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It is targeted at UPSC – Prelims & Mains.

Daily articles are provided in the form of

Question and Answers

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And interesting to read.

Providing precise information that can

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INDIAN EXPRESS - IE

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TIMES OF INDIA - TOI

INDEX

Essay Paper

1. The Taliban movement has changed to co-operation…….…….03

GS 1

History & Anthropology Optional (GS 6 - Paper I)

1. Archeologists work from home……………………………………….…..04

GS 3

Environment

1. Payment Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) …………..…06

Snippets

GS 2

International Relations

1. Global Vaccine Alliance Gavi ……………….……………….……………..07

GS 3

Economic Development

1. Foreign flows into equity market………………………………………..07

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Essay Paper

Editorial

Q – Analyze how the Taliban movement has changed to co-

operation? And its effect on the course of Intra-afghan dialogues?

INTRO = The Taliban movement has changed. There are multiple

reasons for that. First and foremost, the Taliban has had enough

time to learn from its mistakes. As we can see, it has abandoned

some radical and jihadist principles. For instance, the Taliban now

underlines that it is interested in maintaining constructive and good

neighbourhood relations with all regional countries. The recent

statement by the Taliban spokesman about non-interference in the

internal affairs of other States issued with respect to the fake

publications about the Taliban supporting Pakistan’s position on

Kashmir is a good example.

Regarding India - The Taliban sending feelers that they want to

open a channel of communication with India, and even signalling

that they are willing to accept Kashmir as India's internal affair, is a

good start for Indo-Afghan Co-operation.

Afghanistan appears to have reached another turning point, with

the impending withdrawal of U.S. forces along with the likelihood of

an intra-Afghan reconciliation dialogue.

The main prerequisite for a successful intra-Afghan dialogue is the

willingness of the warring parties to negotiate with a view to

bringing lasting peace to Afghanistan. However, there are two

major obstacles at the moment impeding the launch of the intra-

Afghan talks: completion of the prisoner exchange and

establishment of a negotiating team by Kabul, by releasing 5,000

Taliban detainees for 1,000 soldiers and establish a negotiating

team that the Taliban will be willing to engage in a dialogue with.

However, New Delhi’s policy of avoiding any engagement with

the Taliban has had its day, especially in view of the upcoming

launch of intra-Afghan talks and eventual transformation of the

Taliban movement into an influential legal political force in

Afghanistan.

Thus, its imperative to believe that all these facts fall within the

policy of good neighbourhood relations proclaimed by the

Taliban. With little that it is a tactical manoeuver; rather, it is a

strategic vision. In this regard, a note that the Taliban leader,

Hibatullah Akhundzada, clearly indicated in his message on the

occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr the Taliban’s

willingness to strengthen constructive relations with all regional

countries – is a strong message to show willingness for peace.

GS 1

History & Anthropology Optional (GS 6 - Paper I)

Q – Explain how archeologists worked from home during the

lockdown?

BACKGROUND = The coronavirus pandemic has stopped

archaeologists from going to dig at sites, but not a U.K.-based

team from continuing its research. Equipped with airborne survey

data, a team of volunteers, locked down in their homes, sat and

analysed thousands of images derived from Light Detection and

Ranging (LiDAR) data.

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In this method, commonly used by geologists and surveyors to make

high-resolution maps, laser light is used to survey a site and its

reflection is measured with a sensor.

Findings Include –

The team has found parts of two Roman roads, around 30

prehistoric or Roman large embanked settlement enclosures, locate

about 20 prehistoric burial mounds, remains of hundreds of

medieval farms, and a few quarries.

One can remove the vegetation and buildings from the map and

take a closer look at the land surfaces.

‘Lockdown Landscapes’

The team is currently studying the Tamar Valley, a rich archaeological landscape with many sites belonging to the Iron Age and Roman era – called Calstock. The team has planned to extend the study to other areas like Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor, Plymouth and Barnstaple — about 4,000 sq. km. in all.

Immense potential

Prof. Ritvik Balvally from the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, added that the technology had immense potential for India.

“Though LiDAR has been used for agriculture and geology-related applications, our country has still not used it in archaeology to the best of my knowledge. The problem is that the data needs to be bought and processed by experts. Also, they might be expensive.”

He added that he would like to use LiDAR to explore the Saurashtra temple city named Ghumli, which was the capital of the Saindhava empire. He explained that the site was located in Barda hills and there were many temples atop it that could be explored.

LiDAR will also help in understanding domestic architecture, and defensive architecture like moats and fortifications in the area. We can even look at the hydrology and water management systems in greater detail, all of which is probably under dense vegetation. Remote sensing techniques such as LiDAR would be time saving and most useful in this regard.

GS 3

Technology

Q – What is Payment Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF)

and how does it boost payment infrastructure in India?

BACKGROUND = The RBI has created a 500 Crore - Payments

Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) to encourage acquirers to

deploy Points of Sale (PoS) infrastructure — both physical and

digital modes — in tier-3 to tier-6 centers and north eastern

states.

RBI will make an initial contribution of 250 crore to the PIDF,

covering half of the fund, while the remaining contribution will be

from card-issuing banks and card networks operating in the

country.

Over the years, the payments ecosystem in the country has

evolved with a wide range of options such as bank accounts,

mobile phones, cards, etc. To provide further fillip to digitisation

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of payment systems, it is necessary to give impetus to acceptance

infrastructure across the country, more so in under-served areas.

The PIDF will be governed through an Advisory Council and

managed and administered by RBI.

Snippets

GS 2

International Relations

Global Vaccine Alliance Gavi – gets $8.8Billion funding

More than 50 countries took part to help immunisation

programmes disrupted by coronavirus, prompting calls for global

cooperation to ensure a potential COVID-19 vaccine is available to

all.

Gavi also launched a new initiative to purchase potential COVID-19

vaccines, scale-up production and support delivery to developing

nations, which raised $567 million in seed money.

For Prelims –

Seed Money = money allocated to initiate a project.

GS 3

Economic Development

Massive Foreign flows into equity market.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth ₹20,814

crore in just five trading sessions in the current month. This is

the highest in any month of 2020, with the previous high

registered in May at 14,569 crore.

two corporate events saw major participation by FPIs – such as

RIL’s rights issue, and Uday Kotak selling 2.83% stake in Kotak

Mahindra Bank.

Add to these two events, the broader benchmark Nifty saw a

breakout and added over 4.5% since the close on May 29. The

current rally has seen money flow into sectors like automobiles,

private banks and pharmaceuticals.

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How about this today!?

In consonance with the World Environment Day, the

Gujarat State Environment Department rechristened

itself as the Department of?

a. Environment and Sustainability

b. Elements of Nature

c. Environment and Climate Change

d. Climate Change and Sustainable development

Hey from yesterday….

Consider the following statement-

1. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public–private global

health partnership founded in 2000

2. Recently, India has pledged $15 million to Gavi, since

India understood the importance of immunisation

since it has a huge population and limited health

facilities.

3. The vaccine supply chain had been digitised and an

electronic intelligence network had been developed to

monitor the integrity of the cold chain.

4. India is also the world’s foremost producer of vaccines

and that it is fortunate to contribute to the

immunisation of about 50% of the world’s children.

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?

a. 1 alone b. 4 alone

c. 3, 4 d. All of the above

Answer: b NOTE - India is also the world’s foremost producer of vaccines and

that it is fortunate to contribute to the immunisation of about 60%

of the world’s children.

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