Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes June 2020 English Medium

Insightsonindia IAS Monthly Editorial Printed Notes June 2020 English Medium

INSIGHTS into EDITORIAL ________________ 1
GENERAL STUDIES – I __________________ 1
1. The Gandhis, Mandelas and Kings of today _1
2. Making public transport safe during COVID-
19 ___________________________________3
GENERAL STUDIES – II__________________ 6
1. Revolving door: On Manipur politics ______6
2. AP HC quashes ordinance curtailing State
Election Commissioner’s tenure____________8
3. Can online learning replace the school
classroom? ___________________________10
4. Measuring the epidemic: Publicness,
decentralisation of science and governance is
needed ______________________________14
5. Paging the private sector in the COVID fight
____________________________________16
6. Battle against Covid-19 needs to look beyond
medical measures______________________18
7. Drug abuse amidst pandemic___________20
8. A phantom called the Line of Actual Control
____________________________________23
9. Step by step: On India-China LAC stand-off 25
10. Remaining nonaligned is good advice ___27
11. Building trust: On India-Pakistan ties ____30
12. At RIC grouping, Jaishankar sends out
cryptic message to China ________________32
13. Downing the shutters: On H1-B visa halt _34
14. At the high table: On India’s U.N. Security
Council win ___________________________36
GENERAL STUDIES – III ________________ 39
1. What is the problem that monetisation is
trying to solve? ________________________39
2. Who’s afraid of monetisation of the deficit?
____________________________________41
3. It’s time for a universal basic income
programme in India ____________________44
4. Textile industry seeks govt support to stay
competitive___________________________46

5.Workforce habits: On tweaking of labour
laws_________________________________48
6. A right time to shift pharma gears _______50
7. Space tech start-ups need more government
nurturing, resources____________________53
8. Embracing alternative protein __________55
9. Flattening the climate curve____________58
GENERAL STUDIES – IV_________________60
Suicide, the epidemic we are overlooking ___60
RSTV/LSTV/AIR SYNOPSIS _______________64
GENERAL STUDIES – I __________________64
1. Life after Corona- Social Impact _________64
2. Say No to child marriage ______________66
3. Water: Leaving no one behind __________68
4. Annular Solar Eclipse _________________70
GENERAL STUDIES – II _________________73
1. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and
Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019_____73
2. India fights back- effect on children______75
3. Fight Against Malnutrition _____________77
4. World Health Assembly Resolution ______80
5. International Court of Justice___________82
6. Vatican summit on Sexual abuse ________84
7. Quad-plus diplomacy _________________85
8. The Afghanistan puzzle & India _________88
9. India- Vietnam connections ____________90
10. Hong Kong National Security Law ______92
GENERAL STUDIES – III _________________93
1. Bad Bank___________________________ 93
2. Data: The New Gold __________________95
3. HIV: New hope ______________________97
4. Biodiversity: Warning bells_____________99
5. Melting of Himalayan glaciers _________101
6. Tackling Radicalism__________________103
UPSC IAS ESSAY WRITING CHALLENGES____105