Archives 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. 1. Low income of farmers results into large incidence of farmers committing suicide all over the country. What needs to be done to address farmer’s suicide? Suggest steps to increase farmers’… Continue reading Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing – August 18
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – August 17, 2017
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Search blue 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Editorials – August 17, 2017
Read the thorough summary of the following editorials by clicking on the links below Having a minimum wage law is a mistake: (Live Mint, Editorial) A bill for the goodwill of workers or the contrary? The architecture of censorship: (The Hindu, Editorial) Making way for censorship to take a wrong turn India aims to widen… Continue reading Search blue 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Editorials – August 17, 2017
New Metro Rail Policy gets Cabinet nod
Context: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved a new metro policy for expanding and regulating metro rail services in cities across India. Introduction: This is the first such policy prepared by the union since metro rail operations began in Delhi in 2002 Presently, metro projects with a total length of 370… Continue reading New Metro Rail Policy gets Cabinet nod
Making way for censorship to take a wrong turn
Context: Censorship exists in India to such an extent that citizens face crisis of speech and expression. It is only because censorship is both easy and efficient to accomplish. Explanation: What is censorship? The suppression or control of ideas, public communication and information circulated within a society is termed as censorship. The freedom of speech… Continue reading Making way for censorship to take a wrong turn
Cabinet approves corpus fund for education cess proceedings
Context: The Centre on Wednesday approved the setting up of single corpus fund, in which all proceeds of secondary and higher education cess will be credited. Introduction: The HRD Ministry will be the nodal agency responsible for the administration and maintenance of the non-lapsable pool that will be known as “Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh”(MUSK).… Continue reading Cabinet approves corpus fund for education cess proceedings
Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon- August 17
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India to increase its dimension of oil importing
Context Indian Oil Corporation placed India’s first ever shale oil order with the U.S., and the prices from the U.S. were very competitive even when compared with those from Gulf nations. India bought four cargoes at the first Shale oil order. Pressure on OPEC countries The increasing oil imports from new sources such as the… Continue reading India to increase its dimension of oil importing
A bill for the goodwill of workers or the contrary?
Context: The government introduced in the Lok Sabha ‘The Code on Wages’ bill which seeks to empower the Centre to fix a “universal minimum wage” aimed to benefit over 40 crore unorganized sector workers. Explanation: The cabinet on 10th August, 2017 approved the Code on Wages Bill, which proposes to make minimum wages a statutory… Continue reading A bill for the goodwill of workers or the contrary?
ForumIAS: Facts in News (August 1st – 7th)
Read summaries of all important news articles 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 for the first week of August. Here is the Summary of all current happenings from around the world for the… Continue reading ForumIAS: Facts in News (August 1st – 7th)
