[ UPDATE ] Free Offline Spoken English Classes for Insights IAS Students

  Dear students, This is an to update all the students who had registered for Spoken English classes Spoken English classes will be held in the offline mode in Bengaluru Centre. Classes include a variety of interactive sessions that are aligned with the UPSC Syllabus. Students who will be attending Offline Spoken English Classes in …

[ ADMISSIONS OPEN ] Integrated Prelims-cum-Mains Test Series [IPM] for UPPSC 2023

  CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD TIMETABLE    On this auspicious occasion of the Festival of Lights : Diwali, Insights IAS is glad to launch our much acclaimed IPM Test Series for UPPSC! In pursuance of our mission of further democratizing access to knowledge and resources, we take immense pride in extending …

INSIGHTS IAS WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE : 10th Oct – 15th Oct 2022

  InsightsIAS is delighted to present the 23rd edition of the Weekly Current Affairs magazine. It is, as the name suggests, a compilation of the Daily CA initiative of the preceding week. NEW UPDATE: We have edited the magazine and made it concise but relevant and to-the-point for the exam- just 30 pages of content …

[Mission 2023] INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY 26 October 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 …

Climate change amplifying health impacts

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Environmental pollution and degradation   Source: Indian Express  Directions: This Article has been taken from the Indian Express editorial. Go through it once, you can use it for value addition.   Context:  Ahead of COP27, the Lancet report has said that the continued dependence on fossil fuels is compounding the health …

A crisis is brewing in the coffee industry

GS Paper 3   Source: The Hindu  Context:  Coffee cultivation is becoming an increasingly loss-making proposition in India.   Coffee production in India More than 75% of Indian coffee production is Exported. India’s share in the global coffee market is less than 5%. The coffee community in India, comprises close to 4 lakh coffee growers, …

A renewable energy revolution, rooted in agriculture

GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Environmental Conservation   Source: The Hindu Context: The first bio-energy plant of a private company in the Sangrur district of Punjab will produce Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) from paddy straw, thus converting agricultural waste into wealth.   Benefits of CBG plant: From paddy stubble, CBG valued at ₹46 per kg as …

EDITORIAL ANALYSIS:Brexit-Britain’s challenges remain

Source: The Hindu, Indian Express, Indian Express   Prelims:Current events of international importance, Brexit, EU etc Mains GS Paper II:Bilateral, regional and global grouping involving India or affecting India’s interests etc   ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS Rishi Sunak has claimed several records this week — Britain’s first Asian Prime Minister, the youngest in two centuries, and certainly the …

Sansad TV: Bills & Acts- The Family Court Laws

      Introduction: The Family Courts Act which allows state governments to establish Family Courts. Such Courts are established to promote conciliation, and secure speedy settlement of disputes relating to marriage and family affairs. 2022 Amendment: The Family Courts (Amendment) Billwas introduced and the Bill amends the Family Courts Act, 1984.  The Act allows …

Sansad TV: 75 Years: Laws that Shaped India- The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

      Introduction: The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was passed to make the anti-corruption laws more efficacious by widening their coverage and strengthening the then-existing provisions. Public servants in India can be penalized for corruption under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 …

[MISSION 2023] Insights SECURE : Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 26 October 2022

Click on EACH question to post/upload you answers.   How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer?  MISSION – 2023: YEARLONG TIMETABLE Join IPM 4.0 to get an assured review of 2 secure answers everyday   General Studies – 1   Topic: poverty and developmental issues, 1. Government jobs remains a preferred choice for …

“I don’t want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown, offers his help. To me, the man who does that is greater than any holy man in saffron-colored robes.” -Baba Amte

Topic: Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; 7. What does this quote means to you? (150 words) “I don’t want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown, offers …

“Reason shows me that if my happiness is desirable and good, the equal happiness of any other person must be equally desirable.” ― Henry Sidgwick

Topic: Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; 6. What does this quote means to you? (150 words) “Reason shows me that if my happiness is desirable and good, the equal happiness of any other person must be equally desirable.” ― Henry Sidgwick Difficulty level: Moderate Why the …

Mangrove forests are coastal forests and critical habitats that act as nurseries and protect from coasts from erosion. Mangroves in India are getting ecologically fragile and climatically vulnerable. Analyse.

Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment 5. Mangrove forests are coastal forests and critical habitats that act as nurseries and protect from coasts from erosion. Mangroves in India are getting ecologically fragile and climatically vulnerable. Analyse. (250 words) Difficulty level: Moderate Reference: Insights on India Why the question: The question is part …