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The Big Picture – Rising Chinese Presence in Indian Ocean China plans to increase the size of its marine core from about 20,000 to 1 lakh personnel to protect nation’s maritime lifeline and its growing interests overseas. Some of them would be stationed at ports China operates at Djibouti in the …
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AIR spotlight summary on “India-UK Bilateral Relations”. Introduction The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May is on a three day visit to India. This is the first bilateral visit of Theresa May outside Europe since she became Prime Minister. That reflects the priority which Britain attaches with India. India’s approach is that the …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 17 March 2017 Paper 2 Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. National Health Policy 2017 The National Health Policy, 2017, was recently approved by the Union Cabinet, two years after a draft copy …
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Insights into Editorial: Credibility of Electronic Voting Machines After declaration of result of the recently held General Elections to the State Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, some political parties have raised voice against the credibility of the ECI-EVMs, alleging tampering of EVMs during the said elections. However, …
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QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 17 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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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 17 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 …
[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 17 March 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. STATIC Syllabus Timetable General Studies – 1; Topic : Art and culture; Salient features of Indian society 1) Do you think the Central Board of Film Certification’s (CBFC) decision to not to issue certificate to certain movies is …
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Topic: Right to Information 9) What are the issues involved in bringing information available with the legislature and judiciary under the RTI? Critically discuss. (200 Words) Second ARC
Topic: Right to Information 8) Analyse the issues involved in effective implementation of the Right to Information Act and discuss the recommendations made by the second ARC in this regard. (200 Words) Second ARC
Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life 7) Write a note on the CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) technology, its applications and concerns raised against this technology. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Infrastructure 6) India has a dubious record of having the most road traffic accidents and fatalities in the world, barring China. Examine what measures should be taken by the government to reduce road traffic accidents and fatalities. (200 Words) The Indian Express
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, 5) Analyse the objectives and focus areas of the new National Health Policy 2017. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, 4) Recently, the government has chosen to introduce the injectable contraceptive, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) control women’s fertility. What are the merits and demerits of this step? Critically examine. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections 3) The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) is formulating a Vision 2030 document. This document is coterminous with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In your opinion, considering the hardships faced by the disabled persons in India, …
Topic: changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. 2) In your opinion, what should be done to accommodate the vagaries of the monsoon to fight drought and water scarcity in India? Examine. (200 Words) Livemint
Topic : Art and culture; Salient features of Indian society 1) Do you think the Central Board of Film Certification’s (CBFC) decision to not to issue certificate to certain movies is an assault on artistic freedom? In your opinion, how should the Indian society react to censorships by CBFC? Critically comment. (200 Words) The Hindu