Tahawwur Rana extradition News: Delay in extradition of Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Important Facts: Rana, was arrested in 2009, for providing material support to terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which planned and executed the attacks and currently serving a 14-year prison term in the U.S. Under India-U.S. Extradition Treaty… Continue reading Tahawwur Rana extradition
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West Bengal tribal battling food scarcity: study
West Bengal tribal battling food scarcity: study News: Food scarcity caused death of seven persons from a tribal community in West Bengal. Important Facts: The study titled ‘An Inquiry into the world of the Adivasis of West Bengal’, has identified “food scarcity in varying degrees” in about 31% of tribal households in West Bengal. West… Continue reading West Bengal tribal battling food scarcity: study
spatial development in India
spatial development in India Article: The article discusses the lopsided spatial development across Indian cities. Analysis: India’s high economic growth in past few years has been characterized by unequal, skewed industrialization and infrastructural development across Indian cities, with clusters of economic activity concentrated in a few highly dense megacities. Unlike in China, Europe and the… Continue reading spatial development in India
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – January 7, 2019
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No Detention Policy
Context: The Rajya Sabha has passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2019 What is No-Detention Policy? TheNo detention policy is a clause under the RTE Act 2009 as entered in Article 16. It states: “No child admitted in a school shall be held back in any class or expelled… Continue reading No Detention Policy
Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – January 7, 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) Recently, Global Slavery Index 2016 has estimated 1.8 crore Indians in modern slavery. In this context discuss the various reason prevailing in India for modern slavery and what are… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – January 7, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 7th, 2019
Archives GS 2 Rana extradition unlikely before 2023, indicates U.S. Indian agencies will have to wait a little longer before Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case is extradited here from the U.S. Railways propose new security plan at stations Railways is planning to seal stations just like airports and… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 7th, 2019
Must Read News Articles – January 6th, 2019
Archives GS 2 In a first, Mallya declared a ‘fugitive economic offender’ He is the first person to be declared so under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act and government can now confiscate all his properties. MGNREGA scheme faces fund shortage The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme is facing a severe fund crunch,… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – January 6th, 2019
10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : January 5, 2019
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9 PM Current Affairs Brief – January 5, 2019
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