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AIR spotlight summary on “Air Pollution – a serious health hazard”. Introduction Air pollution is again hitting the headlines with 2 reports pointing to its catastrophic effects in India. The reports have pointed out that India’s poor air quality causes 1.1 million pre mature deaths every year. Delhi and Patna are among the …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 07 March 2017 Paper 2 Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. 13th Executive Committee Meeting of the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) inaugurated The Ministry of Power, Government of India is hosting the 13th Executive Committee (ExCo) …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 07 March 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 information. …
Insights into Editorial: Bharat Stage-VI in 3 years: Race over speedbumps Summary: From April 1, all of India moves to Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) vehicular emission norms, already in place in several parts of the country. The fuel sector has said it is committed to the move, but sections of the auto …
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The Big Picture: Takeaways from India-China Strategic Dialogue The India-China relationship is one of partnership as well as of rivalry i.e. partnership in growing trade relationship and rivalry as China increases its influence in the region and uses Pakistan to checkmate India. Recently, Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar visited Beijing for the first Sino-Indian strategic …
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QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 07 March 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 …
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[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 07 March 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. STATIC Syllabus Timetable General Studies – 1; Topic : Salient features of world’s physical geography. 1) Examine how climate change is affecting rainforests such as Amazon rainforests in South America. (200 Words) Goh Cheng Leong, Chapter 15 Reference …
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Topic: Ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; 9) In Digital India, every policy decision about the Internet affects the rights of citizens. Examine the legal and ethical issues involved in recent Internet shutdowns in India. (150 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Indian economic growth and development 8) Differentiate between food inflation and core inflation. Discuss the trends in these inflations as revealed in the recent Economic Survey. (200 Words) The Economic Survey 2016-2017, Chapter 8
Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life 7) What is Li-Fi. Discuss its advantages over Wi-Fi and its potential in India. (200 Words) Livemint
Topic: Resource mobilization 6) Of nearly 127 crore Indians, only 2.6 crore pay income tax. Do you think other Indians evade paying taxes? Critically analyse, especially by comparing with global scenario. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Indian economic growth and development 5) What do you understand by Gross Value Added (GVA)? How is it different from GDP? Critically examine how recent demonetization has affected economic growth in India. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections 4) What are the objectives of Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan? Also a write a note on the ‘Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index’. (200 Words) The Economic Survey 2016-2017, Chapter 8
Topic: India and its neighborhood- relations. 3) Write a brief note on the controversy over the Tawang area between India and China. Do you think China’s objections to India’s decision of allowing Dalai Lama’s visit to Tawang is justified? Critically comment. (200 Words) The Hindu Livemint
Topic: Formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity 2) Write a critical note on party and election financing in India and suggest reforms. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic : Salient features of world’s physical geography. 1) Examine how climate change is affecting rainforests such as Amazon rainforests in South America. (200 Words) Goh Cheng Leong, Chapter 15 Reference
