Category
Everything published under Study Notes on Anantam IAS, newest first.
3454 articles
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on the Jevons Paradox. Covers William Stanley Jevons's 1865 coal observation, rebound effects, AI energy consumption, LED lighting, fuel…
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on bio-plastics. Covers the difference between bio-based and biodegradable plastics, the major types (PLA, PHA, starch, PBAT), industrial composting…
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on fog computing. Covers the architecture, fog vs cloud vs edge, fog node design, latency and bandwidth benefits, applications…
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on nanomedicine and targeted drug delivery. Covers liposomes, dendrimers, polymeric and metallic nanoparticles, the EPR effect, active vs passive…
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on the Department of Atomic Energy. Covers establishment, the Atomic Energy Commission, BARC, IGCAR, NPCIL, AERB, the three-stage programme,…
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on uranium enrichment. Covers the U-235 and U-238 isotopes, why enrichment is needed for reactors and weapons, the gas-centrifuge…
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on India's Agni missile family. Covers Agni-1 through Agni-5 and Agni-Prime, ranges, propulsion, MIRV capability, the canisterised launch system,…
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on the Greater Flamingo Sanctuary at Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu. Covers location within the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, June…
The Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) is one of the world's rarest mammals, endemic to the Western Ghats, critically endangered and locally known as…
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on Blue Dragons (Glaucus atlanticus). Covers anatomy, countershading camouflage, kleptocnidae venom storage from Portuguese man o' war, global distribution,…
UNEP Frontiers Report 2025 'The Weight of Time' on the intersection of global ageing, climate disasters, permafrost thaw and zombie microbes. UPSC GS-III pointers.
A complete UPSC GS-III explainer on the State Food Safety Index. Covers FSSAI's six-parameter methodology, the 6th edition (2023-24) rankings, Kerala's lead, the small-state…