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  Writing an Essay – Showing who you are, on paper. – Mittali Sethi, IAS (Essay -160 marks)   Hi everyone! This will be the last in the series of articles I have written at Insights regarding preparation for Civil Services. As I leave for training in a day, deadlines are here and so, my […]

Insights MINDMAPS: “Flood Governance in India” and “India-ASEAN Relations”.   PDF Flood Governance in India India-ASEAN Relations Flood Governance in India             India-ASEAN Relations    

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 25 Aug 2017   Paper 2:   Topic: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.   Right to privacy   The Supreme Court has ruled right to privacy is intrinsic to the entire fundamental rights chapter of the Constitution. The court has held that “the right […]

Insights into Editorial: A BIT of critique   Background: Justice Dispensing System in India has come under great stress for various reasons including huge pendency of cases in various courts. The injustice is particularly egregious in commercial disputes, where cases remain pending for years. Accordingly, arbitration provides an effective and efficient alternative window for dispute […]

All India Radio New Summary A nine-judge constitution bench of Supreme Court unanimously declares ‘Right to Privacy’ a fundamental right In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court today declared the right to privacy a fundamental right under the constitution. A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar ruled that right to privacy is […]

Insights MINDMAPS:”India-China Trade Gap” and “No Detention Policy”. PDF India-China Trade Gap No Detention Policy India-China Trade Gap           No Detention Policy  

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 25 August 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read  answers.   General Studies – 1;     Topic:  Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues  1) Why did Balgangadhar Tilak give unprecedented public face to Ganesh […]

Topic: Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world. 9) Delineate ethics of Dr Radhakrishnan. (150 Words) Reference Note: Day after tomorrow there will be questions on the topic Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world. Topic: Indian thinkers and philosophers – Swami Vivekananda

Topic:  Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships   8) Examine the ethical dimensions highlighted in the historic judgement on right to privacy by the Supreme Court in its recent nine bench verdict. (150 Words) The Hindu

Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life 7) Examine how science and technology (S&T) will affect geopolitics. (200 Words) Livemint

Topic: Basics of cyber security 6) What do you understand by Data mining? Discuss the implications of making right to privacy fundamental right on data mining. (200 Words) The Indian Express

Topic:  Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure 5) Differentiate between natural right, legal right and fundamental right. Discuss the implications of recent nine bench judgement on right to privacy to sexual autonomy and Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) . (200 Words) The Indian Express The Hindu

Topic: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. 4) Discuss how the recent historic judgement by the Supreme Court on right to privacy making it a fundamental right is a culmination of series of judgements since independence. (200 Words) The Indian Express

Topic:  Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. 3) “The right to privacy is not just a common law right, not just a legal right, not just a fundamental right under the Constitution. It is a natural right inherent in every individual.” In the light of recent Supreme Court judgement […]

Topic:  Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.  2) What impact will the recent nine bench verdict by the Supreme Court on right to private issue have on the Aadhaar case, which provided the context for this important moment in Indian constitutional history? Examine. (200 Words) The Indian Express

Topic:  Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues  1) Why did Balgangadhar Tilak give unprecedented public face to Ganesh festival which was hitherto celebrated privately in Indian homes? Also comment on ecological implications of Ganesh festival. (200 Words) Reference

  SECURE SYNOPSIS: 25 AUGUST 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 […]