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Lecture

1- Quote

2- Editorials

3- Vocabulary

4- Subjective Q

5- Current Affair Q

6- News Analysis

7- Capital & Currency

8- Prelims Focus Facts

9- Revision(Base Knowledge)

10- Maps Practice-(Q-Equatorial Guinea)

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Forest Fire


First, the basic sciences India needs to invest more widely and deeply in scientific enterprise

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, India invests about 0.8% of its GDP on research and

development, and supports 156 researchers per million of population.

Figures for China are 2%, and 1,113, respectively.

Germany standing at 2.9% and 4,363 researchers

U.S. at 2.8% and 4,231.

In 2000, China- invested only about 0.9% of its GDP on research and development,

But this was steadily ramped up and in 2010 stood at 1.71%.

India invested 0.74% in 2000, and increased this to 0.82% in 2010.

While China took it up to 2.1% in 2016, in India it came down to 0.63% in 2015.

These figures ignore the reality of what science has become in the last two decades.


ContinueRaman effect, discovered by C.V. Raman, the only Indian Nobel Laureate in Physics

Many pressing problems in science demand larger investments, including resources

, funding and human capital.

The Indian Space Research Organisation has quietly and efficiently carried out large

projects, but such projects have not been exactly welcomed in basic sciences.

India needs to invest more widely and deeply in scientific enterprise & basic sciences


An urgent prescription

India needs to shore up public sector capacity for making medicines

India is rightly acclaimed to be the pharmacy of the world, with its huge private sector

capacity for producing branded and unbranded generic drugs.

Much of this growth took place after India opted for process patenting over

product patenting in 1970.

This changed to a product patent regime in 2005, providing sufficient time for growth

of the generic drug industry in the private sector.

However, this period has also seen the decline and near disappearance of public

sector capacity for manufacture of drugs and vaccines.

That is a cause for worry

Beyond profit motive- Public sector capacity- Supply at affordable cost.


ContinueCompulsory licensing (CL) is a mechanism permitted by theTradeRelated Aspects

of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement to enable countries to issue licences

to domestic drug manufacturers to produce and affordable generic versions of lifesaving

drugs needed for meeting serious public health challenges that are of extreme urgency.

India has used the CL route previously to permit two Indian companies, Natco and

Cipla, to produce a potent anticancer drug

This enabled a 32fold reduction in the cost of the drug

Public sector capacity for manufacturing life saving drugs under a CL is the

much needed

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), which are needed for drug manufacture

(formulation), are now mostly imported from China- Makes India highly vulnerable


ContinueUse of PSUs will offer an opportunity to produce drug volumes for use in primary and

secondary care facilities as well as help in „benchmarking‟ drug costs

Effective implementation of the Ayushman Bharat initiative calls for investment

in expanding public sector capacity for producing essential drugs and APIs

This also embodies(प्रतीक) the spirit of Make in India


The French connectionsFrance Strategic Partnership launched in 1998 seems finally to

have come of age.

Two decades, both sides have gradually enhanced cooperation in diverse

fields covering civil nuclear, defence, space, counterterrorism, education,

research & development in science technology, culture, urban development,

climate change, trade and economics and peopletopeople contacts

Cooperation in space and the Indian Ocean Region

Defence cooperation with France began in the 1950s

Joint naval exercises, later christened Varuna, date back to 1983.

Cooperation in the space sector has continued since the 1960s when France helped

India set up the Sriharikota launch site


ContinueAfter the nuclear tests in May 1998 when India declared itself a nuclear weapon state,

France was the first major power to open dialogue and displayed a far greater understanding

of India‟s security compulsions compared to other countries.

It was the first P5 country to support India‟s claim for a permanent seat in an expanded

and reformed UN Security Council.

Building a partnership

With the establishment of a Strategic Dialogue, cooperation in defence, civil nuclear, s

pace, intelligence sharing and counterterrorism has grown

Nuclear field, an agreement was signed about a decade ago for building nuclear

power reactors with a total capacity of 9.6 GW

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Continuehas expressed concern about China‟s growing presence in the Indian Ocean Region.

French overseas territories in the Indian and the Pacific Oceans provide it with the second

largest exclusive economic zone globally

Mr. Macron has cleverly pitched that India should look at France as its entry point for

Europe- now with Brexit approaching

Educational links

Currently about 2,500 Indians go to France annually to pursue higher education,

compared to more than 250,000 from China.

A target has been set to raise it to 10,000 by 2020.

Knowledge Summit, where 14 MoUs between educational and scientific institutions

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Map Practice


Prelims Focus Facts-News AnalysisPage-1- Aadhaar link deadline extended indefinitely

In relief for citizens, the Supreme Court indefinitely extended the deadline for linking

Aadhaar with mobile phones and tatkal passports

and for opening bank accounts from March 31, 2018,

till the Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India

Dipak Misra, pronounces its final verdict on the validity of

the Aadhaar scheme

Relief not applicable to benefits under Section 7 of Act


Prelims Focus Facts-News AnalysisPage-1- SC shuts the door on foreign law firms

But overseas lawyers can fly in, fly out for a temporary period to give advice

Keeping India‟s legal market exclusively for Indians, the

Supreme Court onTuesday ruled that foreign law firms

or foreign lawyers cannot practise law in the country

either on the litigation or nonlitigation side.

This means overseas lawyers or firms cannot open offices in

the country, appear in courts or before any authority or

render other legal services, such as giving opinions or drafting

documents.


Prelims Focus Facts-News AnalysisPage-1-PresidentTrump fires RexTillerson

Mike Pompeo, now Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), will replace

RexTillerson as U.S. Secretary of State, President DonaldTrump announced on

Tuesday.

Mr.Trump said he disagreed with Mr.Tillerson on several issues, such as the

Iran nuclear deal


Prelims Focus Facts-News AnalysisPage-1-Rare meteorite may hold clue to life’s origin

Evidence of water-bearing minerals found in meteorite recovered from Rajasthan

A study of two meteorites,

which fell in Assam and

Rajasthan over a span of 13

hours in 2017, by the

Geological Survey of India

(GSI) has concluded that

they may contain

“significant clues to the

origins of life.”


Prelims Focus Facts-News AnalysisPostscam, RBI stops issue of LoUs

loss of over ₹1•2600 crore.

BRO starts clearing snow from Rohtang Pass

Himachal Pradesh this winter has made the

Borders Road Organisation start

snow clearing operation early in places like Rohtang

TB elimination goal advanced by five years

„India can be free of the disease by 2025

ICMR wins 2017 Kochon Prize forTB research


Last Day- Q’s- Answers…

ISA ,USD 1 trillion will be needed to achieve 1000GW of solar

power capacity by 2030

Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project, of Ratnagiri district in

Maharashtra.

GST - 101st constitutional amendment act.



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