An Academy of Civil Services

GS Paper IIIWhy in News?On November 24, at around 11.50 am (IST), NASA will launch the agency’s first planetary defense test mission named the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).The spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenbe

GS Paper IIWhy in News?A Special Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, recently protected two lawyers and a journalist booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) from any “coercive action” by the Tripura poli

Topics Covered: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices.Context:Farmers are demanding a law for guaranteed minimum support price (MSP).What is MSP?MSP is the rate at which the government buys grains from farmers. Currently, it

Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.Context:China has announced USD 1.5 billion development assistance for the ASEAN besides the elevation of the ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership to stre

Topics Covered: Infrastructure- energy.Context:The Narendra Modi government’s National Hydrogen Mission is kick-starting with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) floating a global tender to set up green hydrogen generation units at two of its big refin

Topics Covered: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.Context:Every year, men in Turkey murder hundreds of women, and trending hashtags on social media and protests on the street have become sadly fami

GS Paper IITopics Covered: Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.Context:1st Audit Diwas was celebrated on November 16. Audit Diwas is being celebrated to mark the historic origin of the ins

Topic: For Prelims and MainsG.S. IITopics Covered: Important organizations.Context:The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the CBI is an “autonomous body” and it has no ‘control’ over the investigative agency.What’s the issue?

G.S. ITopics Covered: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.Context:The government is considering reopening the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara corridor to Pakistan this week to allow Sikh pi

GS Paper IITopics Covered: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions.Context:The Supreme Court has decided to examine questions regarding the legal jurisdiction of the special courts set up to exclusively prosec