INSIGHTS IAS WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE : 19th Dec – 24th Dec 2022

  InsightsIAS is delighted to present the 33rd edition of the Weekly Current Affairs magazine. It is, as the name suggests, a compilation of the Daily CA initiative of the preceding week. Our motto at InsightsIAS has always been about simplifying UPSC exam preparation for you. This magazine will be an essential study aid – …

[MISSION 2023] RTM(Revision through MCQs)- 26 Dec 2022

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[Mission 2023] INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY 27 December 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 …

ICICI Videocon fraud – An issue of Corporate Ethics

GS Paper 4 Syllabus: Corporate Ethics   Source: Indian Express  Context: Just days after the arrest of former MD and CEO of ICICI bank, Chanda Kochhar, and her husband, Deepak Kochhar, Videocon Group Chairman Venugopal Dhoot was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his alleged involvement in the ICICI loan fraud case.    …

Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) Promotion Task Force report

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors   Source: TH  Direction: The article discusses a relatively new sector in India, the AVGC sector, and recommendations to promote the sector given its enormous growth potential.  Context: The AVGC Promotion Task Force (Chaired by I&B Secretary Apurva Chandra) report has proposed …

EDITORIAL ANALYSIS : How to improve historical thinking      

    Source: The Hindu Prelims: Ahom, Indian History Congress (IHC), SCIM-C, ARCH Mains GS Paper I: Modern Indian history from middle of eighteenth century until the present-significant events, personalities, issues etc   ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS 400th birth anniversary celebration of Ahom Army General Lachit Borphukan, Union Home Minister said: “I often hear that our history …

EDITORIAL ANALYSIS : A warship programme that must go full steam ahead

  Source: The Hindu Prelims:, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), IAC, INS Vikrant, CATOBAR, STOBAR etc Mains GS Paper II and III: Science and technology-Development and their applications and effects in everyday life etc   ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS The Indian Navy had put on hold its plans to build a second indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-2) that …

Sansad TV: Perspective- RBI: Digital Lending Rules

    Introduction: Reserve Bank of India has issued detailed guidelines for digital lending according to which digital loans must be credited directly to the bank accounts of borrowers and not through any third party. RBI also said that digital lending entities and not the borrowers should pay fees or charges payable to Lending Service …

[MISSION 2023] SECURE : Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 27 December 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: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture …

The values envisaged by the builders of independent India need to be imbibed for sustained progress of the country and to become ‘vishwaguru’. Discuss.

Topic: Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; 7. The values envisaged by the builders of independent India need to be imbibed for sustained progress of the country and to become ‘vishwaguru’. Discuss. (250 words) Difficulty level: Moderate Why the question: The question is part of the …

India needs to increase its spending on research and development, as it not only needs technological development and brilliance in various sectors ranging from defence to agriculture to manufacturing, but it desperately needs innovations that can safeguard its basic environment — land, water, and air. Analyse.

Topic: Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. 6. India needs to increase its spending on research and development, as it not only needs technological development and brilliance in various sectors ranging from defence to agriculture to manufacturing, but it desperately needs innovations that can safeguard its basic …