QUIZ – 2020: INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 22 January 2020 – Economy
QUIZ – 2020: Insights Static Quiz, 22 January 2020 – Economy
Day: January 22, 2020
INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS (21 January 2020) REVISION THROUGH MCQS
Insights Current Affairs (21 January 2020) Revision Through MCQs
INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY- 22 January 2020
INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY- 22 January 2020 Table of Contents: GS Paper 1: 1. Time to care report. GS Paper 2: 1. Powers of Speaker under 10th 2. Three capitals for Andhra Pradesh. 3. National Startup Advisory Council. 4. Global Investment Trend Monitor report. 5. UN Commission on International Trade …
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Carbon Disclosure Project
Topics Covered: Conservation and pollution related issues. Carbon Disclosure Project What to study? For Prelims: Key findings and overview. For Mains: Significance, performance improvements and challenges ahead. Context: The CDP India annual report has been released by CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) India. The report examines carbon reduction activities of companies. Top 4: United States of …
Review of state and Central government water departments
Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Review of state and Central government water departments What to study? For Prelims: Key findings. For Mains: Significance and challenges highlighted. Context: Report on the review of state and Central government water departments by the ministry of Jal Shakti has been released. How are they ranked? Ranking has been done …
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Infrastructure Investment Trust
Topics Covered: Infrastructure- roadways. Infrastructure Investment Trust What to study? For Prelims: Features of InvIT. For Mains: Need for and significance of InvIT. Context: Markets regulator SEBI has put in place a framework for the rights issue of units by listed REIT and InvITs. These guidelines include: The issuer will have to disclose objects of …
Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)
Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) What to study? For prelims and mains: TMT- objectives and significance, location. Context: India, a partner in the construction of one of the largest telescopes in the world, TMT, has said it wants the project to be moved out of the proposed site at Mauna Kea, …
UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) What to study? For Prelims and Mains: UNCITRAL- objectives and functions. Context: An International Arbitration Tribunal has dismissed all claims brought against India in entirety. What’s the issue? The arbitration arose out of the cancellation of Letters of …
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Global Investment Trend Monitor report
Global Investment Trend Monitor report What to study? For Prelims: Key findings. For Mains: Improvements, challenges and ways to address them. Context: The Global Investment Trend Monitor report, compiled by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has been released. Key findings: India- specific: India was among the top 10 recipients of Foreign Direct …
National Startup Advisory Council
Topics Covered: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies. National Startup Advisory Council What to study? For Prelims and Mains: NSAC- objectives, composition and functions. Context: The Union Government has notified the structure of the National Startup Advisory Council to advice on measures needed to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startups in the …
Three capitals for Andhra Pradesh
Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Three capitals for Andhra Pradesh What to study? For Prelims: The three capitals. For Mains: Need for, challenges and what’s the way out? Context: The Andhra Pradesh Assembly has passed The Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and …
Powers of Speaker under 10th schedule
Topics Covered: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. Powers of Speaker under 10th schedule What to study? For Prelims: 10th schedule. For Mains: Need for a permanent mechanism- challenges and measures. Context: The Supreme Court has recently held that disqualification petitions under the tenth schedule should be adjudicated by a …
Time to Care report
Topics Covered: Population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies. Time to Care report What to study? For Prelims: Key findings. For Mains: Concerns highlighted and ways to address them. Context: A report titled- “Time to Care”– has been released by Oxfam International. The report Focuses on the alleviation of global …
QUIZ – 2020: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 22 January 2020
QUIZ – 2020: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 22 January 2020 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 preliminary exam 2018. It is not …
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Insights into Editorial: Redesigning India’s ailing data system
Insights into Editorial: Redesigning India’s ailing data system Introduction: The new series of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures with 2011-12 as base, released in 2015, has not gone well with analysts; the withholding of employment-unemployment data for some time and consumer expenditure data, which is not released, added to this unease. Bringing the National …
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Insights SECURE SYNOPSIS: 16 January 2020
SECURE SYNOPSIS: 16 January 2020 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 …
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[Insights Secure – 2020] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 22 January 2020
[Insights Secure – 2020] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 22 January 2020 Click on EACH question to post/upload you answers. How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer? INSIGHTS NEW SECURE – 2020: YEARLONG TIMETABLE General Studies – 1 Topic: Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India. 1. What do you …
While humans have been manipulating organisms for their benefit since at least the dawn of agriculture, and genetic editing has created a few artificial organisms in recent years, the latest research that brings “Xenobot”; world’s first living machines is the new breakthrough element. Do you agree? Debate from the ethical perspective.
Topic: Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships based Case study. 7. While humans have been manipulating organisms for their benefit since at least the dawn of agriculture, and genetic editing has created a few artificial organisms in recent years, …
Briefly elucidate upon the steps taken by India for strengthening IPR focused on technology and innovation.
Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, Nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. 6. Briefly elucidate upon the steps taken by India for …
Explain the key features of National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020 (NBDS) also discuss How can Biotechnology be used to address various issues in India?
Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, Nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. 5. Explain the key features of National Biotechnology Development Strategy …
