Subject: IR Context: As India planned to finalise jet fighter deal with Russia, U.S announced that sanctions for the purchase of Russian arms has not changed under CAATSA Concept: The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) aims at taking punitive measures against Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Title II of the Act primarily deals […]
Subject: Government organization Context: Standoff between China and India last month has brought focus on India’s nuclear capability. Concept: Strategic Forced Command (SFC), also sometimes known as Strategic Nuclear Command, forms part of India’s nuclear National Command Authority (NCA which is responsible for command and control decisions regarding India’s nuclear weapons program). It was created […]
Subject: Economy Context: The RBI has released India’s balance of payments data for the fourth quarter of financial year 2020. Findings India has attained a small current account surplus which is around 0.1 per cent of the GDP. This is largely driven by a lower trade deficit. This is a rare occurrence because since 1976-77, […]
Subject: Polity Context: Members of departmental Standing Committees of Parliament are gearing up for some tough questioning of the Central Ministries on the Covid-19 lockdown, the migrant crisis and the locusts attack. Concept: Department related Standing Committees The main objective of the standing committees is to secure more accountability of the Executive (i.e.,the Council of […]
Subject:IR Context: US State Department has announced that it would not issue visas to students enrolled in schools that are fully online in the upcoming semester. Concept: F1 visas are issued to students attending an academic program in the United States and M1 visas are for students enrolled in vocational studies. All students with active […]
Daily Prelims Topic F1 and M1 visa Parliament Committees: Finance and department related Standing Committee Trade surplus (Concepts like: Current Account, Trade deficit) Golden bigwig Strategic Forces Command CAATSA Daily Mapping South China Sea Andaman and Nicobar Islands Daily Facts Trade: India’s merchandise exports quintupled from $63.84 billion in 2003-04 to $314.40 billion […]