INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY- 3 September 2020

InstaLinks help you think beyond the issue but relevant to the issue from UPSC prelims and Mains exam point of view. These linkages provided in this ‘hint’ format help you frame possible questions in your mind that might arise(or an examiner might imagine) from each current event. InstaLinks also connect every issue to their static …

Special Frontier Force

Topics Covered: Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate. Special Frontier Force: Why in News? There have been reports that a Special Frontier Force (SFF) unit, referred to as Vikas Battalion, has been instrumental in occupying some key heights on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in Ladakh to thwart any occupation …

State to declare 600 acres of Aarey as reserve forest

Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. State to declare 600 acres of Aarey as reserve forest: Context: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has announced the reservation of 600 acres of Aarey land near Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) as forest, claiming it as the first instance of an extensive forest blossoming within the limits of metropolis …

Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) programme

Topics Covered: 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. Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) programme: Context: A brochure featuring Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) under the National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) programme was recently launched. …

Ban on Chinese Mobile apps

Topics Covered: Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security. Ban on Chinese Mobile apps: What? 118 mobile apps blocked. By? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. How? By invoking it’s power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act …

Global Innovation Index 2020 released

Topics Covered: 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. Global Innovation Index 2020 released: What? 13th edition of Global Innovation Index released. ·         The index is a leading reference for measuring an economy’s innovation performance. Released By? …

Mission Karmayogi- National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB)

Topics Covered: Role of civil services in a democracy. Mission Karmayogi- National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB): Context: Approved by the Union Cabinet recently. What is it? It is a New National Architecture for Civil Services Capacity Building. It is also a Comprehensive reform of the capacity building apparatus at individual, institutional and …

Sree Narayana Guru

Topics Covered: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues. Sree Narayana Guru: Context: 164th birth anniversary of Sree Narayana Guru observed on 2nd September. Who was Sree Narayana Guru? Narayana Guru (1856 – 1928) was a social reformer. He has been credited with transforming the …

[इनसाइट्स सिक्योर – 2020] दैनिक सिविल सेवा मुख्य परीक्षा उत्तर लेखन अभ्यास: 03 सितम्बर 2020

How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer?  INSIGHTS NEW SECURE – 2020: YEARLONG TIMETABLE   सामान्य अध्ययन – 1   विषय: 18वीं सदी के लगभग मध्य से लेकर वर्तमान समय तक का आधुनिक भारतीय इतिहास- महत्त्वपूर्ण घटनाएँ, व्यक्तित्व, विषय। 1. आधुनिक शिक्षा प्रणाली के प्रसार की दिशा में ब्रिटिश प्रयासों के पीछे …

Insights into Editorial: Why has Japan mooted the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative?

Context: With COVID-19 and trade tensions between China and the United States threatening supply chains or actually causing bottlenecks, Japan has mooted the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) as a trilateral approach to trade, with India and Australia as the other two partners. The initiative is at the strategy stage and has some way to …

[COMPILATION] InsightsIAS Current Affairs Quiz – August 2020

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