Daily Practice Sheet 22 July 2020

  • July 22, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  1. Winter and covid
  2. What are Serological surveys and why are they important?

NCDC:

  1. Fundamental Rights of Police vs Citizens
  2. What is IT Form 26 AS
  3. Extended Producer responsibility
  4. Record Temperature in Verkhoyansk?
  5. One health
  6. Role of Bats in agriculture
  7. Thavil, Talam, Mridangam, flute and Veena players and Bharatanatyam.
  8. N 95 respirator
  9. Asteroid 2020 ND
  10. Repurposed medicines
  11. Compulsory licensing section 92

 

Daily Mapping

  • Kongka Pass 

Daily Facts

Digital Divide:

  • As per The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020 by GSMA, 42 per cent of women and 31 per cent men who did not have a mobile phone in India reported that the main reason for this was the cost of the handset.While 79 per cent men own a mobile phone in the country, the number for women is 63 per cent.
  • The gender gap in mobile internet users is a huge 50 per cent.
  • Urban areas have over 104 internet subscriptions per 100 people (many have dual sim cards with internet connectivity), while the figure for rural areas is a little over 27. 

Daily Mains Mantra

LAQSHYA-2021

  1. Examine the causes responsible for the 1857 revolt. Can we call it as first was of independence. [Reference: Hindustan Times]

OPTIMA 2020

  1. Critically examine implementation of FRBM Act focusing on escape clause. [Reference: Business Line]

NEWSPAPER

GS 2: Governance

  1. What do you understand by digital divide? How big is digital divide in India? Examine measures taken by government to bridge this digital divide.
  2. Critically examine Non Personal Data Committee data governance framework. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Examine the challenges faced by state discoms. Examine the draft amendments to Electricity Acts in this context. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. It is time agriculture policymaking shifts from food security to nutritional security. Comment [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Science

  1. What do you understand by the concept of “One health”? Why it has become very important now? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you understand by public interest?
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