Daily Practice Sheet 20 August 2020

  • August 20, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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On this Day

Indian Akshay Urja Day is celebrated on 20 August annually to raise awareness about the development of renewable energy in India. It is a campaign that is celebrated since 2004

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Guru Granth Sahib
  • National Recruitment Agency
  • Fair and Remunerative Price /MSP
  • CAMPA
  • Vaccine nationalism
  • Constitution bench

Daily Mapping

  • Mali
  • Barakah nuclear power plant
  • Sutlej, Yamuna
  • Gaza

Daily Facts

  • According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans every year and makes up about 80 per cent of all marine debris from surface waters to deep-sea sediments.
  • Cities are home to 461 million people, and generating 63 per cent of the country’s GDP
  • India accounts for about 2 per cent of motor vehicles globally, yet is responsible for more than 11 per cent of road traffic deaths.

Articles/ SC cases

  • ADM Jabalpur case(1976)
  • K. Gopalan case(1950)
  • Maneka Gandhi case(1978)
  • S. Puttaswamy case (2018)
  • KedarNath Singh (1962) case
  • Article 16, 16(2), 16(3)
  • Section 371(d)

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: Society

  1. COVID exposes under investment in cities. In this context, analyze the problems in Indian cities and suggest measures to overcome it. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Governance

  1. How social media can impact free and fair elections. Discuss with examples. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. The Madhya Pradesh government’s recent decision to reserve all government jobs for children of the state. In this context, analyze the reason behind this trend and examine the constitutional validity of such law. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: IR

  1. Discuss major irritants in India and Nepal relations. What are the steps needed to be taken to have better ties. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. What is vaccine nationalism? How it will impact the fight against Covid-19? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Environment

  1. What are the sources and causes of marine pollution? How it will affect marine ecosystem? [Reference: Indian Express]
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