Principle of ‘checks and balance’ under constitution of India
QUES . Do you think that the constitution of India does not accept the principle of strict separation of powers rather it is based on the principle…
Digital signature – Authentication, salient built in features and benefits
QUES . What is digital signature? What does its authentication mean? Give various salient built in features of a digital signature. UPSC 2013 GS MAINS PAPER III…
Use of Internet and social media by non-state actors
QUES . Use of Internet and social media by non-state actors for subversive activities is a major concern. How have these been misused in the recent past?…
Cloud hosting of server vis-a-vis in-house machine-based hosting
Ques . Discuss the advantage and security implications of cloud hosting of server vis-a-vis in-house machine-based hosting for government businesses. UPSC 2015 GS MAINS PAPER III HINTS:…
Potential threats of Cyber attack and security framework to prevent it
QUES . Discuss the potential threats of Cyber attack and the security framework to prevent it. UPSC 2017 MAINS GS PAPER III HINTS: Cyber attacks are becoming…
CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology
“CRISPR” (pronounced “crisper”) stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, which are the hallmark of a bacterial defense system that forms the basis for CRISPR-Cas9 genome…
DNA metabarcoding
Method that identify species from bulk sample DNA or environmental DNA via high-throughput sequencing of a DNA marker is known as DNA metabarcoding. Any gene or DNA…
Positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India
QUES . Discuss the positive and negative effects of globalization on women in India. UPSC GS MAINS 2015 PAPER I HINTS: Globalisation has social, political, economic and…
World Energy Employment (WEE) Report 2023
International Energy Agency (IEA) released the second edition of the WEE report recently. Key findings: ֍More people work in the energy sector today than in 2019, almost…
Civil war in Somalia
Created in 1960 from a former British protectorate and an Italian colony, Somalia collapsed into anarchy following the overthrow of the military regime of President Siad Barre…