Daily Practice Sheet 1 May 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet
1 May 2021
Daily Prelims Topic
- Indian patent Act/WTO position on exception clause:
- Guru Teg Bahadur
- Drone deliveries of medical supplies in Telangana given nod
- Sedition law (section 124 A)
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) tests and Ct value
- People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- Soli Sorabjee
- Legal metrology
- Yudhvir Singh
- Emergency financial powers
Daily Data
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 of this distress.
Reverse migration and MGNFREGA demand
Daily Mains Mantra
GS2: Polity
- There is a growing view that the gap is increasing between the electoral power and the democratic accountability. Critically examine. [Reference: Indian Express]
- How democracy averts famines? In this context, discuss the recent controversy about curbs on media disseminating information about covid crisis. [Reference: The Hindu]
GS2: IR
- Relations between Japan and India have the biggest potential in the world. A strong Japan benefits India and a strong India benefits Japan. Discuss. [Reference: The Hindu]
GS4: Ethics
- Truth Compassion and transparency should be the basis of response to national crisis like Covid-19. [Reference: Indian Express]
- What do you understand by insensitivity? Discuss the factors behind growing insensitivity in government system towards suffering of people. [Reference: The Hindu]