Insights Daily Current Events, 23 March 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: space. Detailed gravity map gives best view yet of Mars Scientists have created the most detailed map of Mars’ gravity to date using data from three NASA spacecraft. The map was derived using data collected by NASA’s Deep Space Network from three spacecraft …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 21 March 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: biotechnology. Dept. of Biotechnology launches fund to tackle anti-microbial resistance To tackle the threat faced by India from resistance to antimicrobial drugs, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) — through the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) — has launched a fund. About the Fund: …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 19 March 2016 Archives Paper 2 Topic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. SC allows pictures of governors, chief ministers and minister in govt advertisements Modifying its earlier order, the Supreme Court, …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 14 March 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: resource mobilization, economic growth. SEBI bans wilful defaulters from tapping capital market In an attempt to tighten the regulatory framework, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred ‘wilful defaulters’ from accessing the capital market or acquiring another listed entity. SEBI …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 09 March 2016 Archives Paper 2 Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Cap profits, cut drug prices: Panel An inter-ministerial committee, which was set up to study steep hike in trade margins and suggest ways to increase affordability of expensive …
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Insights into Editorial: Oil Slip 08 March 2016 Article Link Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has rightly affirmed fiscal rectitude and addressed the challenge of growth and rural distress in the recent Budget. However, analysts feel that the 2016 Budget has failed to lay out a clear roadmap for the petroleum industry, which is already in …
Insights Daily Current Events, 04 March 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: Awareness in space. Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) Astronomers have, for the first time detected, repeated short bursts of mysterious and powerful radio waves. Where did they come from? Experts predict that these bursts, also known as Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), originated from an extremely …
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Insights into Editorial: Why the WTO is right in the solar panel dispute 03 March 2016 Article Link A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has ruled against India in a dispute raised by the US over the country’s solar power programme, requiring the government to offer a level playing field to both foreign and domestic …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 02 March 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: infrastructure. Our aim is to electrify every home Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal recently said that “the NDA government’s aim is to electrify every Indian house under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Rural Electrification Scheme by 2018.” About Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Rural Electrification Scheme: …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 29 February 2016 Archives Paper 1 Topic: art and culture. Muziris project offers the best of heritage tourism: President The first phase of the Muziris Heritage Project was recently inaugurated by the President in Kerala. Key facts: What is it? Started six years ago by the Kerala government, the project …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 25 February 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: resource mobilization. Cabinet nod to incentivise cashless transactions The Union Cabinet has approved several steps to promote cashless transactions in the country. Approved steps include: Mandatory card-based or electronic payments beyond a prescribed threshold. The withdrawal of any additional charge currently imposed on …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 23 February 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nano-technology, bio-technology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. NASA working on crunching a Mars trip to three days NASA researchers are working on a technology that could harness the power of light and …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 22 February 2016 Archives Paper 1 Topic: art and culture. Sammakka Saralamma Jatara Asia’s biggest tribal fair, Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara, was recently concluded in Telangana. Lakhs of devotees bid farewell to the tribal goddesses at Medaram village in Warangal district. About a crore people from various parts of the country attended …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 20 February 2016 Archives Paper 1 Topic: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. PETA moves HC against Kambala The High Court of Karnataka has ordered issue of notices to the Union and State governments on a PIL petition, …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 13 February 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: Disaster management. Review of Progress of Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) The centre recently reviewed the progress of Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP). Focusing on the need for continuous improvement in the capacities of implementing agencies (IAs) about 44 trainings have …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 08 February 2016 Archives Topic: Important for Prelims Chettinad cotton saree wins Indian Handloom tag The Chettinad cotton saree has won the ‘India Handloom’ tag for its unique designs and identity. In this regard, the Textiles Committee, Union Ministry of Handlooms and Textiles, Mumbai, has registered the Chettinad cotton saree under …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 06 February 2016 Archives Paper 2 Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Appellate Board order The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has ordered issue of the ‘Geographical Indication’ tag for basmati rice grown in the Indo-Gangetic Plains …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 05 February 2016 Archives Paper 2 Topic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability. Julian Assange’s detention illegal, says UN panel The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has ruled the three-year period of political asylum sought by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London as …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 04 February 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism. IS threat: Maharashtra rolls out deradicalisation plan To face the challenges posed by various home-grown extremists and the global Islamic State (IS) terrorists, Maharashtra state government has rolled out a …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 03 February 2016 Archives Paper 2 Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. Zika (Update) After the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the Zika virus and its suspected complications in newborns as a public health emergency of international concern, the Union Health …
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