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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 3 February 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 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY- 17 February 2020 Table of Contents: GS Paper 1: 1. Dara Shikoh. GS Paper 2: 1. How to treat a child witness? 2. What is the National Security Act? GS Paper 3: 1. Very Large Telescope. 2. GISAT-1 — Geo Imaging Satellite. 3. Railways’ corporate …
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Topics Covered: Investment models. Railways’ corporate train model What to study? For Prelims: Features. For Mains: Need for and significance of the model. Context: The Kashi Mahakal Express is the country’s third ‘corporate’ train after the two Tejas Express trains between Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad started over the past few months. What is Corporate train model? This is …
Topics Covered: Awareness in space. GISAT-1 — Geo Imaging Satellite What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Key features and significance. Context: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing to launch GISAT-1, a new earth observation satellite, in the first week of March. It will be the first of two planned Indian EO spacecraft to …
Topics Covered: Awareness in space. Very Large Telescope What to study? For Prelims and Mains: About VLT and it’s features, what is Betelgeuse? Significance of the findings, about Orion. Context: Using the European Space Organisation’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have noticed the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star (over 20 times …
Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. What is the National Security Act? What to study? For Prelims: Key features of the act. For Mains: Criticisms and concerns over it’s misuse, need for review. Context: The NSA has repeatedly come under criticism …
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. How to treat a child witness? What to study? For Prelims: Indian laws and International Conventions in this regard. …
Topics Covered: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues. Dara Shikoh What to study? For Prelims: Legacy and other related facts, about Humayun’s tomb. For Mains: His religious tolerance and it’s significance. Why in News? The Ministry of Culture recently set up a seven-member …
RSTV: IN DEPTH- ENDANGERED SPECIES Introduction: Three endangered species from India – the Great Indian Bustard, the Asiatic elephant and the Bengal Florican – will be included in a special global list for protection under the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species. It will be done at the 13th conference of parties that will be …
QUIZ – 2020: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 17 February 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: Choice and candidacy: On crime and politics Introduction: Criminalization of politics is a vital topic to be discussed in any democratic platform. This issue is on focus every now and then. The Government and the governance system’s credibility is questioned. Sometimes the government loses its legitimacy and authenticity due to the involvement …
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[Insights Secure – 2020] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 17 February 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 world’s physical geography. 1. Discuss the concept of geomagnetism …
Topic: Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service, integrity, impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections. 7. “With the advent of the new public administration and increasing diversity in the administrative field, an administrator needs to adorn both physical and mental aptitude. “Elaborate. (250 words) Reference: Ethics …
Topic: Aptitude and foundational values for Civil Service, integrity, impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections. 6.“The virtue of integrity does not exist in isolation rather it involves several other virtues to supplement and complement it”, In the light of the above statement discuss in detail what way …
Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. 5.What are Green Buildings? Do you think innovation in green buildings can help address the carbon challenge and harness an opportunity for sustainable development? Explain. (250 words) Reference: The Hindu Why this question: The Bengaluru Smart City Limited (BSCL) has signed an MoU with CII’s Indian …
Topic: Indian Constitution– historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary. 4. The Reservation debate in India with the recent Supreme court’s pronouncement has pitted individual mobility versus …
Topic: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. . Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. 3. The United States Trade Representatives (USTR) has taken India and other countries off the developing country list. Account for in detail how this could affect Indian economy. (250 …
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. 2. “Judicial impartiality is a significant element of justice”, Elucidate in the backdrop of recusal made recently by Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar, Supreme Court judge. (250 words) …
Topic: Salient features of world’s physical geography. 1. Discuss the concept of geomagnetism and explain the impact of the recent shift in the Earth’s magnetic pole. (250 words) Reference: National Geographic Why this question: The question is from the Geography subject of GS paper I and is based on the concept of Geomagnetism. Key demand …
