Day: November 7, 2016
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9 PM Daily Brief – 7th November 2016
What is 9 PM brief? Front Page / NATIONAL (The Hindu) At CoP 22, India will highlight climate impact on Himalayas Trains to clock 160 kmph on way to Delhi from Mumbai, Howrah Editorial/OPINION (The Hindu) Looking for a humane solution Gazing at a longer horizon When the screen goes blank International (The Hindu) Sri Lanka…
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Editorials Today – Swadeshi Index
What is Ease of doing Business? What are the indicators on which this index is calculated World Bank’s report on India Why India should not base its result on basis of this index Do we need a swadeshi index? Incentives taken by India Context- India is ranked at 130th position among 190 nations in…
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Mains 2016: Surrogacy in India – Provisions, Critical Analysis and Limitations
The Parliament has recently passed Surrogacy (Regulation) bill, 2016 which seeks to ban all forms of commercial surrogacy in India. What is Surrogacy? Surrogacy is the practice of bearing a child by a woman on behalf of another woman or a couple who does not want to conceive. It is one of the methods under…
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Mains Marathon : 5 Questions on Contemporary Issues – 7th November
Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 45 Minutes 1. Despite its stated global ambitions, India behaves like a country confined to its South Asian geopolitical space. Comment. The Hindu | TOI 2. Do you think that Great Depression was responsible for Second…
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Must Read News Articles – November 7
Archives The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL At CoP 22, India will highlight climate impact on Himalayas: India will host a special side event during the UN Climate Change Conference at Marrakech, Morocco, on the 12 Himalayan States that face the impact of a changing climate. Trains to clock 160 kmph on way to Delhi from Mumbai,…