QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 27 September 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: 27 September 2019 Table of contents: GS Paper 2: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban. National Population Register (NPR). Quad countries. World Tourism Day 2019. GS Paper 3: PM- KISAN. High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HTPEM) technology. Project NETRA. Forest-PLUS 2.0. IPCC report on oceans. GS Paper 4: Voluntary code …
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GS Paper 4: Voluntary Code of Ethics Context: Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on behalf of its members has agreed to observe the “Voluntary Code of Ethics” during all future elections. IAMAI has assured the Election Commission that the platforms will cooperate in ensuring the conduct of free and fair …
New IPCC report warns of dire threat to oceans The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report- ‘Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’. The report underlines the dire changes taking place in oceans, glaciers and ice-deposits on land and sea. It was prepared following an IPCC Panel decision …
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Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Forest-PLUS 2.0 What to study? For Prelims and mains: Key features and significance of the programme. Context: US Agency for International Development (USAID) and India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) have launched Forest-PLUS 2.0. What is it? Forest-PLUS is a five-year programme initiated in …
Topics Covered: Indigenization of technology and developing new technology. Project NETRA What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Key features and significance of the project. Context: ISRO has initiated ‘Project NETRA’ – an early warning system in space to detect debris and other hazards to Indian satellites. What is Project NETRA …
Topics Covered: Indigenization of technology and developing new technology. High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (HTPEM) technology What to study? For Prelims: About fuel cells and HTPEM technology. For Mains: Significance and application of the technology. Context: India’s first indigenously developed high-temperature based Fuel Cell System was recently introduced. It is a 5.0 kW fuel cell system that generates power …
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Topics Covered: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing. PM – KISAN scheme What to study? For Prelims: Key Features of the scheme. For Mains: Significance, relevance and need for …
Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. World Tourism Day 2019 What to study? For Prelims: WTD- theme, objectives and significance, About UNWTO. For Mains: Tourism industry- Significance, scope, challenges in development and ways to address them. Context: This day is commemorated each year on 27 September, with …
Topics covered: India and its neighbourhood- relations. Quad countries What to study? For Prelims: Members of the Quad grouping, countries in the Indian ocean region, Chinese military bases. For Mains: The Quad grouping- features, significance, concerns and potential. Context: Foreign ministers of the Quad countries – India, US, Australia and Japan – met …
Topics covered: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. National Population Register (NPR) What to study? For prelims and mains: NPR- features, composition and uses. Context: Government has revived National Population Register project at a time when National Register of Citizens has been published in Assam. …
Topics Covered: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban What to study? For Prelims: PMAY- Urban- key features. For Mains: …
SYNOPSIS: UPSC Civil Services Mains General Studies Paper – 2 (Answers to All GS-2 Questions Included) The PDF attached below has model answers for the General Studies Paper – 2 of recently concluded UPSC civil services Mains 2019 exam. These answers are indicative answers that show what type of arguments and examples should be included …
RSTV: THE BIG PICTURE- PoK: THE UNFINISHED AGENDA Introduction: Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) belongs to India, which expects to gain physical control over the region one day, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said against the backdrop of heightened tensions with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. Terrorism is the only issue India is willing to discuss …
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[Insights Secure – 2019] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 27 September 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 General Studies – 1 Topic: Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India. 1) Power dissemination in the …
Topic: Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. 7) Why is India pushing for membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)? What are the impediments to joining the group for India? Examine.(250 words) Hindustantimes Why this question: The article discusses that China has kept India out of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group, which …
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. 6) Government has revived National Population Register project at a time when National Register of Citizens has been published in Assam. How are the two different? What kind of data …
Topic: population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies. Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. 5) Discuss in detail the issues and challenges involved in India’s waste Management system also explain in what way India’s Smart Cities Mission is creating new opportunities …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. 4) Comment on the new draft National Resource Efficiency Policy (NREP), 2019.How far does it seek to plug gaps in implementation of waste laws?(250 words) livemint Why this …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. 3) The future of news hinges on the interplay of the Press …
