There were many current affairs questions in the UPSC civil services Prelims exam 2016. We expect the same trend to continue this year too. However, one must give equal weightage to both static and dynamic component of prelims syllabus during their preparation. We are already covering static and current affairs part extensively in our test …
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 22 March 2017 Paper 2 Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. BIMSTEC meet to focus on terror India recently hosted the meeting of the national security advisers and security chiefs of BIMSTEC countries here on Tuesday, taking the …
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Insights into Editorial: What goes around must come around Summary: Wastewater management across the globe receives too little social or political attention. It is often ignored or sidelined. In this regard, the 2017 United Nations’ Water Development Programme’s World Water Development Report (WWDR) – Wastewater: The Untapped Resource makes clear that we can …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 22 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 …
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz – 22 March 2017 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz Archives Clarification: 19th & 20th March Quiz, Question 14 (http://www.insightsonindia.com/2017/03/21/quiz-2017-insights-current-affairs-quiz-19-20-march-2017/): Regarding the infrared-based wifi system – Statement 1 should have been better-worded. Instead of “the setup requires optical fibres for data transmission”, the sentence should have been, …
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[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 22 March 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read answers. STATIC Syllabus Timetable General Studies – 1; Topic : Poverty and developmental issues 1) How is Human Development Index calculated? Why is India not improving its rank in the Index? Examine. (200 Words) The Hindu Livemint Topic: Changes …
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Topic: Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world. 8) Discuss John Locke’s ideas and their relevance today. (150 Words) Reference
Topic: Environmental pollution 7) Discuss the technological measures and meteorological controls available to control industrial air pollution. (200 Words) ICSE Class 10 Environmental Science
Topic: Environmental pollution 6) It is said that wastewater remains an untapped resource, especially in India. What are the threats posed by untreated wastewater? What should India do to recycle wastewater and tap this resource effectively? Examine. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests 5) What are the compelling reasons for the USA to give up isolationism? What role can fora like G20 play in helping the US government to embrace multilateralism? Critically examine. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability 4) Why do you think Indian sports federations are not governed well? Discuss the steps taken to improve professionalism and efficiency of sports federations in India. (200 Words) The Hindu
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health 3) Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) observed that the Ayodhya dispute must be settled amicably through “a cordial meeting” of all parties. Critically comment on this observation and also on the justification given by the SC on this observation. (200 Words) Livemint …
Topic: Changes in critical geographical features (including waterbodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. 2) How does unusual warm weather in the Arctic affect other parts of the Earth? Examine. (200 Words) Livemint
Topic : Poverty and developmental issues 1) How is Human Development Index calculated? Why is India not improving its rank in the Index? Examine. (200 Words) The Hindu Livemint
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AIR spotlight summary on “Judicial Decisions on Pollution Crisis in Delhi”. Introduction Delhi is facing severe Air Pollution which is creating lot of health problems especially for children and elderly. There seems to be no quick solution. The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi government to come out with a common minimum programme to …
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Lok Sabha TV: Insight-Inter- State Water Disputes https://youtu.be/EH2htp_x7QI?list=PLVwSaSw61aK5rNCH2WqTYlGt_kk96vu0S India is a diverse country where many rivers run connecting two or more states and most of them are swamped with inter-state disputes. Nearly most of the major rivers of the country are inter-state rivers and their waters are pooled by two or more than …
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