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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 25 April 2019 Relevant articles from pib: Paper 2: Topics covered: Issues related to health. Melamine What to study? For prelims and mains: melamine- contamination and its effects, can such bans be imposed? Context: The government has extended the ban on import of milk and its products, …
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Topics Covered: IPR related issues. Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act, 2001 What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Key features of the act and the need for protection of farmers’ rights. Context: A group of farmer organisations and civil society representatives upped the ante against PepsiCo India after …
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Topics covered: Awareness in space. EMIRATES MARS MISSION – HOPE PROBE What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Highlights, objectives and significance of the scheme. Context: UAE has started its preparations for the upcoming Mars Mission named- HOPE. Background: In July 2014, the UAE leadership announced the launch of the Emirates Mars …
Topics Covered: Awareness in space. NASA’s InSight spacecraft What to study? For prelims: Key facts on InSIght Mission. For mains: Why study mars, Objectives of the mission and its significance. Context: NASA’s Mars Lander InSight has recorded its first ‘Marsquake.’ It has recorded a quake of 2 or 2.5 magnitude which is …
Topics Covered: Issues related to health. WHO guidelines for children under 5 years of age What to study? For prelims: highlights of guidelines. For mains: need for and significance of guidelines, challenges remaining and measures needed to meet these challenges. Context: New WHO guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for …
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Topics Covered: Issues related to women. Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate. Indian Army opens vacancies for women in military police What to study? For prelims and mains: role and functions of military police and significance of involvement of women in military police. Context: In a first, the Indian Army …
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Topics Covered: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. StartupBlink’s Startup Ecosystem Ranking What to study? For prelims and mains: rankings- performance of countries, cities, challenges present and need for measures. Context: StartupBlink’s Startup Ecosystem Ranking has been released. Significance of the report: aim of this report is to feature and …
Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Dentists to practice as general physicians What to study? For prelims and mains: rationale behind the move, shortage of doctors- constraints, challenges and measures needed. Context: Niti Aayog, has agreed to a Dental Council of India proposal to allow dentists to practice as general physicians after …
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Topics covered: Issues related to health. Melamine What to study? For prelims and mains: melamine- contamination and its effects, can such bans be imposed? Context: The government has extended the ban on import of milk and its products, including chocolates, from China till laboratories at ports for testing presence of toxic chemical melamine are upgraded. …
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 25 April 2019 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz 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 services …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 18 APRIL 2019 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 into Editorial: Line of caution: On suspension of cross-LoC trade Context: the Ministry of Home Affairs announced the suspension from midnight of trade at the two designated points at Salamabad and Chakan-da-Bagh, citing concerns about “illegal weapons, narcotics and fake currency” being transported into India. The Central government’s decision to …
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[Insights Secure – 2019] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 25 April 2019 Click on EACH question to post/upload you answers. How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer? INSIGHTS NEW SECURE – 2019: YEARLONG TIMETABLE Tomorrow’s Static Topic: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Ministries and Departments of …
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Topic : Ethics and Human Interface. 7) To attach to towering moral standards and ideals in a highly immoral society is bare act stupidity. Critically analyse with examples.(250 words) Ethics by Lexicon publications. Why this question: The question is based upon the conduct of Moral behaviour and its practice in real life. A world …
Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment, climate change. 6) “Man-induced famines have become more common than the nature-induced ones.” Comment. (250 words) Reference Why this question: The article talks about the woes of helpless farmers in the arid Saurashtra region that is facing acute water crisis leading to agrarian crisis. Key …
Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development. 5) Suspension of cross LoC trade between Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) is part of a larger change in the strategy for dealing with Kashmir at the policy level. Discuss.(250 words) Indianexpress Why this question: The article discusses the effects of …
Topic: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity. 4) Discuss the recent major environmental orders taken by the Judicial wing of the country and analyse their significance in keeping a check on the decisions of …
