Daily Practice Sheet 19 August 2020

  • August 19, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • NDRF vs PMCARES
  • Entity for retail payments systems.
  • Asian development bank
  • National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020
  • Job Quota
  • Information Audit
  • Parliamentary Committee
  • Red category industry
  • Asian Development Bank

Daily Facts

Urbanization:

Home to 461 million people, and generating 63 per cent of the country’s GDP, India’s cities are at the frontlines of the pandemic.

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER 

GS 2: Polity

  1. COVID exposes under investment in cities. India must rethink its approach for an inclusive, resilient future. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. National Digital Health mission has the potential to transform the healthcare sector making it inclusive and data driven, however it raises few concerns. Discuss. [Reference: Business Line, Business Line]

GS 2: International relations

  1. Discuss the relationship status between India and Nepal at present? Suggest measures to improve the ties in order to have peaceful south Asia.

GS 3: Security

  1. Covid forced lockdown and work from home has exposed information networks to cyber-attacks. Discuss the challenge of cyber security. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. Discuss the ethical debate between efficiency and privacy? Can privacy be compromised to attain efficiency?
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