Month: September 2015

Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National RBI move could make your loans cheaper -RBI reduces Repo rate by 50 basis points to 6.75% to spur demand in the economy. With festive season ahead banks can pass on the benefits by making  loans more cheaper.(Indian Economy- GS Paper III) Rafale deal…

Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National Zuckerberg for balance between access and Internet neutrality – internet.org has been re branded as “Free and Basic Services”. In context of net neutrality, there is a mention of another business example such as Jana, which provided data access within strict definitions of net…

Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National Modi boots up ‘Digital India’ with high-profile Silicon Valley show – Following Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Silicon valley ,the heads of top tech firms like Qualcomm,Google, Apple and Tesla  have agreed to contribute to our Digital India and Make in India programs mostly…

Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National G4 leaders seek time-bound U.N. reforms – In the wake of negotiating text for reforms in UNSC being adopted by United Nations General Assembly, G4 (India, Brazil, Japan & Germany) push for reforms in their first meeting in decades and urged with changing geopolitics…

Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National Our march in step with U.N. vision: Modi – The article talks about how India’s development goals are aligned with sustainable development goals announced recently. Signals point to better economic activity: CEA – Chief Economic Adviser states that economy is giving mixed ambiguous signal.…

Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National Centre puts the brakes on JNNURM research projects, capacity-building – The Urban Development Ministry has asked 36 States to terminate their research and capacity-building measures under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), a move that will roll back the achievements of the…

Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National Uphill task for Skill India mission – The article looks into how even after Skill India program running for almost 6 years now, the people who have received formal skill training is a very meager number. The government should look to address this as…

Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National India has to homogenise liability law, says GE chief– The article looks into the language of India’s Nuclear Liability law which is deterring the investment from companies even after the deal is signed. No firm is ready to expose itself to unlimited risk and…