Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! India’s lockdown: It is good to see India taking early action, even though there is no denying that we should have anticipated the hardship caused …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: Ground reality The recent attack on an ASHA worker conducting a COVID-19 survey, due to an alleged suspicion that she was a government …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: The Centre asked state governments to arrange food and shelter for migrant workers who are facing difficulties due to the 21-day lockdown announced to …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: Present healthcare system: As India enters the second week of a national lockdown imposed in response to COVID-19, it is still unclear how …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Introduction: The National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019 enacted by Parliament is a landmark act. The act has generated a lot of debate and strong …
Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Introduction: The agriculture labour market has already been massively impacted. Not allowed to work in groups, 30 million agricultural labourers, who survive on …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Introduction: Spread of Covid-19: The coronavirus’s flight across the world at lightning speed, has exposed the total void in collective leadership at the global …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) convened for an emergency meeting, ahead of schedule, to discuss its response to …
Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: package regarding Food Security: The Finance Minister announced a Rs.1.7-lakh crore package of social security measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in the …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: The Union government announced a Rs.1.7 lakh crore package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and countrywide lockdown, providing free food and cash transfers …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! The Competition Act: The Competition Act, 2002, as amended by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007, prohibits anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position by enterprises and …
Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: The government increased the caps on special additional excise duty by Rs 8 per litre on both petrol and diesel, taking the cap …
Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: In the Budget 2020 speech, Finance Minister made a welcome announcement for Indian science over the next five years, proposed spending Rs.8,000 crore …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: Nations across the world have sprung into action to contain the impact of this epidemic. China is walling off major cities and public …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Introduction: In 1993, the Indian Parliament enacted the Protection of Human Rights Act. The purpose of the Act was to establish an institutional framework …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Introduction: At least since 2009, when the Home Ministry set 33% as the target for women’s representation in the police, increasing women’s recruitment in the …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: Egypt and Ethiopia have once again locked horns over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile. On Feb. 26, Ethiopia temporarily …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: In India: SARS-CoV-2: Lowest Testing Rates: It is an incontrovertible truth that material resources are finite. Demand in most sectors will continue to exceed …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Context: In the recent subject-wise ranking of world universities by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Indian institutions improved with 26 departments or schools placed in the …
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Are you Ready for Insta 75 Days Revision Plan (UPSC Prelims – 2020)? Get Ready for UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Exam – 2020 with Insights INSTA 75 Days Revision Plan! Recent Motor Vehicles Act, 2019: Union Transport Minister has expressed optimism that the significant amendments made to the Motor Vehicles Act have begun reducing …
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