Daily Practice Sheet 7 June 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

7 June 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• New variant T478K
• Sec 301
• Consumer sentiment Index
• Chemical Convention
• Rule 80 A
• Education Index
• National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)
• ‘PRANA’
• T cell immunity

Daily data

Biodiversity

• The Worldwide Fund for Nature estimates that there has been 53% decline in wildlife species since just 1970.

Climate Change

• The UK’s Met Office, the lead center of the UN’s World Meteorological Organization, has said there is a 90% likelihood that at least one year between 2021 and 2025 will become the warmest on record. Moreover, there is a 44% chance of the temperature in that year breaching 1.5oC, the warming-cap (above pre-industrial levels) the Paris Accord holds as ideal by 2100. In any case, the current pledges of the countries party to the accord can’t limit warming to under-2oC by 2100.

Daily Constitution:

• Labour is in the concurrent list

Daily Mains Mantra

GS1: Society

1. The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act has not only criminalized sex work but also further stigmatized and pushed it underground. Comment. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Polity

1. Do you think it is time to scrap sedition law? Critically examine Supreme Court interpretation of sec 124A. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS3: Economy

1. Discuss the need for a Unified Labour Market in India. [Reference: EPW]
2. What do you understand by diversification of agriculture? Discuss its need in western India. [Reference: Indian Express, Indian Express]

GS3: Environment

1. What do you by ecosystem services? What role do they perform? [Reference: Financial Express, DownToEarth]

GS 4: Ethics

1. Is sex work morally wrong? [Reference: The Hindu]
2. What do you understand by behavior change? Discuss the dynamics of behavior change. [Reference: The Hindu]