General Studies – 1 Women as elector and elected representative Women have been a mainstay of Banerjee’s support base in past elections; and analysis of the 2021 verdict suggests that 50 per cent women voted for Trinamool Congress compared to 37 per cent support for the BJP (Lokniti-CSDS). In these elections, for instance, […]

    General Studies – 1 Mental health According to the National Mental Health Survey 2015-16, close to 150 million Indians were in need of mental healthcare support Not only does India lack in resources (one psychiatrist for 1 lakh patients) and budgetary allocations, society has not yet developed a vocabulary that allows an articulation […]

    Daily Prelims Notes 18 October 2021 Table Of Contents Kew Declaration Recovery in Employment China’s hypersonic glide vehicle test Structural problems fuelling the coal crisis Higher tariff value on edible oils Oil Seeds WTO Ministerial Conference Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) Bond yields trend higher despite softer inflation One-Health IMF Quota Firm to monetise […]

    Yudh Abhyas 2021 Subject – Defence and Security Context – India, U.S. militaries match skills in Alaska Concept – The 17th edition of the India-U.S. bilateral exercise, YudhAbhyas 2021, got under way at the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska, U.S. Exercise YudhAbhyas is the largest running joint military training and defence cooperation endeavour […]