Topics 1: Why cyber security has become the national agenda? Context: Increasing cyber-attacks during lockdown Sources: Niti Gov, DSCI   Topic 2: Is privatization of PSU’s the way ahead? Context: BPCL privatisation Sources: Business Line, Qrius, Economic Times

    Table Of Contents UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Multidimensional Poverty Index Herd immunity Strategic Petroleum Reserves IPOs UN resolution 1267    1. UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Subject: IR Context: In high-Level Segment of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session, Indian Prime Minister has stressed the importance of multilateralism […]

Subject: IR Context: The United Nations designated Pakistan based terror organisation Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan’s leader, Mufti Noor WaliMehsud, as a global terrorist. Concept: Article 41 of the United Nations Charter gives the Security Council the authority to use a variety of measures to enforce its decisions. The Council regularly creates subsidiary organs to support or implement […]

Subject: Economy Context: There are only 2 Initial public offerings in last 6 months in both NSE and BSE. Concept: Initial public offering is the process by which a private company can go public by sale of its stocks to general public. It could be a new, young company or an old company which decides […]

Subject: Economy Context: India and USA signed MoU to begin cooperation on operation and maintenance of strategic petroleum reserves, including exchange of information and best practices, and also discussed the possibility of India storing oil in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to increase India’s strategic oil stockpile. Concept: Government of India decided to set up […]

Subject: Science and tech Context: Recent study found that herd immunity threshold (HIT) required to prevent a resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is in excess of 50 per cent for any epidemiological setting. Concept: Herd immunity happens when so many people in a community become immune to an infectious disease that it stops the disease from spreading. This […]

Subject: Economy Context: A report “Charting pathways out of multidimensional poverty: Achieving the SDGs“ is released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). Findings: The Multidimensional poverty Index was observed in 75 countries from the East, Central and South Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, […]