Mrunal Patel's video: Ethics Case Study: IAS vs College friendship vs Rules: Daily Current Affairs:UPSC-April-13-2021

👁‍🗨💬Live Lecture: Mrunal’s Catalogue of mistakes to avoid in UPSC interviews,Night 9PM: https://unacademy.com/class/mrunals-catalogue-of-mistakes-to-avoid-in-upsc-interviews/7BXHCAHE (🔖Free unlock code “Mrunal.org”) 👁‍🗨💬Free Mock Interview Guidance program for those who cleared UPSC Mains-2020. Free unlock code “Mrunal.org”) https://mrkt.unacademy.com/the-last-mile-upsc-mock-interview Interview Mistakes - 00:00 Ethics: Friendship with perverts - 02:32 Polity News - 05:41 Interview Hobby: Movies - 10:53 IR/Defense - 12:13 Raisina Dialogue - 15:29 Economy - 17:33 ⏩ Ethics GSM4☯️ → Friendship: Consequence of putting friendship above institutional rules: Nirma University student Pallav shares Zoom lecture link with non-university friend Himanshu for education / learning purpose. Himanshu logs in with fake name "Faizaan Bakshi” and engages in Zoom-bombing disrupting the live class by showing pornographic images & obscene videos→ girl students send complaints to National Commission for Women → Police search begins → Himanshu fled to Canada. But Police arrested Niram Student Pallav for sharing the lecture link with unauthorised person. ⏩ Polity⚖️ → ⚾️📻⚾️🎓✋Election: Election Commission of India imposes 24 hours ban on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for provocative remarks against Central armed police forces -And instigating women to do gherao of CAPF while other villagers went to vote. → Rajya Sabha: 2021-April: 3 seats fell vacant from Kerala, before the starting of Kerala State Assembly Elections. Kerala Vidhan Sabha election result in May 2021. So, Election Commission did not organise the polls for Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala thinking 1) Vidhan Sabha election held on April 6 so past MLAs should not get chance to vote in Rajya Sabha election because people's will may have changed 2) Corona. Now Kerala HC ordered them to do it before next Vidhan Sabha because 1) it is up to the Commission to fix the schedule of election would not mean that the Commission can fix any date. It is incumbent on the Commissioner to act fairly and legally 2) Election can be postponed if only any law-and-order situation or any practical impossibility. → SUSHIL CHANDRA was appointed the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) replacing Sunil Arora. SUSHIL CHANDRA is the second Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer to become CEC. → SC petition seeking deletion of 26 verses from the Quran which justified violence against non-Muslims”. SC dismissed the petition terming it absolutely frivolous and also imposed ₹50000 fine. ⏩ Science🧪 → Vaccine: Sputnik-V (Efficacy 92%) Russian Vaccine developed by Gamaleya National Research Institute Moscow Becomes the third vaccine to get approval in India after Covishield (Efficacy 51%, Serum Institute of India), and Covaxin (Efficacy 81%, Bharat Biotech). Sputnik's Indian manufacturer Hyderabad based Dr Reddy laboratory In collaboration between Russian direct investment fund RDIF. Storage: The vaccine has to be stored at minus 18°C in liquid form, but its lyophilized (freeze dried)form can be stored at 2°C to 8°C. It uses two different virus that causes common cold (adenovirus) in humans. Gap between two shots 21 days. Cost around 750 Rupees per shot. ⏩ IR/Defense🔫 → 1950s: Mao signed Treaty of alliance with Russia and fought against USA on Korean War. 1969: Russia China border conflict, Relationship turned sour. 1971: Mao Ping Pong diplomacy with USA. 2021: USA imposed sanctions on both Russia and China so now they are again shaking hands. Lesson? In diplomacy, there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. India should keep in mind this great power triangle between Russia China and USA (Column C.Rajamohan) → Shantir Ogrosena exercise: 10-day long Military exercise in Bangladesh in which troops from India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh participated, had observers from the USA, UK, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Singapore. → Raisina Dialogue: organised by the MEA and the think tank ORF (Observer Research Foundation) for lecture/debate of eminent persons for geopolitics and geo-economics. Usually done at Delhi but Corona-2021: PM to inaugurate the VIRTUAL summit. Babu-Shonas (Especially those with IFS as first preference) advised not to waste time Watching its YouTube videos. Complete the Prelim & Mains exam syllabus first. ⏩ Economy💳 → ⚾️📻⚾️🎓✋SEBI Fines Yes bank for AT1 Bond Case (explained in Mrunal's Win20 Free economy lecture series) → ⚾️📻⚾️🎓✋ IF Insolvency bankruptcy code resolution process has started then other courts can't attach the property under Prevention of money laundering act (PMLA)- says National Company Law appellate Tribunal. ⏩ PIN-GK🏋️ → Nomadland” filmmaker Chloe Zhao became only the second woman, and the first woman of color, to win the BAFTA for best director, → Death: I A Rehman: Pakistani human right advocate, original born in Haryana (1930) → Hideki Matsuyama: First Japanese golfer to win Augusta Masters and green jacket