QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 07 April 2017

QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz –  07 April  2017 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz Archives Clarifications: Q2, 6th April 2017 (Click HERE): All the functions of the Rail Development Authority are recommendatory in nature, and not just tariff determination. None of its proposals is final unless the Railways Ministry gives its …

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 07 April 2017

  Insights Daily Current Affairs, 07 April 2017   Paper 3 Topic: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.   Multi-Modal Terminal at Sahibganj   Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation stone of the multi-modal terminal at Sahibganj, Jharkhand.     Key facts: The terminal at Sahibganj is an important component of the …

Insights into Editorial: The right to recall legislators

  Insights into Editorial: The right to recall legislators  Summary: More than five years after anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare sought empowerment of people with right to recall elected representatives, BJP MP Varun Gandhi has raised the same issue through a private members’ bill in the Lok Sabha.   Key facts: The bill has sought an …

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 06 April 2017

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 06 April 2017   Paper 2 Topic: India and its neighbourhood- relations.   MoU between India and Bangladesh The Union Cabinet has approved MoU between India and Bangladesh for fairway development of Ashuganj-Zakiganj stretch of Kushiyara river and Sirajganj-Daikhawa stretch of Jamuna river in the Indo-Bangladesh protocol route by undertaking necessary …

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 07 April 2017

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 07 April 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read  answers. STATIC Syllabus Timetable General Studies – 1; Topic: Salient features of Indian society 1) In the light of recent attacks on African nationals and northeast students, is it justifiable to label India as a racist country? Critically …

3) A majority of nations, nuclear have-nots, are now negotiating a historic United Nations treaty in New York to ban atomic weapons. Do you think it’s a futile exercise? What strong arguments do these countries possess to sign a treaty to ban nuclear weapons? Critically examine.

Topic:   Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests  3) A majority of nations, nuclear have-nots, are now negotiating a historic United Nations treaty in New York to ban atomic weapons. Do you think it’s a futile exercise? What strong arguments do these countries possess to sign a treaty to …