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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Bilateral Relations Source: TH, PIB Context: Australian Prime Minister’s visit to India for India-Australia Summit concluded recently Issues in the relation: India-Australia relations face several challenges, including the controversy over the Adani coal mine project, which caused tensions due to protests by activists. Visa restrictions for Indian students and professionals seeking …
GS Paper 2 Syllabus: India’s bilateral relations Source: TH Context: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is on a visit to India. In recent years, India-Italy relation has been mired by the MB Enrica Lexie case (In February 2012, two Indian fishermen were killed off the coast of Kerala, India, aboard St. Antony. Two Italian marines …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: International Organizations Source: Indian Express, The Hindu Context: UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Csaba Korosi has expressed concern that the UN Security Council does not reflect today’s realities, is paralysed and is unable to discharge its basic function of maintaining international peace and security. What has happened now? …
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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 …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: India and Neighbourhood countries Source: Indian Express Context: Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” was sworn in as Nepal’s new Prime Minister after he switched sides to join hands with a bitter foe, the former prime minister Kharga Prasad Oli. Delhi views Oli as pro-China, and the coming together of Communist forces to …
Introduction: The foreign ministers of the Quad grouping of India, the US, Australia and Japan vowed to work vigorously to achieve the grouping’s shared vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific and collectively deal with common threats such as terrorism. At the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Melbourne, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, …
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Context: Sri Lanka is gearing up to host the Fifth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit, now in its silver jubilee year (the summit is being held in virtual/hybrid mode on March 30, and Sri Lanka is the current BIMSTEC chair). This special occasion makes it imperative …
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Topics Covered: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. World Soil Day What to study? For Prelims: World Soil Day 2019- key facts. For Mains: Soil pollution- reasons, concerns, challenges and measures. Context: World Soil Day is celebrated every year on 5th of December by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations. Aim: To communicate messages …
ARCHIVES 19, March 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 words 1. Comment on the events that led to 1962 India – China war. What were its consequences? Business Standard 2. Examine what was the attitude of governments towards foreign capital after the independence? Was it justified? Comment. Business Standard 3. How Western Ghats …
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ARCHIVES 01, March 2014 Answer following questions in about 200 Words 1. What do you understand by the open skies policy in aviation sector? Should India go for it? Substantiate. The Indian Express 2. What are the major problems faced by Indian defence sector? Analyze. Business Standard 3. “Of the many ironies besetting the Kashmir …
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AIR News Analysis http://newsonair.nic.in/writereaddata/broadcast/Daily-Spotlight-Bulletins-17581.mp3 AIR Current Affairs http://newsonair.nic.in/writereaddata/broadcast/Weekly-Current%20Affairs-Bulletins-17582.mp3 ARCHIVES 15, February 2014 1. What measures does government take to tame high inflation? Explain why maintaining optimum inflation rate is very important for the economy. (200 Words) The Hindu 2. “There are no costs involved in moving towards a more federalist structure called the United States …
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ARCHIVES 10, February 2014 1. What are the main hurdles India is facing when it comes to military modernization? Comment. (200 Words) Business Standard (http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/out-of-cash-114020900783_1.html) 2. “The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 has established that indoor air pollution from cook stoves is a primary cause of disease and death in South Asia. ” Elaborate. (200 Words) …
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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 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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Welcome to the Twelfth edition of Insights Weekend Discussions. You can access details of last Eleven discussions here. And the topic is: Should India take initiative and destroy its nuclear stockpile ? India has asserted that it would follow ‘no-first-use’ policy when it comes to use of nuclear weapons and it would solely use the nuclear weapons …
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Welcome to the Tenth edition of Insights Weekend Discussions. You can access details of last Ten discussions here. And the topic is: Is Civil Society Crossing Its Limits in India? The phrase ‘civil society’ became more popular in India post – Anna Hazare led anti-corruption struggle. The two major outcomes of this movement are: one, passing …
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Guests: Colin Gonsalves (Human Rights Lawyer, Supreme Court) ; T R Kakkar (Former Delhi Police Commissioner) ; Father Stanley Kozhichira (Media Director, Archdiocese of Delhi) ; Prof. Sanjay Srivastava (Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth) ; Vrinda Gopinath (Editor, Altgaze.com) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XutEz0jGgNs&w=560&h=315] Courtesy and Source: Rajya Sabha TV
Following are the questions posted earlier on Insights that are Directly or Indirectly related to the questions that appeared in 2013 UPSC Mains General Studies Paper – 2 held on December 3, 2013 Question 1 (GS-2, Mains 2013) – Indirect “Although individuals within a representative democracy possess rights, allowing them to lobby parliamentarians and governments …
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QUESTIONS: 30/11/2013 ( institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections) Analyze the functioning of NHRC in India. (200 Words) The statistics presented in the recently released National Crime Records Bureau report 2012, reaffirm the rising trend of crimes against women. The abysmal conviction rate for these crimes reveals the ineptness of the …
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QUESTIONS: 27/11/2013 (Comparison of constitutions, Energy security/technology/policies of developed countries….) Compare and contrast important features of the constitution of Afghanistan and India. (250 Words) Examine in what ‘unique’ ways India’s Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Act, 2010 (the Act) deals with supplier liability? Also throw light on how the present act impacts nuclear commerce. (250 …
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