UPSC CSE Key – April 8, 2022: What you need to read today

India abstains in UNGA vote that sacks Russia from rights council

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Main Examination: General Studies II: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate

Key Points to Ponder:

• United Nations Human Rights Council-Role, Vision, Mandate and Headquarters

• Know about United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

• Know about United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

• Know the difference between United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

• India abstained on a vote at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva-Why?

• New Delhi’s abstention from the vote on the UNHRC draft resolution-Fine Balance or Loyalty towards age old friend?

• What was the resolution about?

• How did India explain its vote?

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 WHAT IS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, WHOSE MEMBERSHIP RUSSIA HAS LOST

THE SECOND PAGE

Madras HC upholds 7.5% horizontal quota for govt school students in NEET

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity and Governance

Mains Examination: General Studies II: Indian Constitution

Key Points to Ponder:

• What do you understand by ‘affirmative action’ taken by the state?

• Need for Affirmative Actions for in India

• Affirmative Action given in the Constitution-Know the Articles

• ‘Positive and Negative Discrimination’-What do you understand by this expression?

• Difference between Reservation and Affirmative Action?

• Vertical Reservation and Horizontal Reservation-What do you understand by this?

• Which Article(s) in the Constitution of India contemplates Vertical and Horizontal reservation?

• Supreme Court on Saurav Yadav versus State of Uttar Pradesh 2020 and Vertical and Horizontal Reservation-Know in Detail

• How are the two categories of quotas applied together?

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 SC verdict exposes fallacy of using general category as reservation for upper castes

📍 Explained: How horizontal, vertical quotas work; what Supreme Court said

EXPRESS NETWORK

India-US 2+2 talks on April 11

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Mains Examination: General Studies II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India
and/or affecting India’s Interest

Key Points to Ponder:

• Two Plus Two (2+2) Dialogue- What is 2+2 in this context?

• 2+2 dialogue between India and the US-Know the Background

• Does India have a similar ‘2+2’ with any other country?

• How have the plans for the ‘2+2’ dialogue with the US played out so far?

• Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA), Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA)-Key Proposals

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 What India, US would have discussed in ‘2+2’ dialogue

THE EDITORIAL PAGE

BRICS for a new order

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Mains Examination: General Studies II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India
and/or affecting India’s Interest

Key Points to Ponder:

• Evolution of BRICS from Russia-China (RC) to Russia-India-China (RIC) to Brazil- Russia-India-China (BRIC) to
Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS)

• Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Economy-Key Features

• BRICS Development Bank-Key Features

• RIC (Russia-India-China) out of BRICS-Significance and Stature in World Politics?

• Why BRICS Matters?

• Ukraine-Russia War and its impact on BRICS?

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)

📍 Why BRICS Still Matters

THE IDEAS PAGE

Guilty until proved innocent

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity

Mains Examination: General Studies II: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation

Key Points to Ponder:

• Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022-Key Provisions

• Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022-What does the Bill propose?

• Article 20 of the Indian Constitution will be further diluted because of Provisions given in Criminal Procedure
(Identification) Bill, 2022-Do you Agree?

• Punitive Detention and Preventive Detention-Know the Differences

• The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 Vs Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022-Compare and Contrast

• Right to Privacy and Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022

• Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) vs Union of India and ors. 2017 and the Right to Privacy-Know in Detail

• Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill may violate the Right to Privacy as well as Equality-How?

• Law Commission of India on reformation of criminal investigation-Know about it

• Expert Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System Chaired by Dr. Justice V. S. Malimath 2003, recommendation on reforming Criminal Investigation-Know about it

• Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022-Significance

• Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022- Issues and Challenges

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022

EXPLAINED

Indonesia’s palm oil crisis

Syllabus:

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Mains Examination: General Studies III: Agriculture and transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints

Key Points to Ponder:

• Map Work-Indonesia

• Know about Palm Oil and its Uses

• Palm Oil Crisis in Indonesia-Why this Crisis?

• Palm oil Crisis and its impact on India

• India’s Import of Palm Oil-Know about it

• National Edible Oil Mission-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP)-Key Highlights

Other Important Articles Covering the same topic:

📍 The dangers of India’s palm oil push

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