Daily Practice Sheet 2 September 2020

On this Day

Today marks the 75^th anniversary of the Second World War ending.

Daily Prelims Topic

• Adjusted Gross Revenue
• NSA and Preventive Detention
• Sree Narayana guru
• AstroSat
• Green Term Ahead Market
• Precision medicine
• Coral reefs
• Project Insights

Daily Mapping

• Paschim Jalefa

Daily Facts

This according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2019, every hour in India

• 48 people die in accidents
• 16 die by suicide
• 1 person dies due to forces of nature (lightning, flood, heat etc)
• 50 road accidents happen in which 50 are injured and 18 die
• 3 people die from heart attack

The deadliest hours

• Most road accidents (83,097 out of 4,37,396) were reported between 6 pm and 9 pm, accounting for 19% of total road accidents.
• Most railway accidents (4,518 out of 27,987) took place between 6 am and 9 am, accounting for 16.1% of total railway accidents.

Source: TOI

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: World History

1. How was World War II different from World War I? [Reference: History Daily]
2. Why has there been no world war after World War 2?

GS 2: Governance

1. How has covid crisis worsened the hunger problem? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: IR

1. The success of India’s look east policy depends upon the economic development of the landlocked Northeast states which in turn depends upon access to Indian Ocean through Bangladesh. How far [Reference: The Diplomat, Business Line]

GS 3: Economy

1. There are mainly three elements in the Atmanirbhar package — relief, rehabilitation, and structural reforms. [Reference: Business Line]
2. Discuss the role played by ICMR in bio- medical research and public health. [Reference: Frontline]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What do you understand by truth? Discuss its significance in public life and democracy? [Reference: Indian Express]
2. What do you understand by vision? Why vision is important part of leadership? [Reference: Indian Express]