Daily Practice Sheet 11 December 2020
- December 11, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic
- UNSC 1267 committee
- Kathak, Kathakali, Bharatanatyam dance form
- Guru Nanak
- Adjournment sine die
- Microclimatic zones
- India’s Workplace Equality Index (IWEI)
- UN Population Award
- Anthrax disease
- Maihar Gharana
Daily Mapping
- Morocco
- Israel
Daily Facts
Environment (Council on Energy, Environment and Water’s data)
- Over 75% districts in India (home to 63.8 crore people) are hotspots of extreme climatic events like cyclone, drought, flood, heat and cold waves.
- While 250 such extreme events between 1970 and 2005, it has been more than 350 15 years since 2005.
- Frequency of flood events increased by 8 times in last 50 years.
Poverty
- According to UN estimate in 2019 number of poor in 2019 stand at 364 million (28%).
Education
- According to a UNICEF report, closure of 1.5 million schools means that 247 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary education as well as 28 million children who are attending pre-school education in Anganwadis (day-care) centres are affected.
Daily Mains Mantra
NEWSPAPER
GS1: Arts and Culture
GS2: Polity
- Examine the constitutionality and challenges of the cattle protection bill being passed by many states. [Reference: Indian Express]
- Discuss the status of Right against torture present in Indian legal framework and through Supreme Court’s interpretation time to time. [Reference: Indian Express]
GS2: International Relations
- Rising conflict of USA-Iran is a challenge for the whole world. In this context discuss Iran problem and measures to address it. [Reference: The Hindu]
GS3: Economy
- Liberal economic approach with more freedom to market in India will be effective when concerns of poorly placed workers and farmers are given due place. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]
- How the Industrial Revolution 4.0 on the back of digital technology can contribute to Atmanirbhar Bharat? [Reference: Business Line]
GS3: Environment