Day: February 23, 2017
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs – 23 February 2017
Front Page / NATIONAL [The Hindu] Maintain law, order on SYL canal issue: SC There’s poison in the air Editorial/OPINION [The Hindu] Ageing with dignity A foreign policy of cruel populism Tackling the Islamic State A pit stop to change attitudes Economy [The Hindu] TRAI told to review tariff plans Centre doubles solar park capacity…
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Learn and Practice: Daily Editorial – Palliative Care in India
Palliative Care in India Click here to Download Daily Editorial PDF (23rd Feb. 2017) Context: It is projected that approximately 20% of Indians will be elderly by 2050, marking a dramatic jump from the current 6% and there is likely to be a shift in the disease patterns from communicable to non-communicable, which itself calls…
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ENGLISH LITERATURE Optional Strategy Part-3 for UPSC Mains
When reading 14th-15th-16th Century [William Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Tempest ] the following questions are very important, and would be useful across both texts. [this is not an exhaustive list]. 1) The Renaissance – most important movement, although Shakespeare doesn’t necessarily show renaissance traits in his plays [which are better represented by Christopher Marlowe],…
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Must Read News Articles – February 23
The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Maintain law, order on SYL canal issue: SC: Even as Punjab denied any liability on its part to share water with Haryana, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stood firm by its decision to construct the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal and urged the neighbouring States to maintain law and order at any…
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Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – February 23
Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 30 Minutes Kindly review each others answers. Sorry for the little delay Friends 🙂 Start answering! 1.What is Palliative care? The number of elderly persons in poverty in India are increasing rapidly and are unable to access…