Front Page
- Twitter faced threats, says ex-CEO; Centre calls it a lie
- GS -3 Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges
- Read about Govt power to remove content from social media site – Section 69 A
- Cyclone Biparjoy: 21,000 shifted to safety in Gujarat
- GS -1 Geography
- Read about Tropical Cyclones and related topics
Science
- Lightning, blamed for Canada fires, will get worse in a warming world
- GS -1 Geography / GS -3 Disaster Management
- Prelims – Currently lighting is not considered as a natural disaster – According to present norms, cyclone, drought, earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, hailstorm, landslide, avalanche, cloudburst, pest attack, frost and cold waves are considered as disasters that are covered under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), 75% of which is funded by the Centre.
Business
- Disinflation to be slow and long: Das
- Syllabus – GS -3 Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.
- Prelims – MPC and inflation targeting
World
- ‘6,000 civilians killed in Myanmar after 2021 coup’
- Syllabus – GS -2 India and its neighborhood- relations.
- India – Myanmar Relationship
News
- No CERT-in update yet on CoWIN data leak; experts demand transparency
- Prelims – CERT-in, Second schedule of RTI Act ( Exempted organisations)
- Shah asks States to prepare disaster management plan
- Syllabus – GS -3 ​Disaster and disaster management.
- Read about Issues and challenges in Disaster management in India
- UN needs to be more democratic and representative, says Rajnath
- GS -2 Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.
- Read about UNSC – Need for restructuring of UNSC-Veto power etc
- Blinken says economic ties centre of India-U.S. strategic partnership
- Syllabus – GS -2 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
- India, U.S. to diversify semi-conductor supply chain: Sullivan
- Syllabus – GS -2 Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
- Two warships launched, keel laid for a third vessel at Chennai shipyard
- Prelims – Anjadip and sanshodak
Text & Context
Opinion
Editorial
- Tax law in the shadow of the higher judiciary (GS-2)
- Musings on the frictions in India-Canada ties (GS-2)
- The next step (GS-3)