Day: February 15, 2022

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[Mission 2022] INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY 15 FEBRUARY 2022

  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 …

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ModifiedElephant – a hacking group:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Cybersecurity related issues.   Context: It was recently found by an American Agency that ModifiedElephant, a hacking group, had allegedly planted incriminating evidence on the personal devices of Indian journalists, human rights activists, human rights defenders, academics and lawyers.   What is ModifiedElephant? What’s the issue? ModifiedElephant operators have been …

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Jio Platforms to provide satellite broadband services:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Developments in Science and Technology.   Context: Jio has formed a joint-venture with Luxembourg-based SES to deliver satellite broadband services across India.   How? The joint venture will use multi-orbit space networks that is a combination of GEO (geostationary equatorial orbit) and MEO (medium earth orbit) satellite constellations capable of …

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EOS-04 launch, ISRO’s first of 2022:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Awareness in space.   Context: Isro has successfully launched earth observation satellite EOS-04, two other satellites (INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD) onboard PSLV recently. It was launched from the first launch pad at the country’s only spaceport in Sriharikota – Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra Pradesh.   Significance: This is ISRO’s first …

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Why is Haryana bringing an anti-conversion law?

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.   Context: The Haryana government is set to enact legislation to prevent unlawful religious conversions. So far Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh have enacted legislations to prevent unlawful religious …

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Why has Andhra govt banned the 100-year-old play ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam’?

GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Indian Art and Culture.   Context: The Andhra Pradesh government has banned a 100-year-old play named ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam’.     What is ‘Chintamani Padya Natakam’? The play was written in 1920 by playwright Kallakuri Narayana Rao, who was also a social reformer. The play is about Chintamani, a courtesan …

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[इनसाइट्स सिक्योर MISSION – 2022] दैनिक सिविल सेवा मुख्य परीक्षा उत्तर लेखन अभ्यास: 15 फरवरी 2022

  How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer?  MISSION – 2022: YEARLONG TIMETABLE   सामान्य अध्ययन– I   विषय: भारतीय संस्कृति, जिसमें प्राचीन काल से आधुनिक काल तक के कला के रूप, साहित्य और वास्तुकला के मुख्य पहलू शामिल होंगे। 1. दिल्ली के सुल्तानों के अधीन इंडो-इस्लामिक वास्तुकला में धार्मिक एवं धर्मनिरपेक्षी …

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[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2021: Insights Current Affairs Quiz , 15 February 2022

  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 2022. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please …

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Insights into Editorial: Local job laws that raise constitutional questions

    Context: The Supreme Court of India will soon hear a petition to remove the stay on the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, or the Haryana Act, that reserves 75% of jobs in the private sector in the State for local residents.   The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act: The …

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