Insights into Editorial: Allowing for a sibling Summary: China, in October 2015, ended its one child policy. This January, China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced that there were 17.86 million births in 2016, a 7.9% increase from 2015. About 45% of babies were born to families that already had one …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 14 March 2017 Paper 3 Topic: Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money-laundering and its prevention. US regulators reject bitcoin ETF, digital currency plunges The US Securities and Exchange Commission on …
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Insights MINDMAPS: “Protecting Olive Ridley Sea Turtles” and “India-Sri Lanka Fisherman Dispute” Protecting Olive Ridley Sea Turtles India-Sri Lanka Fisherman Dispute Protecting Olive Ridley Sea Turtles India-Sri Lanka Fisherman Dispute
AIR spotlight summary on “Campaign for Open Defecation Free Nation” Introduction Swachh Bharat Mission is a very ambitious programme which was launched by the Prime Minister on 2 Oct 2014 with the aim of making India open defecation free by 2019. It also had several components like construction of household and community toilets, door …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 14 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. …
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 14 March 2017 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz Archives Clarification Quiz, 12th& 13th March, 2017: Question regarding approval given by the Union Cabinet for the acquisition by SBI of 5 associate banks – Please read the solution carefully, and go through the PIB link provided. …
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[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 14 March 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. STATIC Syllabus Timetable General Studies – 1; Topic : changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. 1) What are the different biogeographic zones/ regions of …
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Topic: Ethical issues in international relations 7) It is said that the recent removal of a sitting President in South Korea could become a model worthy of emulation elsewhere in the region. Examine why. (150 Words) The Hindu
Topic: S&T 6) What is immunotherapy? Examine recent advances made in the AIDS treatment research using immunotherapy. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation 5) In the light of recent tussle between cab aggregators and their drivers in India, do you think government should intervene? Comment. Also examine the causes of tussle between cab aggregators and their drivers. (200 Words) The …
Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interest 4) The functioning of the global economy has affected the economic and political relationship between the large and small economies, reducing and increasing the leverage exercised by the U.S. and China, respectively. In this scenario, how should India conduct its diplomacy? …
Topic : changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. 3) What do you understand by sustainability? Critically comment on the efforts being made to make societies and environment sustainable. (200 Words) ICSE Class 9 Environmental Science
Topic : changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. 2) Examine how population crisis and consumption crisis result in environmental problems and suggest remedies to fight these problems. (200 Words) ICSE Class 9 Environmental Science
Topic : changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. 1) What are the different biogeographic zones/ regions of India? Examine the ecological problems of these regions. (200 Words) ICSE Class 9 Environmental Science
