The Hindu News Analysis || 17th, 18th and 19th May 2021 || Current Affairs || Prelims 2021 & Mains
Channel: Shankar IAS Academy
Date: 2021-05-19

In this video, we have discussed the essential news articles from different editions of "The Hindu" News Paper. This video decodes relevance of each article by comprehensively linking with UPSC syllabus, background for the article, present context, and 360-degree analysis of each article for UPSC Prelims and Mains dimensions. 

At the end of the video, a Practice-cum-Revision session on UPSC Previous/Model MCQs is available, and Model/Previous Mains Questions are discussed/given for your practice.

17th May 2021
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18th May 2021
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19th May 2021
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►►Introduction - 0:00
►►List of Topics - 0:43
►►Time-Stamping of news articles:
𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
1. Past year Preliminary Questions Session (Critical Tiger Habitats, Zero Tillage, Solar pumps) - 0:50
2. UN calls for end to violence in Gaza– (About UNSC, membership, functions and power) - 9:06
3. The road from Ladakh is paved with disruptions (About Vaccine diplomacy, Vaccine Maitri program and current issues in India-China-pakistan relationship) - 12:11
4. Restructuring the tribunal system (About Indian tribunal system, its constitutional provisions, the recent tribunal ordinance 2021 and covered finance act 2017, also about national tribunals commission) - 18:29
5. Shahid Jameel quits INSACOG Advisory panel (About INSACOG network, agencies associated with it and its purpose) - 23:39
6. It is getting bad to worse for women worker (Facts from state of working India- One year of COVID 19, National employment policy) - 25:55
7. TruJet to get Rs. 20 Crore as Viability Gap Funding (About Viability Gap Funding, Sub schemes of it, UDAN scheme) - 30:57
8. Prelims Practice Questions - 34:51
9. Mains Practice Questions - 41:54
𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
1. Past year question (Biochar, Cultural history of India, Eco-friendly agriculture) - 42:19
2. ICMR drops plasma therapy from COVID treatment norms (Convalescent plasma therapy, active and passive immunization) - 47:17
3. DRDO’s drug launched for emergency use (2DG, new drug approved) - 50:04
4. Unwarranted arrest (Sedition, section 124 A) - 53:06
5. No learning from the Spanish flu (Pandemics of world, Spanish flu, peak) - 57:42
6. Is India’s Palestine policy evolving? (Palestine and India relations) - 1:01:18
7. Comments and Clarification - 1:05:57
8. Practice Prelims questions - 1:07:36
9. Practice Mains questions - 1:09:25
𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
1. Past year Preliminary Questions Session (Drones, Fort William College) - 1:09:51
2. Delete and control (Editorial) (Convalescent plasma therapy (CPT), E484K mutation, Escape Mutation) - 1:14:54
3. Sputnik V to be manufactured in Dharwad (Sputnik V, Vaccines, Adenoviruses, viral vector vaccines) - 1:19:44
4. ‘U.S. against militarisation of the Arctic’ (Arctic council, Permanent participants, Observer status, Chairmanship) - 1:23:08
5. Stormy start (Editorial) (Cyclone warning system in India, Four stages in Cyclone warning) - 1:25:28
6. Tracking the pandemic’s rural march (Editorial) (Covid pandemic, Second wave, Rural healthcare system, Rural Health Statistics, Private healthcare providers) - 1:29:50
7. Prelims Practice Questions - 1:37:25
8. Mains Practice Questions - 1:39:10

Important topics such as #PreviousYrQns #SputnikV #CPT #ConvalescentPlasmaTherapy #Tauktae #Drones #Arctic #Arcticcouncil #Vaccine #Secondwave #ICMR #IMD #Adenovirus #PreviousYrQns #UNSC #Ladakh #VaccineMaitri #Article323B #NTC #INSACOG #SARS-CoV-2 #NationalEmployementPolicy #ViabilityGapFunding #TruJet #UDAN #2DG #Sputnik #Israelpolicy #passiveimmunization #Pandemic #Biochar #Culturalhistory  are vividly discussed in UPSC Civil Services Exam Perspective in this video, with a special Practice cum Revision session in the end. 

Link for daily ‘The Hindu’ news analysis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPiW7xDrJhw&list=PLolj3WrQmJe6eQA2s1SujU_WfN947VEFQ