Security Scan- Security Challenges 2017 As the new year unfolds, it is expected that 2017 will be a year of many uncertainties and the prevailing global strategic framework is likely to be rearranged in an unexpected manner. The more immediate trigger for such an assessment is the assumption of office by US President …
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 10 January 2016 Paper 2 Topic: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. Revamped IDF gets more donations The India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF) is set to transform the Indian landscape where people from the Indian diaspora can contribute for building infrastructure in the country. …
Continue reading “Insights Daily Current Affairs, 10 January 2016”
Insights into Editorial: Will a universal basic income work in India? Summary: The persistence of high inequality and the prospect of job losses owing to automation in the advanced world has led several advanced economies to consider the idea of a universal basic income (UBI) to guarantee their citizens a minimum level …
Continue reading “Insights into Editorial: Will a universal basic income work in India?”
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 10 January 2017 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz Archives The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles. This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil …
Continue reading “QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 10 January 2017”
SECURE SYNOPSIS: 10 January 2017 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background …
Continue reading “Insights SECURE SYNOPSIS: 10 January 2017”
Got Motivation? Shreya Kabir Topper’s interviews are so interesting, right? Inspiring and full of motivation. And when you are watching such interviews, you get all charged up with energy, right? Everything seems so possible then and you start making plans of reaching to LBSNAA. As you might be reading this motivational blog section, …
[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 10 January 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. General Studies – 1; Topic: Population 1) Sex ratio at birth (SRB) in the State of Haryana recently touched the 900-mark for the first time in almost two decades. Examine which factors have helped Haryana achieve this mark. …
Continue reading “[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 10 January 2017”
Topic: Public service values 8) Why is conflict of interest considered as unethical? Illustrate with examples. (150 Words) General
Topic: Resource mobilization 7) What is merchant discount rate (MDR)? Recently petroleum retailers to threatened to stop accepting credit and debit card payments as a protest against the decision by certain banks to levy the merchant discount rate (MDR) of up to one per cent on card payments. Examine why petroleum retailers are worried. Also comment what this issue …
Topic: Indian economy – growth & development; Prevention of money laundering 6) How effective has demonetisation, as a policy, been in achieving its stated goals? How efficiently has it been implemented? Critically examine. (200 Words) The Indian Express The New York Times
Topic: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. 5) In the light of latest data on farmer suicides compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), critically analyse causes of farmer suicides in India. (200 Words) The Indian Express
Topic: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. 4) Critically comment on the role of the Western powers and United Nations in managing the conflict in Syria. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. 3) Examine the significance of the landmark judgment of NALSA v. Union of India delivered by the Supreme Court. Also critically examine whether a recent legislation related to this landmark case does justice to the judgement delivered in this case. (200 Words) …
Topic : Powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies. 2) Currently, all opposition political parties have demanded that the Union budget, scheduled for February 1, 2017, should be postponed till polling ends on March 8. Do you think Union budget just before assembly polls, violates model code of conduct? What’s the view of Election …
Topic: Population 1) Sex ratio at birth (SRB) in the State of Haryana recently touched the 900-mark for the first time in almost two decades. Examine which factors have helped Haryana achieve this mark. (200 Words) The Hindu
The Hindu News Analysis (VIDEO): 09 January 2017
