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Topper’s Strategy Rahul Sankanur, Rank 17 CSE-2018 Insights Core Batch and Mains Test Series Student Highest Score in Ethics paper (119) Hello Everyone, I am Rahul Sankanur. I have secured AIR 17 in UPSC CSE 18. MY optional is Anthropology. About Myself My father S.V.Sankanur is a retired Govt servant and …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 26 April 2019 Relevant articles from pib: Paper 2: Topics covered: Issues related to health. World Immunization Week 2019 What to study? For prelims: world immunisation week, what are vaccines and how do they work? For mains: significance and the need for vaccines. Context: World …
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Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers. Illegal cultivation of Bt brinjal suspected in Haryana What to study? For prelims and mains: bt crops- need, concerns, …
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Topic covered: Biotechnology related issues. DBT funds research to ‘cultivate’ meat in lab What to study? For prelims and mains: what is cultivable meat, how is it developed and the need for it? Context: The Department of Biotechnology has decided to fund the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the …
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Topics covered: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Global Talent Competitiveness Index What to study? For prelims and mains: GTCI- key findings, indicators and significance. Context: Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI) for 2019 has been released. Background: GTCI, launched in 2013, is …
Topics Covered: Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. National Housing Bank What to study? For Prelims: Role, objectives and significance of NHB, Nabard- role and objectives. For mains: divestment- meaning, need and significance. Context: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sold its entire stakes in the National Bank for Agriculture …
Topics covered: Issues related to health. World Immunization Week 2019 What to study? For prelims: world immunisation week, what are vaccines and how do they work? For mains: significance and the need for vaccines. Context: World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of April month. The week aims to promote …
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Insights into Editorial: Easter Sunday bombings: Why Sri Lanka? Context: A series of coordinated attacks on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka shattered the peace in a country that has suffered a long history of sectarian tensions. During a decades-long civil war, which ended in 2009, the primary fault line in …
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[Insights Secure – 2019] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 26 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 : Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions. 7) “There is no virtue without risk-taking.” Do you agree that by simply doing your job and contributing to the economy in the form of output, you’ll be doing your bit to the country’s development? Explain in the context of the statement .(250 words) …
Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment 6) Critically analyse the impact of carbon forestry projects such as REDD+ or the Green India Mission that are based on the neo-liberal principles of privatisation commoditisation, and marketisation on the rights and livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. (250 words) epw Why this question: The article …
Topic: Infrastructure: Energy. 5) Amidst global dynamics surrounding Oil rich countries, India is witnessing a continuous non- secular rise in the price of the commodity. Critically analyse and suggest what should be India’s way forward? (250 words) The hindu Why this question: The question is amidst the growing uncertainty of Oil imports for India amidst …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 4) Evaluate the success of government’s urban development programme of Smart cities mission. Do you think there is much change in the approach of carrying out of the programme? Recommend what more needs to be done …
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. 3) Rising media has facilitated the drawing together of people in tight networks of like-mindedness in the context of recent Lok Sabha elections, evaluate the pros and …
Topic : Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health. 2) India’s health system faces multipronged challenges, with most alarming one being acute shortage of doctors, discuss what are the constraints and challenges involved and what measures should be taken to combat this issue?(250 words) NewIndianexpress Why this question: Recently Niti …
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. 1) Do you think the CJI enjoys unquestioned authority over allocation of judicial work and over selection of Benches, even in cases where a conflict of interest …
