Daily Practice Sheet 13 April 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

13 April 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• Sputnik 5
• NHRC
• ICLEI
• Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner/Election Commissioner:
• Refugees vs Illegal Immigrants
• One Web
• VIPIT
• New year festivals India
• India Energy Dashboard 2.0
• Small cases
• Industrial Oxygen Vs Medical oxygen

Daily Mapping

1. Somalia

Daily Data

Index of Industrial Production and CPI

• Contraction in industrial output widened to 3.6% year-on-year in February from 1.6% in the previous month
• Retail inflation in March scaled a four-month peak of 5.52%.

Unemployment

• India’s unemployment rate galloped to a 15-week high of 8.58% for the week ended April 11, largely due to a sudden 260 basis points rise in the urban unemployment rate to 9.81% over the week. (CMIE data)

Daily Mains Mantra

GS1: Modern Indian History

1. Discuss the role of women in freedom struggle of India.

GS2: International Relations

1. Rising Iran-Israel confrontation is not only a threat to the region, but it will challenge India’s foreign policy efforts as well as impact the global international environment. Comment: [Reference: The Print]
2. Discuss the challenges in India’s foreign policy in its approach to the great power triangle of Russia, China and US. [Reference: Indian Express]
3. What is UNCLOS? Discuss its objective. [Reference: The Hindu]
4. Even as the US is expected to remain India’s preeminent partner in the Indo-Pacific, France’s “resident power” status renders it to be India’s partner of choice in the Indian Ocean region. [Reference: Orfonline]