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QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 15 August 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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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 15 August 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: 73rd Independence Day- Why India celebrates Independence Day on 15 August The call for Poorna Swaraj: In 1929, when Jawaharlal Nehru as Congress President gave the call for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ or total independence from British colonial rule, January 26 was chosen as …
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Topics covered: Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate. CBI Autonomy What to study? For Prelims and Mains: CBI- Establishment, its functioning, issues related to its autonomy and need for consent in investigations. Context: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has recommended a comprehensive legislation to make the Central Bureau of …
Topics covered: Conservation related issues. Global assessment of forest biodiversity by WWF What to study? For prelims and mains: About WWF and key findings of the report. Context: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has released the first-ever global assessment of forest biodiversity. Background: Until now, forest biodiversity had never been …
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Topics covered: Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism. Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) What to study? For prelims: Key features of the act. For mains: Issues related, why is it called a draconian law, need for reforms. Why in News? Former IAS …
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Topics covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Report of the Competition Law Review Committee submitted What to study? For prelims and mains: Competition law- features, issues and the need for review. Context: Report of the Competition Law Review Committee …
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73rd Independence Day- Why India celebrates Independence Day on 15 August The call for Poorna Swaraj: In 1929, when Jawaharlal Nehru as Congress President gave the call for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ or total independence from British colonial rule, January 26 was chosen as the Independence Day. Congress party continued to celebrate it 1930 onwards, till India attained …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 09 AUGUST 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 …
RSTV: THE BIG PICTURE- INDIA’S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN Introduction: Developmental assistance can play a major role in transforming Afghanistan, official sources said, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over funding of a “library” in the war-ravaged country. Trump took a jibe at PM Modi for funding a “library” in …
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Insights into Editorial: Rethinking water governance strategies Context: India’s ‘water crisis’ took over social media recently. That India’s cities are running out of water, coupled with Chennai’s drinking water woes, made the ‘crisis’ viral, raising questions about the quality of the discourse and choice of water governance strategies in India. Usually, a delayed monsoon or …
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Insights into Editorial: Public Sector Banks during its journey of 50 years of nationalization: Introduction: The nationalisation of banks in 1969 was a watershed moment in the history of Indian banking. From July 19 that year, 14 private banks were nationalised; another six private banks were nationalised in 1980. It is certain that one cannot …
InsightsIAS Ethics 70 Days Plan Day 40 1) What do you understand by the following terms? Explain with examples. Kindness Patriotism Prudence Distributive justice 2) What does quote means to you in the present context: “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” …
[Insights Secure – 2019] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 15 August 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: Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and …
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Topic: Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion. 7) What is the difference between social influence and persuasion? How do they influence individuals differently? Discuss.(250 words) Ethics by Lexicon publications Why this question: The question is about comparing persuasion and social …
Topic: Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with thought and behaviour; moral and political attitudes; social influence and persuasion. 6) It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are and what attitude one carries towards life. Do you agree? Substantiate.(250 words) Ethics by Lexicon publications Why this question: The …
Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. 5) “Ease of living should be the ultimate aim of the country, while ease of doing business is merely one of the pathways to achieve it.” Elucidate.(250 words) Prime minister’s speech for 73rd Independence Day from the Red fort. The …
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 4) Universities should be a place for ‘creativity’, ‘out of the box thinking’ and ‘ideological disruptions’. Comment in the light of …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 3) Will a greater centralisation of decision-making help the Ladakh region’s already-fragile terrain? Discuss in the light of recent decision of the government to transform of Ladakh into a Union Territory (UT).(250 words) The hindu Why …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 2) India needs to shift towards a Solid waste management plan alongside the existing Swachh Bharat mission and look beyond toilets. Discuss.(250 words) The hindu Why this question: In a nascent effort to look beyond toilets …
Topic: Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act 1) What is delimitation? examine its objectives and how delimitation affects the representation of the people act. (250 words) Timesnownews Why this question: Days after the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 got the nod of Parliament, the Election Commission on August 13 held an internal …
