Insights Daily Current Affairs, 24 November 2016

    Insights Daily Current Affairs, 24 November 2016   Paper 2 Topic: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies.   Vice-Chairman of DDA designated as Real Estate Regulatory Authority for Delhi   Vice-Chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has been designated as Regulatory Authority for National Capital Territory of Delhi under the Real Estate (Regulation …

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 04 November 2016

    Insights Daily Current Affairs, 04 November 2016   Paper 2 Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources, issues relating to poverty and hunger.   FSSAI Strengthens the Food Testing Infrastructure in the Country The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has rolled …

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 17 September 2016

    Insights Daily Current Affairs, 17 September 2016   Paper 3 Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.   MoU for speed implementation of Namami Gange Progamme   Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR, RD&GR) has signed an MoU with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) …

Insights Daily Current Events, 15 July 2016

    Insights Daily Current Events, 15 July 2016   Paper 3 Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.   Income Declaration Scheme extended to September 2017   The Centre has announced an extension of a deadline under the Income Declaration Scheme, aimed at bringing undeclared income …

Insights Daily Current Events, 12 July 2016

Insights Daily Current Events, 12 July 2016   Paper 3 Topic: conservation. Kendrapada sheep gets rare status   ‘kuji mendha‘, a threatened breed of sheep found only in coastal Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara districts of Odisha has been conferred ‘rare and singular species‘ tag by the central government. The National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) …

Insights Daily Current Events, 09 July 2016

    Insights Daily Current Events, 09 July 2016   Paper 2 Topic: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.   MoUs between India and Mozambique   Three agreements were signed in areas of drug trafficking, pulse trading and sports between India and Mozambique during PM Modi’s recent visit …

Insights into Editorial: Harmonising RTE with minority schools

Insights into Editorial: Harmonising RTE with minority schools 05 July 2016 Setting aside Supreme Court’s judgment on RTE, the Kerala High Court, in a remarkable verdict in June 2016, ruled that Section 16 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act), that mandates schools to not detain any child …

Insights Daily Current Events, 05 July 2016

Insights Daily Current Events, 05 July 2016   Paper 3 Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology.   Jawaharlal Nehru Port Becomes First Port in Country to Implement Logistics Data Tagging of Containers   Jawaharlal …

Insights Daily Current Events, 30 June 2016

Insights Daily Current Events, 30 June 2016   Paper 3 Topic: indigenization of technology and developing new technology.   Surface-to-air missile test successful   A new generation Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM), developed by India and Israel, was recently successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range off Odisha Coast. This is the first time that the …

Insights Daily Current Events, 13 June 2016

Insights Daily Current Events, 13 June 2016   Paper 3 Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment.   SEBI to relax REIT, portfolio manager norms to woo investors   To deepen Indian capital markets, regulator Sebi has lined up wide-ranging relaxations to its norms for REITs. Highlights: …