Source: IE Subject: Education Context: A national debate has emerged after concerns were raised about the government’s proposal to restrict PhD research topics to “emerging national priorities,” highlighting deeper structural issues in India’s STEM ecosystem. About India’s STEM Future: Trends in India’s STEM Demography: Massive Output: India produces 25–30 lakh STEM graduates annually, ranking second …
Source: TH Subject: Education Context: A recent opinion piece highlights India’s widening numeracy gap, despite improvements under the NIPUN Bharat Mission. About Bridging India’s Numeracy Gap: What is the Numeracy Gap? The persistent difference between children’s literacy skills (reading) and numeracy skills (math skills like division, place value, operations) at the foundational level. ASER 2024: …
Insights into Issues: Regulation in Higher Education Archives Regulation in Higher Education Background Post War Development of Education Report (1944) recommended creation of UGC. It was thus formed in 1945 but was shortlived Post Independence, University Education Commission under Dr S Radhakrishnan recommended creation of UGC. UGC was created in 1953 …
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Structure Introduction Types of Security Threats Conventional cyber crimes Cyber warfare and its examples Cyber terrorism Cyber terror: Some Example Why we need to regulate Cyber space Tool to protect against Cyber Threats Cyber Laws in India Ongoing efforts in India Stakeholder Agencies in India Intergovernmental organizations and Initiatives Conclusion Introduction Cyberspace is such a …
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. ‘Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off… And start all over again’ – Frank Sinatra That’s what I told myself when I applied for a year of extraordinary leave from my hectic training schedule of the Indian Revenue Service at the National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics. ‘They don’t call the period …
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Welcome to the Fourteenth Edition of Insights Weekend Discussions. You can access details of previous discussions here. The Topic “Continuing Communal Riots in India Are the Result of Both History and Contemporary Politics.” India’s Home Ministry reveals that more than 2,500 people were killed in incidents of communal clashes in the country since 2002. There were 8,500 incidents of communal clashes in …
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ARCHIVES 26 July 2014 Your husband is watching a news report on rape along with your 8 year old daughter. The report is airing graphic pictures of rape and murder scenes. Your father-in-law who is also watching the report comments that your daughter is not safe on the streets and she should be taught how …
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Economics Daily Answer Writing Challenge Write on drain theory as developed by Dada Bhai Naroji. How does it explain sustained poverty during British rule in India? (150 words) Mixed economy is an outcome of the compromise between laissez faire capitalism and socialist state control of resources. Elaborate mention its salient features. (150 words)
ARCHIVES 06 April 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1. Explain the commercial and military possibilities of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). Business Standard 2. Explain the different types of deficits that an economy faces. Which deficit is a better indicator of the health of government finances? And why? Business Standard 3. What …
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ARCHIVES January 29, 2014 COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE on WILDLIFE OF INDIA Apart from a handful of the major farm animals such as cows, buffaloes, goats, poultry and sheep, India has an amazingly wide variety of animals native to the country. It is home to Tigers, Lions, Leopards, Pythons, Wolves, Foxes, Bears, Crocodiles, Rhinoceroses, Camels, Wild dogs, …
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ARCHIVES January 27, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Right To Education (RTE) Act Right to Education (RTE) is by far the most historic development in universalisation of elementary education in the country. Enacted in 2010, it implies that every child in the age group of 6 to 14 years has Right to elementary education. They are …
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ARCHIVES January 25, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES SC’s direction to UGC on faulted deemed university The Supreme Court has directed the University Grants Commission to consider afresh the status of 44 deemed universities which were sought to be de-recognised on the basis of the Tandon Committee report. Passing the order on Tuesday on a …
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ARCHIVES January 24, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES POVERTY ESTIMATION & INDICATORS (Continued from yesterday’s post) OBJECTIVES OF POVERTY ESTIMATION To build awareness on poverty and to keep it in the agenda of discourse; To design policies, programs and institution to alleviate poverty To monitor and evaluate these policies, programs and institutions that are associated …
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ARCHIVES January 23, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES POVERTY AND POVERTY ESTIMATION IN INDIA DEFINING POVERTY Poverty, droughts, underdevelopment, different sorts of inequalities and domination have been the age old problems or phenomena observed from the past to the present and across the time and space. Poverty is a very vague concept with varied connotations …
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ARCHIVES January 22, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Elderly in India The demographic transition from the young to the aged is happening faster than anticipated. Fertility rate in the India is decreasing and for the first time in census 2011, the population in the age category of less than six years declined by a little …
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ARCHIVES January 21, 2014 INTERNATIONAL India- Japan Relationship Civilian nuclear cooperation agreement between India and Japan and controversial issues India plans to build about 20 nuclear power plants to increase the share of nuclear power in supply from the current 4% to 25% by 2050. To meet its energy needs, India would like to partner …
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ARCHIVES January 20, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Basic Features of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 The Act is designed to fulfill India’s treaty obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. The NDPS Act …
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ARCHIVES January 19, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES Seven States/UTs Get Allocations Under National Food Security Act • With the implementation of National Food Security Act in Karnataka and Chhattisgarh also, the National Food Security Act has taken off now in seven states/ UTs- Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh . • …
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“There is need for Indian Space Organization to remodel its space technology missions to accommodate space commerce and space laws in its policies”. Discuss (200 Words) “The recent advancement in Chinese Space Program opens a Pandora box for Space Diplomacy”. In the light of above statement, analyze the strategic implications on India with the rising …
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ARCHIVES January 18, 2014 NATIONAL & SOCIAL ISSUES India registered an increase of five years in life expectancy rate India registered an increase of five years in the average life expectancy rate. The average life expectancy rate increased from 63.9 years in 2004 to 69.6 years in 2014. The increase in the life expectancy was …
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