Dancing around the Supreme Court News: The article discusses the Maharashtra dance bars case and the nature of interactions between government and the courts. Facts: On January 17, the Supreme Court struck down several statutory provisions and rules governing Maharashtra’s dance bars. In 2005, the Maharashtragovernment imposed a ban on dance performances in bars, with the exception of… Continue reading Dancing around the Supreme Court
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Chhattisgarh: Police reform panel suggests more leaves for cops in Maoist areas
Chhattisgarh: Police reform panel suggests more leaves for cops in Maoist areas News: Neha Champawat committee recommendations on police reforms. Facts: Police personnel and their families in Chhattisgarh had recently carried out street protests and demanded improvements in emoluments given to them. A five-member committee was formed by the new Chhattisgarh government, which has submitted… Continue reading Chhattisgarh: Police reform panel suggests more leaves for cops in Maoist areas
The Inclusive Nationalist
The Inclusive Nationalist News: The article discusses Lala Lajpat Rai’s views on India’s nature of Indian polity and its country’s secular ethos. Facts: Lala Lajpat Rai was a national leader who championed ‘unity in diversity’ Lajpat Rai was an advocate of an assertive Hindu politics, exemplified by his participation in the Punjab Hindu Sabha in… Continue reading The Inclusive Nationalist
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – January 28, 2019
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Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 25, 2019
Archives Q.1) “India’s health financing system is a cause of and an exacerbating factor in the challenges of health inequity, inadequate availability and reach, unequal access, and poor-quality and costly health-care services” Discuss. suggest measures for improving health financing system in India. Answer: India’s public spending on health continues to hover around 1% of GDP;… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 25, 2019
Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – January 28, 2019
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 Q.1) Loan waivers announced by governments don’t address the structural problems facing Indian agriculture. Critically examine. Q.2) What do you understand by constitutional morality? Compare and contrast it with… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – January 28, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 28th, 2019
Archives GS 2 Dancing around the Supreme Court On January 17, the Supreme Court struck down several statutory provisions and rules governing Maharashtra’s dance bars. This decision forms part of an iterative game that has evolved over 14 years between the Maharashtra government and the courts. Seven northeastern States lag behind in toilets for schoolgirls… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 28th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 27th, 2019
Archives GS 1 Soon, you can see how the Harappans looked A team led by Prof. Vasant Shinde, Vice-Chancellor, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune, is on the brink of recreating the faces of a few skeletal remains, dug up during the excavation of a Harappan site at Haryana’s Rakhigarhi village in… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 27th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 26th, 2019
Archives GS 2 SC upholds bankruptcy code, cites improved financial flows In a whoop of victory for credits markets and entrepreneurship, the Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), saying the law sends a clear message that India is no longer “the defaulter’s paradise”. Crisis in Caracas The… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 26th, 2019
10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : January 25, 2019
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