[Ep-17]Fear cuts deeper than Swords | In the Spotlight: FEAR | Conquer your fear of the UPSC exam! | A Little More Light Podcast

Episode out now! Watch it here:   “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” Ralph Waldo Emerson   Dear Student,   There are just 89 days left for May 28th!   What is the first emotion that you feel when you think of UPSC PRELIMS? FEAR or excitement? We hope …

[ REGISTRATIONS OPEN ] SCHOLARSHIP TEST for IPM-2024(Integrated Prelims-cum-Mains) TEST SERIES on 5th March 2023

    REGISTER HERE FOR SCHOLARSHIP TEST   Dear student, Welcome to Insights IAS – an institute that has been at the forefront of UPSC Civil Services Preparation since its inception, pioneering online learning and several other offline initiatives. Today, we are thrilled to present to you our highly anticipated Integrated Prelims-cum-Mains Test Series (IPM) …

Sansad TV: The Defenders- Growing Defence Exports

    Introduction: Defence experts share their views on growing defence exports. Schemes like Make in India, strong policy initiatives and comprehensive & integrated approach towards indigenisation are the reasons behind growing defence exports. Status of exports: From 2016-17 to 2018-19, the country’s defence exports have increased from ₹1,521 crore to ₹10,745 crore, a staggering …

Sansad TV: Perspective- Addressing Citizens’ Grievances

    Introduction: Centre Govt notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2022, making it mandatory for social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, etc. to comply by the provisions of the Constitution of India. The tweaked IT rules have also paved way for setting up of …

Sansad TV: Acts and Facts- National Food Security Act, 2013

    Introduction: As passed by the Parliament, Government has notified the National Food Security Act, 2013 on 10th September, 2013 with the objective to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with …

EDITORIAL ANALYSIS : Smoke signals from the renewable energy sphere

  Source: The Hindu Prelims: Current events of international importance, renewable energy, solar cook-stove, G20, GCF etc Mains GS Paper III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment etc ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS The Prime Minister launched the Indian Oil Corporation’s patented solar cook-stove at the India Energy Week 2023 (as part of the G-20 calendar …

EDITORIAL ANALYSIS : Lessons from Hindenburg’s ‘skin in the game’ approach

  Source: The Hindu Prelims: Protectionism, liberalization, Neoliberalism, capitalism, GDP etc Mains GS Paper III and IV: Government planning, mobilization of resources, LPG reforms, protectionism etc ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS Hindenburg, published a voluminous research report that raised grave allegations about the business ethics of the Adani group of companies and manipulation of share price to inflate …

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

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 ina your mind that might arise(or an examiner might imagine) from each current event. InstaLinks also connect every issue to their …

“Policy Perspective: Debating the road to policy consensus on crypto assets” under G20 India Presidency

GS Paper 3   Syllabus: Indian Economy and related issues  Source: PIB   Context: Digital technology is playing an important role in achieving India’s G20 Presidency goal (“Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth, One Family, One Future”).   Background: The Indian Presidency’s priority is to make the digital financial system more efficient, secure, and stable. For …

Unemployment rate dips to 4.1% in 21-22

GS Paper 3  Syllabus: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment   Source: BS  Context: According to the latest annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low in July-June 2021-22 to 4.1%   Findings of …

Towards transparency in OTT regulation

GS Paper 2    Source: The Hindu   Context: Even after two years of issuing the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules there has not been much improvement in the regulation of OTT platforms. India’s approach can be termed as a light-touch ‘co-regulation’ model where there is ‘self-regulation’ at the industry level and …

Supreme Court intrigued by the lack of ‘protection officers’ for domestic violence cases

GS Paper 2  Syllabus: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation   Source: TH   Context: The SC has sought more information about Mission Shakti because it is concerned about a persistent lack of protection officers to handle domestic violence cases.   Background: Appointment …

IMD is already sensing heat waves. What are they and why do they happen?

GS Paper 1 Syllabus: Disaster Management   Source: The Hindu   Direction: This article is in continuation of our previous article on heat waves in northern India.    Context: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that the maximum temperatures over northwest, west, and central India would be 3-5° C higher than the long-term average.    What is …

[MISSION 2023] Insights SECURE : Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 27 February 2023

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 from …

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