[इनसाइट्स सिक्योर MISSION – 2022] दैनिक सिविल सेवा मुख्य परीक्षा उत्तर लेखन अभ्यास: 18 मई 2022

  How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer?  MISSION – 2022: YEARLONG TIMETABLE   सामान्य अध्ययन– I   विषय: विश्व के भौतिक भूगोल की मुख्य विशेषताएँ। हमारा ग्रह पृथ्वी वायुमंडल नामक एक गैसीय परत से घिरा हुआ है, जो अपने विशिष्ट लक्षणों एवं कार्यों के साथ कई अन्य परतों में विभाजित है। …

[Mission 2022] INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY 20 MAY 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 …

What Is An Urban Heat Island?

GS Paper 3: Syllabus: Environment and Pollution related issues.   Context: Several sections of the country are experiencing extreme temperatures. Cities, in particular, are significantly hotter than rural places. The reason for this is a phenomenon known as – “urban heat island effect”.   What is an urban heat island? It’s a localised and temporary …

New Development Bank (NDB):

GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Context: New Development Bank (NDB) is setting up a regional office in Gujarat, India for funding and monitoring infrastructure projects in that country and Bangladesh.   About NDB: It is a multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, …

China – Tibet issue:

GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.   China – Tibet issue: Context: U.S. Special Coordinator on Tibet Uzra Zeya met with the ‘Sikyong’ or leader of the self-styled Central Tibetan Administration Penpa Tsering and other officials and representatives of the Tibetan community …

Pangong lake in Ladakh:

GS Paper 2: Syllabus: India and neighbourhood relations.   Context: India is closely monitoring the construction of a bridge by China on the Pangong Tso (lake) in eastern Ladakh.   What’s the issue? On the north bank, there is a PLA garrison at Kurnak fort and on the south bank at Moldo, and the distance …

GST Council’s proposals not binding on Centre, States:

GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these.   Context: The Supreme Court has upheld Gujarat High Court ruling which said the Centre cannot levy Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) on ocean freight from Indian importers.       …

SANSAD TV: PERSPECTIVE- INDIA’S INDO-PACIFIC VISION

  Introduction: The Indo-Pacific region is a vast maritime zone where the interests of many players are engaged. India’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific goes back several centuries. India has been championing the Free and Open Indo-Pacific idea and initiating forums like the Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR) and the Indo-Pacific Oceans …

SANSAD TV: THE GLOBAL DEBATE- CHINA’S DEBT -TRAP DIPLOMACY

  Introduction: Countries in India’s neighbourhood – Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal – grapple with economic challenges. Domestic factors apart, one significant reason contributing to the crisis is mounting Chinese debts. Debt-trap diplomacy: It is a term in international finance which describes a creditor country or institution extending debt to a borrowing nation partially, or solely, to increase …

SANSAD TV: COMMITTEE REPORT- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS REGIME

  Introduction: Intellectual Property Rights are the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds and are critical in fostering innovation and creativity. Hence, the rights provide the creator or innovator an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain period of time. The strengthening of IPR regime has gained …