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Insights Daily Current Events, 13 June 2015 ARCHIVES India’s only double coconut tree artificially pollinated Recently, scientists at the Indian Botanical Garden in West Bengal’s Howrah district have carried out artificial pollination of the only double coconut tree in India. It bears the largest seed known to science. This artificial pollination is a result of […]
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Topic: Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance 9) With examples, examine the importance of emotional intelligence for a bureaucrat. (200 Words) Reference
Topic: Awareness in the fields of bio-technology 8) Are antibiotics completely safe for humans? Discuss. (200 Words) Business Standard
Topic:Economics of Animal Rearing; Paper-1 resources 7) Critically examine India’s current deep-sea fishing policy and guidelines. (200 Words) EPW
Topic: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections. 6) “Instead of analysing the root causes of child labour, we have continued with an ostrich-like approach. An example of this is the recent proposed amendments to the Child Labour Act of 1986.” Critically examine. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests 5) It is said that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, the first of the so-called mega-regional trading blocs that are currently being negotiated, is also the most important economic integration agreement that is being negotiated since the establishment of the World […]
Topic: India’s and its neighbours; bilateral, regional and global relations 4) Do you think successive Indian governments have allowed Indo–Chinese relations to be determined by the trajectory of the US–Chinese relationship? In the light of recent related events, critically comment. (200 Words) EPW
Topic: urbanization, their problems and their remedies. 3) “For the most part, the Western definition of the smart city is spineless, if not altogether redundant in India — a mere glossing over of civic services and infrastructure.” In the light of the statement and India’s Smart City initiative, critically examine what should be the priorities for […]
Topic: Salient features of Indian Society 2) Analyse the sources on which the economic security of elderly population in India depends and how these sources can be strengthened through policy measures. (200 Words) EPW
Topic: Salient features of Indian Society; Secularism 1) Do you think as a secular state whose constitution asks its citizens to develop scientific temper as a fundamental duty, should India allow god-men to freely preach unscientific thoughts and practices to the People? Also examine how god-men cash in on people’s fears, anxieties and problems in […]
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