wavelengths and lower frequencies.
⚜️Challenge: Radio waves are susceptible to interference and offer limited data bandwidth.
⚠️Significance : Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)-Uses near-infrared laser signals for higher bandwidth communication.
🅾️Advantage: At least 10 times more data transfer than current radio systems; less interference.
@hinduhighlights for News analysis
@upschighlights - Relevant hashtags for Prelims- Click here
🎖Please Subscribe : Youtube.com/vikaskanukollu
✅Gs-3 : Economic growth- Banking- NPAs
🅾️Background : Click here
⚜️Banks hold ₹93,240 crore in stressed unsecured loans.
⚜️Unsecured loans are 7% of total and one-third of personal loan credit.
⚜️Risk weights on credit card receivables increased to 150% by the central bank
🅾️Implications : Watch this video to understand CRAR- NPA-PCA- https://youtu.be/GQA3w_cnhYY
➡️ Banks will now be required to hold more capital against the risk of default on credit card receivables, reflecting a higher perceived risk in this asset category.
➡️This could lead to a more cautious approach to issuing credit cards or approving transactions, as banks may seek to minimize risky exposures.
➡️With more capital tied up in safeguarding against potential credit card defaults, banks' profitability could be affected due to lower capital efficiency.
➡️Consumers may face higher costs for credit card borrowing
➡️There might be a tightening of credit availability
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
🅾️Background : Click here
⚜️Banks hold ₹93,240 crore in stressed unsecured loans.
⚜️Unsecured loans are 7% of total and one-third of personal loan credit.
⚜️Risk weights on credit card receivables increased to 150% by the central bank
🅾️Implications : Watch this video to understand CRAR- NPA-PCA- https://youtu.be/GQA3w_cnhYY
➡️ Banks will now be required to hold more capital against the risk of default on credit card receivables, reflecting a higher perceived risk in this asset category.
➡️This could lead to a more cautious approach to issuing credit cards or approving transactions, as banks may seek to minimize risky exposures.
➡️With more capital tied up in safeguarding against potential credit card defaults, banks' profitability could be affected due to lower capital efficiency.
➡️Consumers may face higher costs for credit card borrowing
➡️There might be a tightening of credit availability
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✅Gs-3 : Internal security- Terrorism
📍Q) What are the systemic changes that 26/11 terror attacks induced?
🔴Coastal security : Coastal security- Its components : click here
🔴What is Underwater domain awareness strategy?- Click here
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
📍Q) What are the systemic changes that 26/11 terror attacks induced?
🔴Coastal security : Coastal security- Its components : click here
🔴What is Underwater domain awareness strategy?- Click here
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✅Gs-2 : Fundamental Rights- Constitution
🅾️This is a critical article.You can put this article under 4th point of challenges to a Democracy - Click here
📍Background : Censorship- against freedom of speech
➡️Censorship in India has evolved from strictly overseeing newspapers and TV to now also covering online content due to recent laws. New rules created in 2021 help the government monitor and manage what is shared on the internet, including news and streaming services. The proposed law seeks to give the government more power over all media, leading to concerns about possible limits on people's freedom to speak and share freely
➡️However, we can safely say that no medium should be left unaddressed and unregulated.
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
🅾️This is a critical article.You can put this article under 4th point of challenges to a Democracy - Click here
📍Background : Censorship- against freedom of speech
➡️Censorship in India has evolved from strictly overseeing newspapers and TV to now also covering online content due to recent laws. New rules created in 2021 help the government monitor and manage what is shared on the internet, including news and streaming services. The proposed law seeks to give the government more power over all media, leading to concerns about possible limits on people's freedom to speak and share freely
➡️However, we can safely say that no medium should be left unaddressed and unregulated.
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✅Gs-3 : Climate change- climate policy and climate transition.
🅾️Prerequisite for this is -Energy Transition- “Energy Atmanirbharta” by 2040- This article is a very practical insight on how to move away from petrol- Click here
➡️Present article : Particulate Matter (PM2.5 and PM10) from the transport and construction sectors is a significant contributor to pollution. Diesel trucks, a major part of India's transport sector, contribute heavily to PM emissions. India has made progress in electrifying railways, but only a fraction of freight transport benefits from this. About 9 lakh new trucks join the 70 lakh existing fleet annually, increasing oil dependency and emissions.
➡️Electrification Push: There is a push for transitioning to electric trucks (e-trucks) to meet sustainability and energy security needs.
⚠️Cost Barrier: High upfront costs and inadequate charging infrastructure hinder e-truck adoption.
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
🅾️Prerequisite for this is -Energy Transition- “Energy Atmanirbharta” by 2040- This article is a very practical insight on how to move away from petrol- Click here
➡️Present article : Particulate Matter (PM2.5 and PM10) from the transport and construction sectors is a significant contributor to pollution. Diesel trucks, a major part of India's transport sector, contribute heavily to PM emissions. India has made progress in electrifying railways, but only a fraction of freight transport benefits from this. About 9 lakh new trucks join the 70 lakh existing fleet annually, increasing oil dependency and emissions.
➡️Electrification Push: There is a push for transitioning to electric trucks (e-trucks) to meet sustainability and energy security needs.
⚠️Cost Barrier: High upfront costs and inadequate charging infrastructure hinder e-truck adoption.
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PM Modi ji saying hi to VK IAS students 😁
On a serious note, this is just to remind the students who are not aware about VK IAS Hyderabad office location ( near RTC x roads metro station) pillar no B 1097- exactly the path through which PM Modi's convoy passed through yesterday
- Team VK IAS
Contact- @vk_ias
On a serious note, this is just to remind the students who are not aware about VK IAS Hyderabad office location ( near RTC x roads metro station) pillar no B 1097- exactly the path through which PM Modi's convoy passed through yesterday
- Team VK IAS
Contact- @vk_ias
✅Gs-2 : IR- Foreign policy challenges
🅾️Four dimensions of IR
⚜️1.Multi-polar disorder and the changes in global terrorism dynamics- Click here
⚜️2.The uneasy situation in the Indo-Pacific region, highlighting the strategic competition between the U.S. and China- Click here
⚜️3.The complications arising from technology threats, particularly cyber security and AI- Click here
⚜️4. The ongoing challenges of climate change and its impact on international relations- Click here
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
🅾️Four dimensions of IR
⚜️1.Multi-polar disorder and the changes in global terrorism dynamics- Click here
⚜️2.The uneasy situation in the Indo-Pacific region, highlighting the strategic competition between the U.S. and China- Click here
⚜️3.The complications arising from technology threats, particularly cyber security and AI- Click here
⚜️4. The ongoing challenges of climate change and its impact on international relations- Click here
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✅Gs-2 : Judiciary - Free legal aid ( NALSA)- issues
🅾️Things hardly changed from last 4 years- read India justice report 2019
🅾️The India Justice Report 2022 indicates issues in the allocation of police and judiciary resources, particularly in states with high child populations.
🅾️Legal aid is facing a significant decline, with the number of legal services clinics decreasing from 14,159 in 2020 to 4,742 in 2022.
➡️All the major issues of criminal justice system remain unchanged and unaddressed- click here
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels -https://www.tg-me.com/addlist/MSOVpV7hEOIwNjdl
🅾️Things hardly changed from last 4 years- read India justice report 2019
🅾️The India Justice Report 2022 indicates issues in the allocation of police and judiciary resources, particularly in states with high child populations.
🅾️Legal aid is facing a significant decline, with the number of legal services clinics decreasing from 14,159 in 2020 to 4,742 in 2022.
➡️All the major issues of criminal justice system remain unchanged and unaddressed- click here
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✅Gs-3 : IPR
✅Gs-2 : Education- Industry academia interface
📍Short summary of the article :
🅾️HEIs focus on research/theory; industries on application/profit. Academia prioritizes publications; industry seeks quick solutions. Potential IP and knowledge transfer are underutilized.
🅾️Project Collaboration Hesitancy : HEIs hesitant on short-term, industry-driven projects. Industries may undervalue long-term research potential of HEIs. Need for projects that balance academic rigor with commercial viability
🅾️Cultural and Language Barriers : Essential to develop mutual language and understanding.
🅾️Trust and Intellectual Property : Need Non-disclosure agreements
⚜️National IPR Policy: Discussing the rights of all the stakeholders
🔰Solution : Multi-Pronged Approach for Effective Collaboration+ Government Facilitation
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels -https://www.tg-me.com/addlist/MSOVpV7hEOIwNjdl
✅Gs-2 : Education- Industry academia interface
📍Short summary of the article :
🅾️HEIs focus on research/theory; industries on application/profit. Academia prioritizes publications; industry seeks quick solutions. Potential IP and knowledge transfer are underutilized.
🅾️Project Collaboration Hesitancy : HEIs hesitant on short-term, industry-driven projects. Industries may undervalue long-term research potential of HEIs. Need for projects that balance academic rigor with commercial viability
🅾️Cultural and Language Barriers : Essential to develop mutual language and understanding.
🅾️Trust and Intellectual Property : Need Non-disclosure agreements
⚜️National IPR Policy: Discussing the rights of all the stakeholders
🔰Solution : Multi-Pronged Approach for Effective Collaboration+ Government Facilitation
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✅Gs-3 : Environment- conservation- Mining.
🅾️Context : rescue operation for workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel- Rat hole mining was used in the last leg of the rescue operation and it is therefore in news!
➡️What is Rat hole mining? Why is it banned?
🅾️We already discussed this in the Past news : Moolamylliang- village in Meghalaya’s - affected by Rat hole mining
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels -https://www.tg-me.com/addlist/MSOVpV7hEOIwNjdl
🅾️Context : rescue operation for workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel- Rat hole mining was used in the last leg of the rescue operation and it is therefore in news!
➡️What is Rat hole mining? Why is it banned?
🅾️We already discussed this in the Past news : Moolamylliang- village in Meghalaya’s - affected by Rat hole mining
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✅Gs-2 : RPA- Simultaneous elections
➡️What is the feasibility of One nation One election?- Click here
📍Prepare a note on Definitions, pros , cons, constitutional provisions ( with simple language and logical explainer) and way ahead- Good enough for a GS answer.
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels -https://www.tg-me.com/addlist/MSOVpV7hEOIwNjdl
➡️What is the feasibility of One nation One election?- Click here
📍Prepare a note on Definitions, pros , cons, constitutional provisions ( with simple language and logical explainer) and way ahead- Good enough for a GS answer.
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✅Gs-2 : Governance- Role of civil services in a democracy- MUST READ article!
⚠️State Size Paradox: India, with a vast bureaucracy, struggles to perform effectively, mirroring both under and over-staffed issues in its public sector.
🅾️This article is very relevant for Public Administration optional students under Administrative Theories/Personnel Administration: Discussions on state capacity and the paradox of staffing would relate to theories of bureaucracy and public choice/ The discourse on public sector performance, bureaucracy expansion
✅Also read in this context :
📍Local reservations= termed as "Race to the bottom"- due to state's incapacity to deliver-Click here
📍How to transform sarkari babus into karmayogis?- Click here
📍What is the state of IAS officers in India- critical analysis- Important for interview candidates- Click here
📍Public policy making is essentially multi disciplinary- READ THIS!
⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels -https://www.tg-me.com/addlist/MSOVpV7hEOIwNjdl
⚠️State Size Paradox: India, with a vast bureaucracy, struggles to perform effectively, mirroring both under and over-staffed issues in its public sector.
🅾️This article is very relevant for Public Administration optional students under Administrative Theories/Personnel Administration: Discussions on state capacity and the paradox of staffing would relate to theories of bureaucracy and public choice/ The discourse on public sector performance, bureaucracy expansion
✅Also read in this context :
📍Local reservations= termed as "Race to the bottom"- due to state's incapacity to deliver-Click here
📍How to transform sarkari babus into karmayogis?- Click here
📍What is the state of IAS officers in India- critical analysis- Important for interview candidates- Click here
📍Public policy making is essentially multi disciplinary- READ THIS!
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