Daily Practice Sheet 3 June 2020

Daily Mapping

• Silent Valley
• Kohala hydroelectric power project
• Cyclone and Mumbai 

Daily Facts

As per Commerce Ministry, India imported $467.2 billion worth of commodities between April and March 2019-2020. Of this, leather and leather products were $1.01 billion, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones were about $22.4 billion and electrical and non-electrical machinery were $37.7 billion, while machine tool imports were about $4.2 billion.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

1. Why Mumbai doesn’t receive any cyclone? Is cyclone Nisarga caused due to climate change? [Reference: IndiaToday, TOI, The Quint, Money Control]

GS 2: Governance

1. What do you understand by social vaccine? How can it be harnessed in our fight against corona pandemic? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: IR

1. What is the mandate of WHO executive body? What should be India’s priority as the chair of WHO executive body? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

1. Aatma Nirbhar Bharat should not mean import substitution of the pre -1991 era? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Internal Security

1. Law enforcement has to encounter new challenges in the post COVID. Discuss [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Science and Tech

1. What do you understand by Virtual Reality? How can it help in the post pandemic age? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 4:  Ethics

1. What do understand by animal rights? Discuss why animals should also have rights? [Reference: The Quint, Peta]
2. What do you understand by racism? [Reference: Global Times]