Category: GS 4

Syllabus – Environmental Impact Assessment (GS3)Source – The Hindu,17/10/2023 ContextTeesta dam breach in Sikkim and the recent floods and landslides…

The Theme of this year’s World Food Day(October 16) is ”Water is Life, Water is Food’ which underscores the importance of sustainable Water Management.

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus.

Gandhianism starts with the idea of      Simple living and high moral thinking.

According to Census 2011, India has 104 million older people (60+ years), constituting 8.6% of the total population. Amongst the elderly (60+), females outnumber males.

Attitude is subjective individual interpretation of objective outside world.

Utilitarianism is a tradition of ethical philosophy that is associated with Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill.

Emotion is an instinctive state of mind. A positive emotion(confidence, happiness)creates a sense of pleasantness while a negative emotion(fear, anger) creates a sense of disturbance.

Ethics correspond to the Greek word “ethos” which means character,habit, way of behaviour, etc. Morals or Morality originated from the Latin word Mos which means “custom”.

Constitutional morality refers to the adherence to the values, principles, and ideals enshrined in the constitution of a country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on the occasion of India’s 77th Independence Day.

Decision by the United States to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, as part of a new military aid package to bolster Kyiv’s war efforts against Russia, has raked up controversy.