CONTEXT The International Monetary Fund Deputy Chief Economist, Petya Koeva Brooks, in an interview to PTI on Friday also made
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Category: Sociology Paper – I
Sociology Optional Paper – I
CRIMINALISING BEGGING
Context SC asks Centre, four states to respond on plea seeking repeal of provisions criminalising begging. Referring to the Census
Continue readingMUON G–2
Why in news? Newly published results of an international experiment hint at the possibility of new physics governing the laws
Continue readingFALLING CRUDE OIL PRICES: REASON AND IMPACT ON INDIA
Context The fall in international crude prices has reversed a six-month trend of rising auto fuel prices which saw the
Continue reading1/3 COVID-19 SURVIVORS FACE NEURO OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
Why in news? The estimated incidence of being diagnosed with a neurological or mental health disorder following Covid-19 infection was
Continue readingEXAMS, RESULTS, FAMILY AND SOCIETY!
Exams have always been a roller coaster ride for students all over and more for the ones appearing for the
Continue readingDURBAR MOVE
Context: Durbar Move is a bi-annual shifting of the Civil Secretariat and other offices of the state government from Jammu
Continue readingEXPERIMENT WITH SUMMER SOYABEAN, TO BOOST FARMERS EARNINGS
Why in news? Farmers in Maharashtra have experimented with growing soyabean as a summer crop, which could set a new
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PERSONALITY TEST – INTERVIEW 2020: SUPER 100 SOCIOLOGY RELATED PRACTICE QUESTIONS
EXPECTED QUESTIONS FROM SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ISSUES FOR UPSC-CSE INTERVIEW-2020 QUESTIONS What do you study in Sociology as discipline? (ANSWER:
Continue readingA POST-COVID FISCAL FRAMEWORK FOR INDIA
Why in news? Government should plan to gradually improve its primary balance. This would protect against the risk of the
Continue readingFOOD WASTAGE PROBLEM IN INDIA
Context According to the Food Waste Index Report 2021 published by the United Nations Environment Programme, 50 kg of food
Continue readingONE HEALTH’ VISION TO TACKLE THE CRISIS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC
Why in news? ‘One Health’ initiatives, by their multidisciplinary nature, entail working across ministries and navigating tacit institutional hierarchies and
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COVID-19 AND PALESTINIANS IN LEBANON
CONTEXT COVID pandemic, economic crisis, few rights: Things are getting harder and harder for displaced Palestinians in Lebanon. One reason
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HOW DOES THE PRE-PACK UNDER INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE WORK?
Context: Experts noted that the pre-pack provisions introduced by the central government also provided for adequate protection to ensure the
Continue readingWHY FOREST FIRES BREAK OUT IN THE SPRING, AND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN SO FREQUENT THIS YEAR.
Context Since the start of 2021, there has been a series of forest fires in Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland-Manipur border, Odisha,
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