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Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – December 5, 2018

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) mains: Withdrawal of Qatar from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) signals the diminishing relevance of oil bloc. Critically examine.  Q.2) What are problems and challenges faced by… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – December 5, 2018

Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)

Healthcare in India Healthcare in India is largely underpenetrated, with government expenditure at around 25% of the GDP and an underperforming public healthcare ecosystem. Problem of 3A’s– refer to the figure Dual disease burden: Even as the incidence of lifestyle diseases is steadily on the rise, a vast majority of rural and poor patients still… Continue reading Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)

The boundaries of ethics

The boundaries of ethics News: In November 2018, Chinese researcher He Jainkui claimed to have made world’s first gene edited babies, a pair of twin girls, genetically edited with CRISPR/cas9 Important Facts Researcher He have used a gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, to artificially induce a mutation in human cells and make them resistant to… Continue reading The boundaries of ethics

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MHA releases booklet on cyberbullying

MHA releases booklet on cyberbullying News: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) releases booklet “Cyber Dost” on cyberbullying for teens Facts: The booklet, with graphics, in English deal with a variety of subjects like cyber threats, cyber bullying, cyber grooming, online gaming and email fraud among others It advices youngsters not to forward or share any… Continue reading MHA releases booklet on cyberbullying

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Soyuz heads to ISS

Soyuz heads to ISS News: A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has taken off from Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half-month mission on the International Space Station Facts: A Soyuz rocket carrying Russian, American and Canadian astronauts took off from Kazakhstan for six-and-a-half-month-long mission to the International Space Station A Soyuz rocket carrying the first Russian woman (Oleg Kononenko)… Continue reading Soyuz heads to ISS

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5.8-tonne GSAT-11 ready for launch

5.8-tonne GSAT-11 ready for launch News: India’s heaviest satellite, GSAT-11, is set for lift-off on a European Space Agency rocket from French Guiana. Facts: Gsat-11 is a high-throughput communication satellite meant to provide multi-spot beambroadband connectivity over India’s mainland and nearby islands A spot beam is a satellite signal that is especially concentrated so that… Continue reading 5.8-tonne GSAT-11 ready for launch

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