UPSC CSE Key – January 17, 2022: What you need to read today

Collarwali breathes her last, MP’s Pench tiger reserve loses its ‘Supermom’

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change

Main Examination: General Studies III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

Key Points to Ponder:

• Pench Tiger Reserve and Pench National Park (Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra)

• Map work- Pench River and Kanhan River-Origin

• Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book and Pench National Park-Connect the dots

• Collarwali (Tigress)- Why she was so famous?

• Map Work-Tiger Reserves in India

• Tiger Conservation Programme (Project Tiger)-About, Mission and Vision

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 The Tale Of Collarwali-The ‘Empress Of Pench National Park’

📍 Supermom: What makes Collarwali Baghin of Pench Tiger Reserve a tigress like no other

GOVT & POLITICS

Devas investors cite Canada court’s order, want A-I assets seized in US

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance

Main Examination: General Studies II: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests

Key Points to Ponder:

• International Air Transport Association-Mandate and Headquarters

• Convention on International Civil Aviation, also the Chicago Convention and India

• Antrix-Devas deal Controversy- Background (2005 Deal, 2011 UPA Government Cancelled the agreement, Legal Disputes etc)

• Why Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Air India are being targeted?

• National Company Law Tribunal decision on Devas Multimedia

• Know About National Company Law Tribunal, Antrix, Restrictive Immunity

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Explained: Why did NCLAT term the Devas-Antrix agreement as fraud

📍 The story of a Rs 4,400 crore fiasco at ISRO

Stop unilateral construction of roads, Nepal tells India

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance

Main Examination: General Studies II: India and its neighborhood- relations.

Key Points to Ponder:

• India-Nepal Bilateral Relations

• India-Nepal Border Disputes (Kalapani and Susta Region)

• Map Work-Limpiadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani, Kali River, Dharchula

• Steps taken to Solve Border Dispute

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Interpreting the India-Nepal border dispute

📍 Mapping the history of Kalapani dispute between India and Nepal

📍 India and Nepal’s Kalapani border dispute: An explainer

THE EDITORIAL PAGE

In the Garb of Crypto

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Economic and Social Development

Main Examination: General Studies-III: Indian Economy, and Awareness in the fields of IT

Key Points to Ponder:

• What is crypto investment?

• Can crypto then be considered an asset?

• Cryptocurrency or Virtual Currency-what do you understand by this term?

• What is Bitcoin?

• What is Blockchain Technology and why it is associated with Bitcoin?

• The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021-Highlights

• Supreme Court on Cryptocurrency in 2018

• What is RBI Sandbox

• What are the issues involving Cryptocurrency in mainstream financial Markets or simply market?

• Initial coin offering (ICO)

• Central bank digital currency (CBDC)-Meaning, Issues and Challenges

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Explained: Digital currencies and how they work

📍 Explained: How are cryptocurrencies regulated in countries around the world?

📍 The Myth and Lure of Crypto

THE IDEAS PAGE

An Indian Green Deal
Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change

Main Examination: General Studies III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.

Key Points to Ponder:

• According to the Author of this article, what is Indian Green Deal (IGD)?

• Indian Green Deal (IGD)-Components and How this programme will be helpful?

• What is a meaning of ‘Net Zero’?

• India’s Commitment of carbon neutrality by 2070 at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 26 climate summit in
Glasgow or India’s enhanced climate commitments — the “Panchamrit”

• Difference between ‘Net Zero’ and ‘Carbon Neutral’?

• India’s New Renewables Energy Target

• How can net zero be achieved?

• Public-Private partnership frameworks to achieve ‘net zero’

• India’s emission Status-Present Scenario

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Praveer Sinha: ‘Net zero carbon emissions by 2070 is definitely doable’

📍 1-billion-tonne emissions cut: Why it’s a big leap forward

EXPRESS NETWORK

WEF summit begins today; Modi, XI to deliver special addresses

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Main Examination: General Studies II: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.

Key Points to Ponder:

• World Economic Forum-About, Role, Mission, Vision, Mandate, Headquarters

• Initiatives taken by World Economic Forum

• India and World Economic Forum

• Reports Published by World Economic Forum

In 2021, income of 84% households fell, but number of billionaires grew

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Main Examination: General Studies I: Poverty and Developmental Issues

Key Points to Ponder:

• Oxfam report, “Inequality Kills’’-Key Points

• Know About Oxfam International

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Covid deepened inequalities: wealth, education, gender

THE WORLD

Russia issues subtle threats more far-reaching than Ukraine invasion

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Main Examination: General Studies II: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests

Key Points to Ponder:

• What do you Understand by ‘Hybrid warfare’?

• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)-About, Member Countries, Mandate and Headquarters

• Where is Ukraine-Locate on Map

• USA-Russia and Ukraine Crisis

• Russia’s Demand/Proposals-Key Highlights

• 2014 Crimean crisis

• Strategic Location of Crimea-why it matters to Russia?

• Ukraine, NATO, USA and Russia- where is this Heading?

• Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty (Collective Security)

• India’s stand in Ukraine Crisis

• India and Ukraine-Bilateral Relations

• How India can help US and Russia to maintain ‘Peace’ in this Conflict?

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

📍 Ukraine crisis: Risks remain as Russia and West talk

📍 Ukraine claims Russia behind cyberattack in ‘hybrid war’

📍 Hybrid Warfare – New Threats, Complexity, and ‘Trust’ as the Antidote

📍 On the Brink

ECONOMY

Why road ahead may be bumpy for India-UK early harvest deal

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Economic and Social Development

Main Examination: General Studies II: General Studies II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s Interest

Key Points to Ponder:

• What is Early Harvest Agreement?

• What is Free Trade Agreement (FTA)?

• Know about other types of trade agreements like Bilateral investment treaty (BIT), Preferential Trade Area, Single market, Customs Union etc.

• What is Definition of trade given by WTO?

• Enhanced Trade Partnership between India and UK

• India and UK trade

• Significance of India-UK Trade Relations

• India and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Unlocking a new era: India–UK Early Harvest Trade Deal

📍 Explained: Why India is trying to seal a free trade agreement with UK

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