Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB Summary 11 December 2019 Table of contents: GS Paper 1: Maharaja Surajmal and the third battle of panipat. GS Paper 2: Land Boundary Agreement (LBA). Data on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use. Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana. Skills Build Platform. GS Paper 1: Topics covered: Modern Indian …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 03 August 2016 Paper-3: Awareness in biotechnology First human genetic editing trial in China Chinese scientists will perform the world’s first genetic editing trial on humans this month, in an attempt to find a cure for lung cancer. A group of oncologist at the West China Hospital of …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 01 April 2016 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. British Medical Journal calls for radical revamp of MCI The British Medical Journal (BMJ) in its latest issue has called for …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 24 March 2016 Archives Paper 3 Topic: infrastructure. Government to build 2.95 crore houses for rural poor The government recently approved the “House for All” scheme to construct 2.95 crore houses in rural areas, setting a 2022 deadline. The Centre has already rolled out the urban component of the scheme with …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 19 February 2016 Archives Paper 2 Topic: Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. Ministry moots National Social Security Authority The Labour Ministry has mooted the idea of forming a National Social Security Authority and a separate Social Security Department within the ministry. Why? To provide …
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Insights into Editorials: Limited Finance Limits Democracy 12 October 2015 Source India’s campaign finance rules are frequently violated. It is now a well known fact that candidates in Indian elections grossly overshoot spending limits imposed by the Election Commission (EC). Such violations create deeper problems for representation and democracy at large. The major Indian political …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 31 August 2015 Archives Paper 1 Topic: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues. Sree Narayana Jayanthi Celebrated The 161st birth anniversary of Sree Narayana Guru was celebrated across the Kochi district with processions, feasts and art/cultural shows recently. To …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 29 August 2015 Archives Paper 1 & 2 Topics: Social empowerment and Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States. Revisit national policy for the elderly: SC The Social Justice Bench of the Supreme Court has asked the Centre to revisit its national policy for the …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 21 August 2015 Archives Iran no longer under restricted visa list The Union government has removed Iran from the list of countries put under the restricted visa category, indicating that it wants to reach out to the Persian Gulf nation. India sees Iran as a key supporter in the wake of …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 12 August 2015 Archives Sundar Pichai to spearhead Google Google has formed a new parent company dubbed Alphabet that will include the Internet search unit as one of several entities. Alphabet will be run by Google chief Larry Page. And Indian born Sundar Pichai will be the new CEO, Google. Alphabet …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 08 August 2015 Archives DRDO developed medicine to treat leucoderma In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, the Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar recently said that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a poly-herbal medicine for the treatment of leucoderma (white patches on skin). Details: The poly-herbal …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 22 July 2015 Archives New Development Bank of BRICS opens in Shanghai The Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping has formally opened the New Development Bank (NDB) as a dedicated channel of alternate finance, which will focus on emerging economies and the Global South. The BRICS countries have stressed that the NDB would …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 11 July 2015 Archives India, Pakistan become full SCO members India and Pakistan were recently accepted as full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). With this Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered to work in combating terror and boosting trade by easing barriers. India has had an observer status for …
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[Insights Secure – 2015] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Events: 15 June 2015 Archives – Secure 2015 15 June 2015 If facing problem in loading of Disqus Comments, please clear Cache and Cookies in your Browser and then reload the page. This will solve the problem. Alternatively you can open the page in ‘incognito/safe browsing …
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[Insights Secure – 2015] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Events: 06 June 2015 Archives – Secure 2015 06 June 2015 If facing problem in loading of Disqus Comments, please clear Cache and Cookies in your Browser and then reload the page. This will solve the problem. Alternatively you can open the page in ‘incognito/safe browsing …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 05 June 2015 ARCHIVES New demand by States could hit GST rollout The States have demanded that the Centre compensate them fully for any loss of revenue during the first five years of transition to the new GST tax regime. This is a setback to the government’s plan of rolling out …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 30 April 2015 ARCHIVES 100 cities to turn smart The Union Cabinet has cleared the Smart Cities Mission — under which 100 smart cities would be built. Aim of the Mission: The aim of the mission is to more efficiently utilise available assets, resources and infrastructure to enhance quality of urban …
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Insights Daily Current Events, 28 April 2015 ARCHIVES U.S., Japan agree on new defence rules The United States and Japan have unveiled new rules for defence cooperation that will give Japanese armed forces a more ambitious global role amid concerns over China’s rising sway. Details: Under the revised guidelines, Japan could come to the aid …
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