The Big Picture: UK begins Brexit process: Implications for India

   The Big Picture: UK begins Brexit process: Implications for India   Prime Minister Theresa May formally began Britain’s divorce from European Union recently declaring that there was no turning back. In one of the most significant steps by British leader since World War II, May notified EU Council President in a hand delivered letter …

The Big Picture: India’s World- US shadow over India-Iran relations

    The Big Picture: India’s World- US shadow over India-Iran relations   Anticipating increasing tensions between Iran and the US, the Government has apparently advised Indian firms to go slow in investments in proposed projects of Iran’s Chabahar’s free trade zone. According to a news report, there is an apprehension that India’s financial transaction …

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 15 April 2017

  Insights Daily Current Affairs, 15 April 2017   Paper 2 Topic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.   Various initiatives launched Minister on Ambedkar Jayanti   Enroute to the digital payments gaining the proportions of a …

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 15 April 2017

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 15 April 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read  answers. STATIC Syllabus Timetable General Studies – 1; Topic:  Salient features of Indian society 1) “India is intrinsically a casteist, racist and misogynist society.” Critically comment. (200 Words) EPW Topic: The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and …

6) Over the last 22 years, there have been attempts by different governments to merge state-owned oil companies to create a mega company. Does India need a giant integrated oil company? Critically examine.

Topic: Infrastructure – energy; Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth. 6) Over the last 22 years, there have been attempts by different governments to merge state-owned oil companies to create a mega company. Does India need a giant integrated oil company? Critically examine. (200 Words) EPW EPW

5) Cyber security, in the near future, will be the main component of the state’s overall national security and economic security strategies. Are citizens, organizations and public institutions ready to face challenges of cybersecurity? Critically analyse

Topic:  Basics of cybersecurity 5) Cyber security, in the near future, will be the main component of the state’s overall national security and economic security strategies. Are citizens, organizations and public institutions ready to face challenges of cybersecurity? Critically analyse. (200 Words) EPW

3) “The idea behind the extensive push for Aadhaar does not seem to be addressing the real issues confronting people, that of hunger and deprivation, but mapping them for some intangible purposes.” Critically comment

Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 3) “The idea behind the extensive push for Aadhaar does not seem to be addressing the real issues confronting people, that of hunger and deprivation, but mapping them for some intangible purposes.” Critically comment. (200 Words) Frontline