Archives GS: 2 International relations: Nepal gets a high Rs. 650 crore outlay(The Hindu) India’s annual financial allocation to Nepal for 2018-19 has nearly doubled under the Union Budget presented on Thursday. Indian Constitution and Polity: Should India have simultaneous elections? (The Hindu Opinion) Free and fair elections are integral to democracy. Continuity, consistency and… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 2, 2018
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Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – February 2, 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) Describe briefly the doctrine, “res extra commercium”? How will the implementation of the this Roman doctrine affect the tobacco industry of India? (GS–2) The Hindu Q.2) NITI Aayog had… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – February 2, 2018
10 PM Current Affairs Quiz : February 1, 2018
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7 PM Daily Editorials Brief – February 1, 2018 (The importance of in-house mechanisms for clean judiciary)
Read In-depth analysis of all the Editorials here Source : For a clean judiciary: the importance of in-house mechanisms Analysis : The importance of in-house mechanisms for clean judiciary
The importance of in-house mechanisms for clean judiciary
Context: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has decided to recommend the removal of Allahabad High Court judge Justice S N Shukla as part of an in-house procedure after he was found guilty of misconduct by an internal probe into a medical college admission scam. Introduction: Justice Misra is reported to have written to the… Continue reading The importance of in-house mechanisms for clean judiciary
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – February 1, 2018
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Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 31, 2018
Archives Q.1) Discuss how the “International Tourism Mart” will play an important role in expanding and strengthening India’s emerging tourism markets. (GS-3) Context: The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in association with the North Eastern States is organising the “International Tourism Mart” (ITM). International Tourism Mart: Northeast India International Travel Mart (NEITM or ITM)… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – January 31, 2018
ForumIAS: Facts in News (January 7th–15th. 2018)
Facts in news is published on a weekly basis that consists a gist of all crucial news articles from ‘The Hindu’ that may bear relevance to Civil Services Preparation. Here is the Summary of all current happenings from around the world for the second week of January 2018. Download Facts in News PDF file here. [table id=28… Continue reading ForumIAS: Facts in News (January 7th–15th. 2018)
GUIDE : A Guide on when to change your Optional by Prajit Nair, IAS Rank 87
By Prajit Nair, AIR 87, CSE-2016 Failed in Mains, blaming your optional? Thinking of changing it? Read this before you decide. So the Mains result came out about a week ago. A lucky(and probably smart-working) set of people cleared and the remaining got to hear the dreaded ‘ting’. The ‘ting’ is the sound that your… Continue reading GUIDE : A Guide on when to change your Optional by Prajit Nair, IAS Rank 87
Must Read News Articles – February 1, 2018
Archives GS: 1 Art and Culture: ‘Indus script was written from right to left’(The Hindu) Two scientists working at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, (IMSc) have figured out a way to computationally estimate whether a language is written from left to right or otherwise. Most interestingly, they have studied the Indus script and calculated that… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – February 1, 2018
